MOVE OUT OF SURVIVAL MODE AND BACK INTO YOURSELF.
TRAUMA THERAPY IN LOS ANGELES
YOU CARRY A DEEP BELIEF THAT YOU’RE fundamentally flawed.
You wake up in the morning with an anxious feeling in your chest and a foreboding sense of dread. You struggle to focus throughout the day, and find yourself second-guessing your feelings and perceptions. Sometimes you’re reminded of memories or events from the past that make you feel ashamed or confused. A part of you then jumps in to push those feelings away, saying “Why can’t I just move on like everybody else?”
You often feel disconnected from your body and from other people, like you’re moving through life on autopilot. You’re constantly on edge, and you have a hard time trusting yourself. You want so badly to break free of the past, but reminders keep cropping up, and it’s getting harder and harder to cope. You’ve come to believe there’s something wrong with you and that no one else could possibly understand what you’re going through.
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You hold an underlying belief that you’re a bad person and that what happened in the past was somehow your fault. Even though a part of you knows you shouldn’t blame yourself, you can’t help but wonder if you’re the exception.
A part of you insists that if you just hold yourself accountable enough, you’ll finally be able to move on. Instead, the shame keeps you stuck, shaping how you show up at work, in your relationships, and in the moments when you’re alone with your thoughts.
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You’ve tried to move forward and pushed yourself to heal. And yet the same reactions keep surfacing. At some point, you start believing that maybe you’ll always feel this way. You wonder, “What if this is just who I am now?”
Sitting with this brings up a heaviness—a sense of defectiveness, hopelessness, or exhaustion that’s hard to put into words.
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You crave comfort and support so you don’t feel alone in it all. Instead, your body freezes when you reach for connection, as if to say, “This doesn’t feel safe.”
Even when your brain gives the green light, your body shuts down, and this disconnection feels scary and out of your control. You wonder if you’ll ever be able to have a healthy romantic relationship or sex life again.
If any of this feels familiar, it doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means your system learned how to survive.
How trauma therapy creates lasting change
TRAUMA THERAPY CAN HELP YOU TO RESTORE SAFETY and BUILD TRUST inside .
You can know intellectually that the past is over and still feel like your body is stuck there. Trauma therapy can help you reconnect with the present in a safe and sustainable way.
Through IFS, we’ll work with the parts of you that are constantly on edge or shutting down. Instead of fighting these reactions, we’ll build trust with them and help them to feel seen, appreciated, and understood for their good intentions.
We’ll then connect with the deeper parts underneath that are still holding fear, shame, or responsibility for what happened, and help them to unburden so you can invite in what was lost: connection, joy, and inner trust.
As your system begins to feel safer, you may notice:
Less hypervigilance and reactivity
More access to your body and emotions
A growing sense of steadiness and self-trust
The ability to stay present in intimacy without shutting down or dissociating
Relief from the constant undercurrent of shame
Over time, and at the pace your nervous system allows, you can begin to feel more choice, agency, and groundedness in who you are, not just what you’ve been through.
I CAN HELP YOU WITH:
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Sexual trauma can rob you of your connection to your body, your ability to trust yourself and others, and your sense of safety. Together we can work at a pace that feels comfortable to deepen inner trust and connection, increase self-compassion, and take back your agency and power.
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Emotional abuse can leave you questioning your reality, minimizing your experiences, feeling a sense of confusion, and wondering whether you’re to blame. We can work together to untangle these beliefs, rebuild connection to your inner wisdom, and develop a stronger sense of your own needs and boundaries.
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Growing up with emotionally immature parents can teach you to put other people’s needs first, manage their emotions, and lose touch with your own needs or sense of self. Therapy can help you understand these patterns, rebuild inner trust, and develop a way forward that feels grounded and aligned with your personal values.
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Some losses leave more than grief—they can leave you feeling shaken, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself and the life you once knew. Together, we can work to process the magnitude of this experience, explore existential questions around meaning and death, make sense of what’s changed, and find a way forward that honors what you’ve lost.
IFS TRAUMA THERAPY CAN HELP YOU:
Feel safe in your body again.
Instead of numbing, bracing, or feeling constantly on edge, we can work together to help your nervous system slowly settle so you can feel more grounded and present. Over time, you may begin to notice that your body doesn’t have to stay on high alert, making more room for trust and a greater sense of ease.
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Experience relief from chronic shame.
Relentless self-criticism and self-blame can start to loosen their grip. You can begin to meet yourself with more compassion and less judgment, even when difficult emotions arise.
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Build relationships rooted in trust instead of fear.
You’re able to begin opening up without losing yourself in the process. Intimacy can start to feel safer and more reciprocal, and you can stay present in connection without shutting down, over-functioning, or retreating into your head.
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Trust your needs—and act on them.
Instead of constantly second-guessing yourself, you can gain more clarity about what you want and the confidence to honor it. You can set boundaries that feel grounded and aligned with who you are, rather than driven by guilt, fear, or the need to keep everyone else happy.
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You don’t have to carry this alone.
HEALING FROM TRAUMA IS POSSIBLE.
FAQs
COMMON QUESTIONS
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Trauma isn’t always defined by what happened, but by how your nervous system experienced and responded to it. You don’t need a catastrophic event for your system to have been overwhelmed. Trauma can stem from chronic relational stress, emotional neglect or abuse, sexual harm, medical experiences, sudden loss, or moments when you felt powerless, unsafe, or alone.
If you’re experiencing hypervigilance, shutting down, shame, distrust, or disconnection from your body, your system may be carrying unresolved trauma. You don’t have to decide whether your experience “counts” — it’s the impact that matters.
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You don’t need to remember everything to heal. It’s common to have fragmented memories or gaps, especially when you’ve experienced something traumatic or overwhelming. Through IFS, we can focus on what’s happening in your body now, and work with the parts of you that were impacted so we can help them heal. As safety builds, insight and clarity tend to emerge naturally, without forcing the past to resurface before you’re ready.
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No. Trauma therapy isn’t about repeatedly revisiting painful events. Through IFS, we’ll move at a pace your system feels ready for, while working to rebuild inner trust and a greater sense of safety. The goal is integration and safety, not retraumatization.
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Many clients come to me after years of therapy and self-reflection, with plenty of insight but without the deeper change they’re looking for. IFS focuses on working directly with the parts of you that hold fear, shame, or protective strategies, not just understanding them intellectually. This often leads to deeper, more sustainable shifts.
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This is deep work, and it unfolds over time. Some clients notice meaningful shifts within months; for others, it’s a longer-term investment in sustained healing. We’ll regularly check in to assess your goals and progress together.