Trauma

Healing trauma - Therapy for Women & Teens

How Caregivers Can Shape Our View of Relationships

Sometimes, the relationships we grew up around teach us things that make it harder to recognize or leave unhealthy situations. This doesn’t mean our caregivers meant harm, but it does mean that we can choose a new way forward.

Common Messages We May Have Picked Up:

“Love looks like yelling, control, or silence.”
“Keep the peace, even if it hurts you.”
“What happens at home stays at home.”
“Your needs don’t matter as much as others’.”
“Affection has to be earned.”
“Don’t talk about problems — just deal with them.”
"Don't cry, suck it up, buttercup."

These early messages can shape how we love, trust, and speak up later in life.

The good news? You get to rewrite the script!

Healing Starts With:

Noticing the patterns you were taught
Giving yourself permission to unlearn and grow
Choosing relationships built on respect, safety, and care

You are allowed to want healthy relationships and do not have to figure it out alone. 🤍

Healing from Trauma with EMDR Therapy

You’ve carried so much for so long. Whether it’s the pain of domestic violence, childhood wounds, emotional abuse, or life events that left you shaken, it’s understandable if you feel stuck in self-doubt, guilt, or overwhelm.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a trauma therapy designed to help you release the grip of those feelings, so you can heal, feel lighter, and move forward with confidence.

3 Ways EMDR Can Help

1. Soften the Power of Painful Memories - EMDR uses gentle, guided eye movements or bilateral tapping to help your brain reprocess trauma, without reliving it. You stay grounded and in control, while your brain begins to see the past through a calmer, safer lens.

2. Shift the Story You Tell Yourself - Trauma can leave behind damaging beliefs like “I’m not enough,” “It was my fault,” or “I’ll never feel safe.” EMDR helps you rewrite those inner messages and reconnect with the truth: you are worthy, capable, and resilient.

3. Feel Safe in Your Body Again - Trauma lives in the body, keeping you tense, anxious, or on edge. EMDR helps calm the nervous system so you can feel more present, centered, and at ease in your everyday life.

You Deserve to Heal

Healing is possible, whether it’s one painful event or years of carrying emotional weight. EMDR meets you where you are—gently, safely, and at your pace.

You are not broken. You are healing.

You deserve a life that feels lighter, freer, and truly yours.

EMDR
Therapy Intensives

Helping You Find Clarity, Confidence, and Emotional Balance

💛 You’ve been carrying so much and

trying to hold it together.

It is okay to need help—you do not have to face this alone.

I specialize in working with teens and women like you—women who are strong but feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves. Maybe you’re carrying the weight of past trauma, unhealthy relationships, or just the buildup of life’s many demands.

Whatever your challenge, it matters—and so do you.

EMDR can help you release those burdens, allowing you to reframe painful beliefs like “I’m not enough” or “It’s my fault” into truths like “I am worthy” and “I deserve peace.” These aren’t just comforting words—they become your new truth. And from that place, real healing, clarity, and success become possible.

Intensives let us dig deeper and more quickly - rather than doing week after week therapy, we dive into your challenges and the traumatic events from your past and do that in 2-3 hour sessions for 3 consecutive days. That's it!

You deserve to feel lighter, more in control of your journey, and more balanced.

Let’s talk about how to make that happen—in a way that honors your pace, your story, and your strength.

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