Trauma & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  

I can help with trauma-related difficulties, including acute stress disorder, chronic trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and complex PTSD.

Understanding Trauma & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Trauma and PTSD can develop after distressing, frightening, or life-threatening events. Because trauma is deeply personal, any experience that threatens your sense of safety, security, or control can lead to it.

While trauma is a natural response to danger, it can become PTSD when the nervous system remains ‘stuck’ in survival mode – the fight, flight, or freeze response – leaving you on high alert and unable to fully process what happened. You may feel anxious or panicky, experience flashbacks, or find yourself constantly on guard. These reactions can appear immediately after an event or take months, even years, to emerge.

Therapy for Trauma & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Because trauma touches everyone differently, therapy is shaped around your unique experiences, needs, and pace. I offer a compassionate and steady space where you can safely explore what has happened, understand how it has affected you, and begin to heal.

Together, we will work through your memories and emotions, helping you process experiences that have felt overwhelming or fragmented. Along the way, we will develop coping strategies and practical skills to manage triggers, ease distress, and calm the body’s stress response – helping you regain a sense of balance and control.

Healing from trauma is not about reliving the past, but about restoring your sense of self. Over time, you can reconnect with your inner strength, feel more grounded in the present, and move forward with renewed confidence, peace, and purpose.