Childhood and Relational Trauma

Do you blame yourself for how you react?
Experience difficulties managing emotions and establishing and maintaining boundaries?

Trauma arises from an unexpected event or repeated exposure to events. It overwhelms the nervous system and can make the world feel unsafe. When unresolved, it may persist for months, years, or even decades after the trauma-inducing event(s) is/are over. The body and mind may continue to respond as if danger were ever-present. Whether these experiences began in childhood (as abuse, neglect, bullying, and invalidation) or later in life (through emotional abuse, infidelity, and betrayal), they can leave you with an unclear sense of self, mistrust in others, a disconnection of the mind-body connection, and impact your well-being within relationships. Symptoms of hyperarousal, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, self-harm, and feelings of being “not enough” and/or “too much” may also be triggered by everyday experiences.

Get in touch. Together, we will work on understanding your symptoms and reactions, learn to be more accepting of emotions, become more attuned to your needs and responses, and help you develop a secure relationship with yourself and others.