Do you struggle with exhaustion, sadness, anxiety, agitation, lack of focus, hyper-arousal, dissociation or find it difficult to self-regulate? Depending on how you're affected, trauma may cause these difficulties in your daily life.

Most clients I speak with deny their own trauma or do not find their scarring experiences “serious” enough to be defined as trauma. I am here to tell you trauma is nuanced and many fail to appropriately recognize, explore and process their wounding life experiences. Before you decide you haven’t experienced trauma, let’s better understand your experiences together.

The main symptom I see in my clients who have experienced trauma is a tendency to live in a state of ‘fight or flight’. In a traumatic situation, your “fight or flight” response (a survival mechanism) gets triggered, which enables people to react quickly to life-threatening situations. The body’s primary goal under these circumstances is getting you to safety so all other functions fall to the waste side. The real problem is when someone reacts this way, even when there is no real threat. Constantly being in a state of fight-or-flight, can be harmful to both our physical and mental health, as many important functions become deprioritized so that we can stay alert to any danger.

By understanding why you have this response and how to manage it, you can move towards greater mental and physical well-being. I will work with you to remove you from this harmful state and heal your nervous system.

As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, I am able to apply my experience and training to better assess and treat trauma.