Trauma isn’t always one substantial life event. Sometimes it’s what didn’t happen: the care you never got, the safety that was missing, the feeling of being invisible when you most needed to be seen.

Complex PTSD (CPTSD) can show up as flashes of emotional dysregulation, a deep sense of shame, trouble trusting others or yourself, or patterns in relationships that leave you feeling drained, stuck, or like you’re always the problem.

You might feel:

• Like you’re constantly overthinking

• Numb or disconnected, even when things seem fine

• Lost in a loop of people-pleasing, perfectionism, or self-criticism

• Overwhelmed by small things, and underwhelmed by big things

• Like your nervous system has never relaxed enough to feel safe

In our work together, we will create a space that is steady and spacious. We’ll build safety slowly through awareness, learning the language of your feelings, and cultivating deep compassion for the parts of you that had to survive. We will map patterns in your relationships, especially the ones in your relationship with yourself. I’ll help you untangle the protective strategies that you needed back then, but may no longer serve you. And we will reconnect you to the grounded, intuitive core that you’ve always had.

I work with:

• Somatic and mindfulness-based practices to calm the nervous system

• Inner child and parts work (IFS) to heal from within

• Emotionally-focused exploration of your beliefs and attachment wounds

• Humor, metaphors, and celebrating tiny victories (because let’s face it- trauma work can be heavy, but it doesn’t have to feel that way every session)

Treatment isn’t a straight line. We’ll revisit the same places with new insight, tools, strength, and less shame. Over time, you’ll find more ease, more choice, and more YOU.