It's Your Journey
We Walk With You
Healing begins where safety is possible.
My work supports adults navigating trauma, emotional dysregulation, relationship challenges, and the long-term effects of early experiences that shaped identity, belonging, and self-worthiness.
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We move at a pace your nervous system can hold — with compassion, structure, and respect for your capacity to grow a life rooted in internal safety and self-possession.
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Traumatic Stress
Trauma
Support after overwhelming or life-threatening experiences
You may be experiencing:
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Hypervigilance, startle response
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Intrusive memories, nightmares, flashbacks
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Avoidance or emotional shutdown
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Difficulty feeling safe or grounded
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Mood and sleep disturbance
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Changes in trust, sense of control, or meaning
How we work together:
Trauma therapy focuses on restoring safety, emotional regulation, and nervous system stability after distressing events such as accidents, medical trauma, interpersonal violence, sudden loss, or life-altering experiences.
We follow a phase-based, evidence-informed approach that may include grounding work, nervous system stabilization, emotion regulation skills, meaning-making, and gentle processing in a way that protects your capacity and dignity.
The goal is not to erase the past — but to help you feel safe in the present, reclaim your agency, and re-enter life from a grounded place.
Complex Trauma & Developmental Trauma
When safety and selfhood had to form in survival
Complex trauma develops when, in childhood, safety, consistency, and emotional attunement were not reliably present. This may include emotional or physical neglect, chronic fear or instability, caregiving that was unpredictable or overwhelming, or abuse, including childhood sexual abuse, within relationships that were meant to protect you.
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These early experiences shape identity, nervous-system development, emotional regulation, and attachment. Many adults living with developmental trauma describe feeling like they never had the chance to fully form a stable sense of self.
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Common experiences:
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Chronic shame or self-doubt
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Overwhelm or emotional shutdown
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Dissociation or feeling “not fully here”
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People-pleasing, caretaking, or perfectionism
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Fear of conflict, abandonment, or closeness
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Difficulty knowing needs, feelings, or identity
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Feeling “too much” or “not enough”
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How we work together:
For many survivors, healing isn’t returning to a previous self — it’s developing selfhood, safety, and internal structure for the first time. Our work builds:
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Nervous-system regulation
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Emotional capacity and stability
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Identity and self-trust
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Healthy boundaries and voice
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Secure attachment and connection
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Permission to rest, feel, want, and exist
We move gently and relationally, honouring strategies that once protected you.
The work is not about fixing, it is about becoming who you never had the chance to be when survival came first.
Emotion Regulation & High Emotional Sensitivity
For people who feel deeply, intensely, and quickly
Whether related to trauma, nervous-system sensitivity, or BPD-related challenges, you may experience:
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Emotional intensity or rapid shifts
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Fear of abandonment or rejection
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Difficulty calming or staying regulated
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Strong relational reactions
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Internal conflict or self-criticism
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We build emotional capacity, stabilization skills, internal safety, and secure relational ground, pairing DBT-informed approaches with trauma-focused relational work.
Anxiety
A natural human response that sometimes becomes overwhelming
Anxiety is not a weakness, it’s part of being human. It can help us focus, prepare, and respond to life. But when anxiety becomes constant or intense, it can make it hard to rest, think clearly, or feel grounded. You might notice racing thoughts, tension in your body, difficulty relaxing or sleeping, or a sense of being “on alert” even when nothing is wrong.
We don’t aim to “eliminate” anxiety. Instead, we explore its purpose, reduce overwhelm, and strengthen your capacity to feel settled and safe inside yourself. Together, we build emotional and nervous-system resilience so anxiety becomes a signal you can respond to, not a state you have to live in.
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Depression
When the mind and body slow down to protect you
Depression isn’t a failure or lack of effort, it’s a whole-system response involving biology, emotion, and experience. It can follow loss, prolonged stress, trauma, or feeling unsupported, and may also relate to sleep, hormones, or genetics.
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You may feel heavy, numb, disconnected, irritable, slowed down, or unable to enjoy things the way you once did. Concentration, energy, and motivation may feel limited, and everyday tasks can take more effort than they should.
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For many, depression is the nervous system conserving energy when life has demanded too much for too long.
We use a layered approach, supporting your nervous system, exploring emotional and meaning-based factors, addressing practical contributors like sleep and routine, and building connection and internal safety. Our work focuses on gently restoring energy, clarity, and a felt sense of aliveness, at a pace your system can hold.
