Trauma Therapy in Atlanta

You want positive change.

You look fine on the outside, you are “successful” but, there is still that self-critical voice telling you “it’s not enough, that YOU are not enough”. Maybe your life looks good from the outside, but it doesn’t feel good. You are tired of pushing through, of pretending you have it all together when you really don’t… not inside and not in the ways you want.

• You find yourself still repeating old, unhelpful patterns. The negative self-talk, mental loops, unhealthy behaviors and self-sabotage.

• Your relationships are suffering; too much conflict or lacking true connection. You find yourself overly reactive to your partner, your kids. Or you shut down, pull away.

• Familiar, unwanted negative emotions, sensations, and reactions still crop up even when you feel like they shouldn’t.

• You keep thinking about past events, people or perceived failures…you just can’t seem to “let it go”

• There is misalignment between what you know intellectually about yourself and your situation and what it feels like inside. You don’t feel like you are enough, that you are worthy, or that you are safe.

You have tried so hard to move past the past.

You think that something from the past is a contributing factor, whether it is a traumatic event, a bad relationship, or a difficult childhood, or all of the above. Or you may have no idea what did or didn’t happen when you were younger but something isn’t right.

Despite all that you have accomplished, it still affects you.

Maybe you pushed it all down through sheer will. Or maybe you feel you have tried all the things you are supposed to do to overcome. You’ve self-reflected, read the self-help books, listened to ALL the podcasts, tried talk therapy. It helped…a little. You understand more, you cope a bit better but you need something more.

Get to the root so you can finally heal and thrive.

The key reason talking and thinking about past trauma hasn’t worked is because the thinking brain is not where unresolved trauma resides. It is held in the deeper parts of the brain and body. And that’s where you need to go to heal. Your nervous system has an innate capacity to heal. With the right conditions and an attuned therapist, it can do amazing things to help you heal.

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and Brainspotting therapy work deeply, somatically to help you truly recover from trauma and other painful experiences. These are two of the brain-based therapies (with solid and growing evidence bases) that are an integral basis of my work with clients. Because they work. I integrate additional therapies I have used throughout my 20+ years as a therapist. And a few more as a human. I care about my clients, the work I do. I have always been a lover of learning and seeker. Learn more about me here.