MOVE OUT OF SURVIVAL MODE AND BACK INTO YOURSELF.

TRAUMA THERAPY IN LOS ANGELES AND ACROSS CA

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YOU CARRY A DEEP BELIEF THAT YOU’RE fundamentally flawed.

You wake up every morning with an anxious feeling in your chest and a foreboding sense of dread. You struggle to focus throughout the day, thoughts and images ping-ponging around in your brain. Some of these thoughts feel unwanted and upsetting, and you find yourself getting stuck in memories or events from the past. This makes you feel ashamed and confused, and you wonder, “Why can’t I just move on like everybody else?”

You feel disconnected from your body and from the world, like you’ve moving through life on autopilot. You’re constantly on edge, and feel distrusting of yourself and others. 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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MAYBE you’re…

  • You hold an underlying belief that what happened to you was somehow your fault. Even when you know better intellectually, the guilt lingers.

    A part of you insists that if you just hold yourself accountable, you’ll finally be able to move on. Instead, the shame keeps you stuck, shaping how you show up at work, in relationships, and in the moments when you’re alone with your thoughts.

  • 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.

  • 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 .

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Trauma therapy isn’t about forcing yourself to move on. It’s about helping your nervous system re-adapt now that you are no longer in danger.

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 so they no longer have to work so hard to protect you.

We’ll then connect with the deeper parts 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, survival responses soften. You feel more choice. More agency. More grounded in who you are, not just what you’ve been through.

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I CAN HELP YOU WITH:

SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE

EMOTIONAL AND NARCISSISTIC ABUSE

ADULT CHILDREN OF EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE PARENTS

TRAUMATIC GRIEF & LOSS

IFS TRAUMA THERAPY CAN HELP YOU:

Feel safe in your body again.

Instead of numbing, bracing, or feeling constantly on edge, your nervous system starts to settle. You experience more groundedness and presence. The body signals that once warned of danger soften, making room for trust and resilience.

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Experience relief from chronic shame.

Relentless self-criticism and self-blame begin to loosen their grip. You relate to 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 open up without losing yourself. Intimacy feels safer and more reciprocal. You 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 second-guessing yourself, you gain clarity about what you want and the confidence to honor it. Boundaries feel steadier, less reactive, and more aligned with who you are.

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You don’t have to carry this alone.

HEALING FROM TRAUMA IS POSSIBLE.

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FAQs

COMMON QUESTIONS

  • Trauma isn’t defined only by what happened — it’s defined by how your nervous system responded. 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.” If it’s still impacting you, it matters.

  • You don’t need full memories to heal. Trauma is stored in the body, and it’s common to have fragmented memories or gaps. Through IFS, we’ll focus on what is happening in your body now, working 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.

  • No. Trauma therapy isn’t about repeatedly revisiting painful events. Through IFS, we’ll move at a pace your system can tolerate and help to rebuild inner trust. The goal is integration and safety, not retraumatization.

  • Many clients come to me after years of insight without lasting change. 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.

  • 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.