Together we'll explore the impact of the past with curiosity and compassion, creating space for healing, growth, and positive change
What is Complex Trauma?
Complex trauma develops through repeated experiences where we didn't consistently feel emotionally safe, physically safe, understood, protected, or valued during childhood. These experiences create wounds within the relationships that were meant to provide love, safety, and connection.
Over time, we naturally adapt to survive these experiences (thank goodness), but these adaptations come with distress that signals an opportunity for healing.
Complex Trauma May Show Up As:
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Anger, anxiety, or shame that seems to appear automatically
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Longing for connection while simultaneously feeling afraid of it
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Dissociation, numbness, or feeling disconnected from yourself
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Feeling constantly on edge, overwhelmed, or unable to relax
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Persistent self-criticism, self-doubt, or feelings of not being enough
My Approach
I work with Complex Trauma through a therapy modality known as NARM (the NeuroAffective Relational Model), which is a therapeutic approach created explicitly for helping people heal CPTSD. NARM is a technique that integrates relational therapy, somatic therapy, and mindfulness as a means of integrating the healing.
Together, we explore the survival patterns that developed in response to your experiences, what those patterns have been trying to protect, and how they may be impacting your life today. Through the process, you cultivate greater awareness, agency, connection, and compassion, allowing old patterns to loosen as new possibilities emerge.
Inner-stability, agency, and enjoyable safe connection with others is possible.
