Trauma doesn't always end when the experience is over. Its effects can continue to show up in how you experience your body, emotions, relationships, and sense of safety.

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You may find yourself feeling on edge, emotionally overwhelmed, disconnected, or reacting to situations in ways that feel difficult to understand or control.

Early Attachment & Developmental Trauma

Our earliest relationships influence how we learn to seek connection, manage emotional distress, recognize our needs, and protect ourselves when relationships feel uncertain.

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For some people, early experiences of emotional neglect, inconsistency, criticism, or instability contribute to patterns that continue into adulthood.

These may include difficulty trusting others, fear of abandonment, emotional withdrawal, excessive self-reliance, people-pleasing, or a persistent sense of inadequacy.

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Therapy focuses on understanding these patterns in the context in which they developed and creating opportunities to experience and respond to emotions and relationships differently.

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Single-Event Trauma

A frightening or overwhelming experience can continue to affect someone’s emotional and physiological responses long after the immediate danger has passed.

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This may follow an accident, assault, sudden loss, traumatic medical event, or other distressing experience.

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Some individuals experience intrusive memories, heightened vigilance, avoidance, emotional numbing, or a persistent sense of threat.

Treatment may include EMDR and other experiential and somatic approaches to help process distressing experiences and reduce their ongoing impact.

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Medical Trauma

Medical experiences can be psychologically distressing, particularly when they involve fear, helplessness, unexpected complications, invasive procedures, or a perceived loss of bodily autonomy.

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Even after physical recovery, some people continue to experience anxiety, intrusive memories, heightened physiological arousal, avoidance of medical settings, or a changed relationship with their bodies.

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I work with adults processing difficult medical experiences, including surgeries, hospitalizations, traumatic childbirth, unexpected diagnoses, and other events that have disrupted their sense of safety or trust.

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Psychotherapy can help address the emotional and trauma-related effects of these experiences while complementing ongoing medical care.

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Religious & Spiritual Trauma

Religious or spiritual environments can provide meaning, belonging, and connection. They can also become sources of psychological harm when experiences involve coercion, fear, shame, rigid control, or violations of personal autonomy.

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Leaving or questioning a religious community may involve grief, identity disruption, strained family relationships, and uncertainty about previously held beliefs.

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I work with adults processing spiritual abuse, high-control religious experiences, and the emotional consequences of religious transitions.

Therapy provides space to examine these experiences without imposing a particular religious or nonreligious perspective.