Supporting adults through trauma and painful experiences.

Trauma therapist in Boston and online across MA and NC.

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Trauma feels like you’re walking backwards uphill.

You have a painful past that changed something about who you are and how you look at life. You may not even call it “trauma”, but you know it was overwhelming and made your days harder.

Maybe You’ve:

  • had a painful childhood

  • experienced emotional abuse, neglect or bullying

  • lost someone to death or to an ending of a relationship

  • been assaulted or witnessed violence

  • been a victim of religious and spiritual abuse or purity culture

  • experienced homelessness, an accident or overwhelming medical difficulties

or experienced anything at all that felt like more than what you could handle.

Trauma is…

a reaction to a distressing experience that overwhelmed your system and may still be affecting your life. No matter how big or small. No matter how deep or shallow.

Your trust in people has dwindled.

You don’t feel safe in your body. You’re not enjoying your hobbies and your friends. Maybe you feel consumed by your feelings and thoughts and want everything to go away, or look forward to life being over rather than looking forward to living it. You just don’t want to deal with it anymore. 

Whatever it was you can’t quite shake it.

You feel that it’s been long enough and you should feel better already. It may have happened two weeks ago or two decades ago, however long ago it was it’s still here with you. You feel overwhelmed by shame, anger and despair.

You distract or numb your feelings by keeping busy, overworking, finding things or people to control, using substances, self-harming or telling yourself it’s okay when you really don’t feel okay.

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Trauma doesn’t have to live in you the way it does now.

You can learn to trust yourself, get back to doing things you enjoy, release anxiety and panic to feel safe in your body and appreciate the quiet without the excess noise in your head. You can enjoy hopefulness and contentment.

Trauma looks differently for everyone. Here’s how to be kind to yourself:

  • “I feel overwhelmed and in pain”

  • “I know better than anyone what it’s like to live in my body”

  • “I don’t have to pretend to be strong”

  • “What happened to me affected me”

  • “Despite how long it’s been, It doesn’t feel resolved and I still don’t feel okay”

As your therapist, I’ll trust you. 

You won’t be told to get over it or be judged about how you’ve coped with your trauma. Instead a warm and patient space exists for you to release trauma, gently uncover shame and rebuild yourself.

Trauma therapy can help you:

  • Process and release trauma and difficult experiences

  • Reduce or eliminate unwanted behavior

  • Reduce shame, anxiety, panic + other overwhelming emotions

  • Improve communication and trust with self and others

  • Prioritize fulfillment and well-being

You don’t have to keep struggling on this hill alone.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Trauma therapy, or trauma informed therapy, is therapy that addresses your painful past experiences, while prioritizing your safety, comfort and consent.

  • Therapy is a layered experience and there is no typical amount of time that someone pursues therapy. Based on your goals, you and I will continuously assess your progress. During any point you can decide that the amount of progress that you made is sufficient and enough to pause or end therapy.

  • Trauma therapy is effective online. Whether or not you want to have therapy in-person or online is a matter of preference. At this time, I offer online only sessions.

  • You and I will always look to create safety in your therapy by engaging with your unique experiences in mind and being informed with connection, consent and consideration of pace.

Sub - Specialties

  • Acute trauma (Ex. car accident or house fire)

  • Chronic and complex trauma (Ex. childhood trauma or homelessness)

Brainspotting for Trauma

A therapeutic method that helps you get in touch with the messages that your body is sending to you. In a safe and gentle environment, access experiences in the brain and reprocess them to release anxiety and trauma and bring the mind and body to a more regulated or manageable state.