Trauma Therapy in Orange County, CA

Online therapy for trauma in California and Florida

Resolve issues from the past.

Step into your desired future.

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Do you feel stuck in the past?

Trauma from the past can leave you feeling so alone.

How do you explain to someone that you can’t concentrate at work because you keep looping on the terrible words your mother once said to you when you were seven? How do you explain to the person you love that your body feels tense all the time and that snuggles now feel alarming rather than comforting and you have no idea why? How do you tell your best friend that you are nervous about showing up at her party awkward and anxious because you are worried that she will be upset or assume that you just don’t want to go to her party? How do you explain to your friends that you REALLY do want to prioritize your physical health by going to the gym but you simply cannot make yourself get out of bed in the morning because you’re too exhausted from another night of sleep terrors?

This leaves you…

  • Worried about getting into trouble at work because you’re missing deadlines or making small mistakes

  • Feeling sluggish in the mornings because you’re having a hard time getting a good night’s rest and as a result find yourself irritable with your partner and forgetting important things

  • Feeling disconnected from those around you because you are often having conversations in your head about how to prevent bad things from happening

  • Feeling on edge all the time and so you are snapping at others leaving you feeling more alone when what you really want is closeness

When you can make sense of your past, it can shift from still being ever present to being truly historical.

This allows you to fully show up in THIS moment rather than thinking of the past repetitively or worrying about trying to prevent problems in the future. This means you can be here NOW; concentrating at work, listening when others are sharing, feeling safe to hug and feeling close to those you cherish,  and being aware of when relationships are not healthy and confidently setting boundaries that respect your wants and needs.

With EMDR therapy, I can help you to build awareness and compassion around what happened in your past.

Together, we can unpack those painful memories and form new ways of thinking about what happened and how you see yourself now.

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This will help you to…

  • Wake each day feeling rested

  • Communicate your needs and feelings effectively to your loved ones

  • Break free from painful thoughts about yourself

  • Improve your self-esteem and self-compassion

  • Set boundaries with confidence

  • Cultivate healthy relationships and release those that no longer serve you

You deserve to feel better

 FAQs

Emotional Abuse in Childhood

I find that people who are seeking therapy for depression and/or anxiety sometimes experience emotional (aka “developmental”) trauma in childhood. This may include a feeling of general neglect, often feeling invalidated or invisible, or messages such as “How can you be so stupid?”. These might seem small to some but for those experiencing this, it can feel huge because it impacts a person’s sense of self as well as how worthy or good enough they feel to others. I have significant experience in noticing these examples of emotional trauma, how they impact a person today, and often will suggest using EMDR to work through and heal from this type of trauma that is often under-recognized as well as to understand how trauma has impacted the person’s life and their relationships.

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