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IF YOU FEEL LIKE...
You're being weighted down by difficult emotions & can't seem to shake things that have happened in the past and be present in your life. ​
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We can only keep unprocessed stress and trauma at bay for so long before it starts spilling over. It's human nature to try to avoid pain and discomfort, and sometimes we don't even notice the ways we're doing it. Maybe you spend all of your time staying busy, or you're so focused on taking care of people around you so that you can feel okay, or maybe you feel like you're in a losing battle trying to manage stress.
If we've been hurt in our relationships, the way we've been impacted by it can show up in our relationships with other people as well as with ourselves. If the kind of stress we experienced was ongoing, we find ways to just get through it. The issue is that our minds and bodies don't always register when we're no longer in those situations, and some of those behaviors or patterns persist even when they're no longer helpful to us.
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Whether you've had recent experiences, or what to address things that have happened in the past, healing is possible, even here.
Learn how to actually let things go and find a more sustainable sense of peace.
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Constantly feeling anxious, on edge, and can't seem to relax even when there's nothing you need to do
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​Finding yourself responding with reactivity or by shutting down in your relationships
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Noticing fears that are impacting your behaviors in ways that feel limiting or restrictive
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Getting stuck in certain emotions and feeling like they completely overwhelm you​
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Struggling to keep memories, thoughts, and dreams about the past in the past
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There are traumatic events, traumatic environments, & traumatic relationships.
Many different experiences can be traumatic for us, more than the shock traumas that usually come to mind. It can be a betrayal of trust in a relationship, suddenly losing someone important to you, chronic stressors, or the absence of soothing and unmet needs. It essentially refers to a wound, and we all have wounds.
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Trauma tends to result in implicit memories, which means that emotions and sensory responses are disconnected from events. Which can show up as:
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Trauma can impact our day to day functioning, patterns in our relationships, our ability to be present and engage fully in our jobs or as parents, and can make it difficult to have a strong sense of self or self-worth. ​​​​​​​​
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Despair, shame, self-loathing, helplessness, hopelessness, rage
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Hypervigilance, chronic mistrust, fear and terror
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Physical sensations like numbness, dizziness, tightness or tension nausea, constriction, sinking, or shaking
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Restlessness or the impulse to 'get out', self-harm, anxiety, depression, automatic behavior, and conditioned responses​
Therapy for trauma can help you...
Process difficulties
​Safely reprocess past experiences, difficult emotions, and the way that your body is holding on to pieces of memories and felt experiences
Release body-based memories
​Allow you to reconnect with your body, process physical sensations, and increase your somatic awareness
Learn self-compassion
Understand your needs and behavior patterns, learn how to be compassionate to yourself, and find healthier sources of self-worth
Learn coping skills
Therapy can teach you trauma-informed ways to move through triggers differently so that you can stop avoiding and start healing
Regulate your nervous system
Gain a better understanding of how your mind and body are connected and learn tools to support your nervous system in regulating
Improve your relationships
Find new ways of relating to yourself, reprocess how you've learned to show up in relationships, and make meaningful connections
It's time to allow yourself to have a different experience.
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