ONLINE & IN-PERSON THERAPY FOR ADULTS WITH COMPLEX TRAUMA IN TEXAS
Recover your sense of self
COMPLEX TRAUMA
Stress, anxiety & depression is the best you know to call it but you might be battling complex trauma. Complex trauma is exposure to trauma over a period of time usually in childhood. Trauma is mostly associated with witnessing or experiencing a terrifying or life threatening event but complex trauma is often more subtle in nature and easily overlooked.
Did you have a parent or caregiver who made you feel like a burden
Were you constantly criticized and felt like a failure
Did you ever feel you were alone in the face of big life events when you really needed compassion
Did you ever feel dismissed, invisible or that your feelings didn't matter
Did you try to prevent your parents or caregivers from having an emotional reaction by making sure everything was perfect
Do you self blame to ease the pain of others or prevent conflict
Are you the brunt end of family jokes or made to feel less than
Now as an adult you find yourself overthinking, worrying about others feelings, being concerned that something might go wrong and doubting yourself. When you try to spend time on you, your mind can’t help but think about how what you do will impact the people around you. It’s important to be liked, praised, approved of and seen as competent that denying yourself what you really want to say or do has been normalized. You might feel flawed because it seems like everyone else has the confidence to live freely. You also find it ironic how your independence is praised despite your inner loneliness. It has been so long since you have lived in the moment that you just might have forgotten how to be yourself. This is complex trauma.
These feelings keep you distanced from relationships, overinvested into work, consumed with overthinking, perfectionism and constantly worried about how others feel around you or about you. Sometimes the only relief comes when you are alone and isolated but you deeply want to feel alive and free to be yourself. You want to feel safe in connecting with others and know you will be ok if you experience rejection or disappointment.
Life can feel different than the way it does today.
Therapy can help you break the hold complex trauma has on you.
Imagine a life where you are re-engaged with your authenticity. Where it feels safe to be yourself because no matter what anyone else thinks or feels you have unburdened yourself of pleasing and managing the vibe of others. You no longer share the same avoidant relationship with anxiety and instead trust yourself to care for you in the face of someone's unloving actions. You are empowered to walk a self healing path and value your worth and word.
Relief is within reach:
Identify the parts of you that keep you stuck in stress & anxiety
Witness and understand your stress & anxiety with compassionate self inquiry using parts work and EMDR processing
Heal the part of you that carries the burden by listening to it’s origin story and learn how to attend to your own needs
Develop self trust and find your sense of self
FAQS
What others have wondered about trauma therapy
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Therapy with me is the practice of working at your pace. No one likes to be pushed or forced and neither do you or your parts. Each step of the way is a process of checking-in and making sure it feels ok for your system to keep moving forward with healing work.
Part of the therapy journey is to prepare you to meet these feelings by practicing skills that support the nervous system.
Tapping, breath awareness, container and calm place visualizations are just a few practices we can use to strengthen your resiliency in the face of hard emotions, memories and feelings.
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You are in the right place to do just that. I know it can be scary and a bit unfamiliar but it’s quite common to feel difficult emotions in a session.
While the world tell us not to feel or express, as a trained therapist my role is to make sure you have the respect and space you need to move through these feelings.
It’s possible that feeling strong emotions is frightening because most often we are in a protective process called disassociation.
When you are able to observe your emotions using IFS & EMDR processing strong reactions can be better understood. If you were to have a negative reaction to your emotions in session I will compassionately support you in coming back to the present moment using one of our resourcing. Remember the goals isn’t to eliminate feelings but to develop relationship with them. It’s ok to feel. All feelings are welcome in the therapy room and I promise not to judge you.
More questions? Check out my FAQs page.
