Therapy for trauma in Orlando FL and Virtually

Your story doesn’t end with what’s happened to you.

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You feel like a ghost in your own life.

It’s almost as if life is happening around you, not with you.

You’ve done everything you can to hold it together—
to be okay, to move on, to not let the past define you.
But something still feels... off.
Like a part of you is missing. Or locked away.

You smile when you’re supposed to. You handle things. You keep going.
But underneath it all, there’s a quiet ache.
A loneliness—even in a crowded room.

Maybe it started with a rupture in your childhood.
A betrayal you couldn’t name.
A moment when the people who were supposed to protect you… didn’t.
Maybe no one ever called it trauma.
But something changed in you—and you’ve been carrying it ever since.

Your emotions get stuck in your throat.
You go somewhere else just to cope.
Your body doesn’t feel like home.
You lose time. You space out.
Sometimes you don’t recognize your reflection.
You flinch at someone’s tone, even when they’re not angry.
Your chest tightens. Your stomach turns.
But there’s no clear “reason”—just that lingering sense that something isn’t safe.

Even your most private spaces—your beliefs, your body, your identity—don’t always feel like they belong to you.

There’s shame around how much this still affects you—especially when others don’t understand.
Maybe you’ve wondered if it was really “bad enough” to count.
Maybe you learned to minimize it before anyone else could.

But the truth is: your body remembers what your mind had to bury.

You’ve been through things that taught you to survive by disconnecting.
You learned to cope by numbing, escaping, overthinking, shape-shifting.

But now you’re wondering:
Who am I, underneath all of this?

You’re not broken. You adapted. You survived.
But you’re allowed to want more than just survival.
You’re allowed to come home to yourself.

What if healing isn’t about who you become—but about who you finally get to be?

This is how healing begins: not by erasing your past, but by rewriting your relationship to it.

You’re not trying to reinvent yourself. You’re trying to feel like yourself again—the version of you that didn’t have to shrink, smile, or armor up to feel safe.

In our work together, we’ll start by helping your body feel like home again. Maybe you’re used to intellectualizing emotions—knowing the words, the logic, the insight—but still feeling stuck. Or maybe you check out entirely, dissociating or numbing just to get through. You’re not broken. These are tools that have kept you alive. You’ve carried them alone for a long time—but you don’t have to anymore.

We’ll follow the thread of what’s been buried—not to fix you, but to free you. Using parts-work, somatic techniques, and hypnotherapy, we’ll gently untangle the patterns that keep you trapped. We’ll listen to your body’s wisdom. Help you find your way back to wholeness. And make space for something softer: compassion, clarity, connection.

Therapy for trauma can help you…

 

  • Understand your triggers without being ruled by them

  • Release shame and build self-compassion that sticks

  • Clarify what you want, need, and value—so you stop abandoning yourself to keep the peace

  • Create relationships rooted in trust and safety, not self-doubt or hyper-vigilance

  • Heal the physical manifestations of trauma—chronic tension, digestive issues, fatigue, and more

How we’ll work together

  • Parts-Work (IFS Informed)

    Ever feel like there are different versions of you—one that pushes through, one that shuts down, one that just wants to be seen? Parts work helps us get curious about those internal voices, build compassion for how they’ve helped you survive, and create space for your truest self to lead.

  • Hypnotherapy

    This isn’t stage hypnosis—it’s a gentle, focused way to access your subconscious beliefs, shift stuck patterns, and reconnect with the parts of you that got buried under pain, shame, or survival mode. Together, we’ll create space for healing at the root, not just the surface.

  • Somatic Therapy

    Trauma isn’t just something you remember—it’s something that lives in the body. So instead of just talking about your experiences, we’ll tune into how they show up physically—learning to notice, soothe, and slowly release what your nervous system has been holding onto for years.

Together, let’s discover what healing could look like for you.

Frequently asked questions about trauma therapy

FAQs

  • Big T trauma includes things like abuse or violence, while little t trauma can be chronic stress, emotional neglect, or never feeling safe to be yourself. If it left a lasting impact on how you see yourself or relate to the world, it counts. You don’t have to justify your pain for it to matter.

  • I work with folks healing from acute, chronic, and complex trauma—including experiences that were ongoing, subtle, or never fully named. This includes childhood emotional abuse or neglect, sexual trauma, religious harm, identity-based trauma, and moments when the people who were supposed to protect you didn’t. Whether it was a single incident or years of buildup, we’ll focus on how it’s showing up in your life today. If it still lives in your body, it’s worth healing.

  • When you go through something overwhelming, your body doesn’t just “get over it.” It adapts. You might shut down emotionally, feel stuck in go-go-go mode, or say yes when you really mean no—because it once felt safer to freeze, flee, or fawn than to fight back. Over time, that survival energy can turn into chronic tension, fatigue, brain fog, digestive issues, or feeling disconnected from your body entirely. Trauma therapy helps you understand these responses, not as flaws—but as proof of how hard your body’s been working to protect you.

  • Nope! Trauma therapy doesn’t mean you have to relive or retell everything that’s ever hurt you. We’ll focus more on how the past is showing up in your present—through your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and body. Some people want to share details; others don’t. Either way, healing is still possible.

  • It really depends on what you're carrying and how it’s showing up in your life. If we're working through a single event that happened in adulthood, you might feel relief within a few months. But if you're healing from childhood or complex trauma, research suggests it can take 15–30 months—and that lines up with what I see in my work.

    Everyone’s healing process looks different. Some clients notice big shifts early on. Others need more time to build safety and unlearn the patterns that once kept them safe. We’ll move at the pace your nervous system can truly handle—slow, steady, and supported.