TRAUMA THERAPY · BURBANK & ONLINE IN CALIFORNIA
Trauma therapy for women who are tired of just surviving
For the woman who is constantly on edge, who struggles to trust, and still can't feel safe even when nothing's wrong.
You don't have to keep surviving it alone.
IN-PERSON IN BURBANK, CA
ONLINE ACROSS CALIFORNIA
Even if what happened was years ago, you may still feel its impact today — constantly on edge, struggling to trust, carrying an inner critic that never quiets down.
You might say your childhood "wasn't that bad" and still remember how important it was to be good, stay quiet, or keep everyone comfortable. Trauma doesn't always look like one terrible event. Sometimes it's the rules you learned about being acceptable.
If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. Trauma therapy gives you a space to understand what happened and how it shaped you — and to start feeling grounded, connected, and safe again.
Does this sound familiar?
The ways you learned to survive. See if you recognize yours.
What is Trauma?
Trauma isn't only what happened to you.
It's also what you had to become to get through it.
While some trauma results from a single distressing event, many people experience trauma through ongoing experiences such as childhood emotional neglect, criticism, unpredictable relationships, loss, betrayal, or environments where they didn't feel safe, seen, or supported.
Because trauma affects the nervous system, its impact can continue long after an experience has ended.
You may not think of yourself as someone who has experienced trauma, but if you find yourself struggling with anxiety, perfectionism, people-pleasing, low self-worth, emotional overwhelm, or difficulty trusting yourself, past experiences may be playing a larger role than you realize.
Childhood trauma doesn't always look like trauma
Many people think trauma only refers to abuse, violence, or life-threatening events. But childhood trauma can also include emotional neglect, chronic criticism, parentification, inconsistent caregiving, or growing up in an environment where your emotional needs weren't met.
As adults, these experiences can contribute to anxiety, people-pleasing, perfectionism, difficulty trusting others, and struggles with self-worth.
Understanding relational trauma
Relational trauma occurs when experiences within important relationships leave lasting emotional wounds. This may include betrayal, emotional neglect, criticism, abandonment, inconsistent caregiving, or unhealthy relationship patterns.
Even after those relationships end, their impact can continue to affect self-esteem, boundaries, trust, and emotional regulation.
Trauma doesn't have to be one big event
Some people experience trauma from a single event. Others experience repeated experiences over time, such as chronic criticism, emotional neglect, instability, or unhealthy relationship dynamics.
When difficult experiences happen repeatedly, their impact can accumulate and shape how you see yourself and the world.
Signs trauma may still be affecting you
Trauma can show up in ways that aren't always obvious. You might experience:
✓ Saying yes before you've checked what you actually want
✓ People Pleasing
✓ Perfectionism
✓ Feeling guilty when you rest or say no
✓ Feeling responsible for how other people react
✓ Difficulty setting boundaries
✓ Telling yourself it wasn't "that bad"
✓ Feeling "too sensitive" or "too much"
✓ Anxiety or chronic worry
✓ Replaying conversations long after they've ended
✓ Feeling constantly on edge or hyperaware
✓ Difficulty trusting others
✓ Shame, guilt, or self-criticism
✓ Emotional numbness or disconnection
✓ Panic attacks
✓ Feeling tired from holding it all together
Most of these started as ways to get through something hard.
They made sense then. They just may not fit the life you want now.
My approach to trauma therapy
Gentle and paced — safety first, always at your speed
Your responses aren't the problem — they helped you survive. So we don't start by digging into the hardest parts. We start by building safety. Then we work at a pace your nervous system can handle, with what your body is still carrying — not just the story of what happened. I draw from four approaches and blend them around you, not the other way around.
EMDR
EMDR
Helps your brain reprocess memories that still feel stuck — experiences your body reacts to as if they're happening now — so they lose their charge and settle into the past, where they belong.
CBT & ACT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps you catch the beliefs trauma installed — "it was my fault," "I'm not safe," "I can't trust anyone" — and test them against what's actually true now. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy picks up where that leaves off: instead of wrestling hard feelings into submission, you learn to make room for them while building the life you want anyway.
IFS - Parts Work
Internal Family Systems
Makes sense of the inner tug-of-war: the part that's always on guard, the part that shuts down, the younger part still waiting to feel safe. No part of you is the problem — every part was trying to protect you.
Mind-body
Mind-body approaches
Trauma lives in the body, so we work there too: breath, grounding, and learning what safe actually feels like when you've forgotten. Faith can be part of this work if you want it — always your choice.
What to expect
No diving into the deep end on day one
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We start with a conversation
We begin with a free 15-minute consultation — a real conversation about what's bringing you in. You can ask me anything, and we decide together whether we're the right fit. No pressure, and no commitment.
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We build safety before anything else
Trauma work doesn't start with your hardest memory. We build trust, steadiness, and grounding skills first, so when we do approach the hard things, you have something solid to stand on.
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Healing you can feel in the present
Slowly, the past starts taking up less room in the present — fewer moments hijacked, more trust in yourself, more ease in your own body. That's what we're building toward, at whatever pace your nervous system allows.
Sessions are 55 minutes · $225 per session · self-pay · In person in Burbank · online across California
The ways you learned to cope got you through. If they're not helping anymore, that's the part we can work on.
A few questions before we begin
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If it's still shaping how you feel, trust, and move through the world, it counts. Trauma isn't measured by how bad it looks from the outside — it's measured by the impact it left.
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No. You won't be asked to relive it beat by beat. We go at your pace, and some of this work doesn't require describing everything out loud at all.
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Mostly, we talk about what brings you in and what you'd like to be different. No diving into the hardest parts on day one — the first job is making sure you feel safe and unhurried.
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A good test: is the past still running things in the present — your reactions, your relationships, how safe you feel in your own life? If yes, that's enough reason.
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Then we slow down or stop. That's not a failure, it's information. You'll build tools to steady yourself, and you always have a say in the pace.
You Don't Have to Do This Alone
Even if you've been carrying this for a long time.
Even if you still tell yourself it wasn't that bad.
Even if part of you is scared to look at it.
I'd be honored to walk alongside you as the past starts taking up less room in your present.