TRAUMA THERAPY IN NORTH HAVEN, CT
Stop your past from ruling
the present
Your past is hard to forget and it just seems to stick with you.
Something happened to you that has left you feeling alone, raw, and vulnerable. You've worked hard to protect yourself from that point forward, by pouring yourself into your career and being the exact support for everyone else that you needed most when you were younger.
You set your goals high and your expectations higher. On the outside, people see someone who is resilient, kind, motivated, and self-aware. Yet what they don’t see is how at any given moment an ounce of disapproval or criticism sends you into a tailspin. Your past creeps back up, whispering to you that you’re not enough.
You've tried to rationalize with yourself that you should be able to just forget about it because it's in the past.
Logically, you know all the “right” ways to think about what happened to you. Nothing has changed though. So, you ignore it. Shove it down, lock it away, and hope it leaves you the hell alone. The memory even feels distant some days, but you're still stuck with a heavy tension that curses your veins.
You’re tired and ready for change.
Frankly, it’s getting harder to keep pretending you’re fine. Perhaps you’re getting into more arguments in your relationships, making mistakes at work, sleeping differently, or spending most of your time wondering how you’re going to keep it all together.
You wear your hefty workload like a badge of honor. Plus, when people close to you notice you’re acting differently your jam-packed schedule gives an easy explanation, diverting the conversation away from what’s really bothering you.
Keeping others at arms-length is a skill you’ve mastered, despite your deep yearning for closeness.
Sometimes it feels like you’re losing your mind and wonder if your trauma has taken something from you that you’ll never get back.
You’re not crazy or broken.
When you’ve been abused, hurt, or assaulted, your body stores that experience and that can make connecting with yourself and others difficult.
Healing is possible.
You can truly lean into you who are, no longer allowing your trauma to define you. You can have healthy, fulfilling relationships. You can discover the joy of living in the present, even when shit gets tough.
Trauma therapy can help.
explore
Trauma can feel messy and convoluted. After trust and safety have been established, therapy is a place that helps you begin to unravel to emotions, experiences, patterns, and beliefs that are still causing you pain.
feel
What you uncover may feel uncomfortable or shameful. Therapy is a space where you can safely experience these emotions without judgment, connecting to self-compassion during the process.
grow
You’ll notice shifts in your relationships, self-acceptance, and enjoyment in your life. Uncomfortable emotions and triggers have become more tolerable. Together, we will expand this tolerance into acceptance and joy.
With Trauma Therapy you can:
Step into using your voice again
Identify the parts of your past that continue to cause you pain
Discover the healing power that resides in you
Release the ways that your body has stored your trauma
Improve your relationships & connection with others
Questions?
These are some common questions about Trauma Therapy. To learn more about working with me, head to my FAQs.
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It’s easy to misdefine trauma as being strictly related to experiences of war and combat, physical abuse in childhood, horrific car accidents, and violent crimes.
In reality, trauma is relative to the person who has experienced it and can cause difficulty in your life in a variety of ways.
Difficult relationships
High-stress work environments
Bullying and harassment
Sibling comparison or competition
Emotionally-distant parent(s)
Foster care and adoption
Life transitions
Conflict between parents
Family member substance use
All of these experiences can be traumatic and cause distress even long after they have ended or you have left the situation. While not every traumatic experience leads to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), every distressing experience deserves space to be acknowledged and processed.
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The people that I work with have primarily experienced relational or interpersonal trauma, meaning that their trauma was caused by an interaction (or number of interactions) with another person.
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Yes and no.
My approach to trauma therapy is to focus on processing the feelings, beliefs, and physical symptoms that are present around your trauma, rather than asking you to relive your trauma experience by sharing every tiny detail.
Healing trauma certainly lends to talking about your experiences so that together we can better understand their impact and notice any patterns that may be unknowingly woven into your life. This may be uncomfortable and difficult to do, but together we will create a space that helps you feel safe.
