❋Trauma Counseling

Trauma isn't simply what happens to us. It is what happens inside of us. It can emerge when what happens to us is more than our nervous system has the capacity to process and integrate. When an experience overwhelms our ability to feel safe, connected, and grounded, its effects can continue long after the event itself has ended.

Trauma can often be understood as an experience that feels like too much, too fast, too soon. Trauma treatment is intentionally designed to counter the anxiousness and urgency created by trauma, by creating a pace that is gentle, steady, and safe enough to heal.

Trauma therapy may address things such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, neglect, developmental trauma, systems trauma, racial trauma, and many other experiences, including war. Trauma therapy can also address acute experiences like an injury, car crash, sudden death of a loved one, physical assault, being the victim of a crime, sudden loss of a job or housing, and many more experiences that lead to distress.