Relational & Childhood Trauma
When Your Past Feels Like the Present
You may have survived just fine. But your body remembers.
Even if you don’t call it trauma, you may feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed by emotions that never had a safe place to land.
I use trauma-informed methods like EMDR, IFS, and psychodynamic exploration to help you gently unpack what’s been carried alone for too long.
What We Focus On:
Naming the experiences that shaped your nervous system and sense of self
Healing betrayal, emotional neglect, or spiritual trauma without reliving it
Exploring the internal “parts” that protect you or keep you silent
Building safety in your body and in relationships
This work is intentional and set a pace that feels safe to you.
You don’t have to do it alone.
Complex Trauma Therapy
Relational or Childhood Trauma
Many high-functioning women carry the weight of old emotional pain they’ve never named as trauma.
It doesn’t always look dramatic, it often hides beneath perfectionism, busyness, or a quiet sense of disconnection from yourself.
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You might notice that you:
Feel responsible for everyone else’s emotions, often at the expense of your own needs.
Struggle to rest or slow down without guilt.
Feel like you have to hold it all together — even when you’re exhausted.
Replay conversations or worry you said or did something wrong.
Feel “too much” or “not enough” in close relationships.
Stay busy to avoid feeling lonely, angry, or sad.
Have trouble trusting others or letting people see your vulnerable side.
Find it hard to name what you feel or what you need.
Shut down or go numb during conflict or stress.
Constantly seek emotional safety or approval, even from people who can’t give it.
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Therapy for complex trauma gently helps you reconnect with parts of yourself that learned to survive instead of thrive.
Through IFS (Internal Family Systems), EMDR, and attachment-focused therapy, we explore the patterns and protective roles that developed in childhood, and help them relax, integrate, and heal.
You’ll begin to:Feel more grounded and emotionally steady
Recognize triggers and respond instead of react
Build deeper, safer relationships
Reclaim energy once spent managing or hiding pain
Experience genuine rest, joy, and presence
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From Survival Mode to Safety: Healing Complex Trauma
You’ve learned how to hold it all together, but your body tells a different story.
You may seem calm, capable, or even high-achieving on the outside. But inside, your nervous system is constantly bracing: hyperaware, overstimulated, or completely shut down. You push through, even when you feel disconnected, exhausted, or numb.
This isn’t weakness. It’s survival.
Chronic stress, childhood trauma, emotional neglect, or unpredictable relationships can wire your nervous system to stay in a state of hypervigilance or collapse. Over time, this becomes the baseline—until your body starts sending signals that it's time to heal.
Through a trauma-informed, somatic, and relational approach, I help women safely begin the work of healing complex trauma—so they can feel grounded, calm, and at home in their own bodies.
In our work together, we’ll focus on:
Recognizing the patterns of fight, flight, freeze, and fawn that were once protective
Building body awareness and self-trust through gentle somatic practices
Releasing the long-held tension stored from relational and developmental trauma
Learning to regulate without numbing, over-functioning, or shutting down
You don’t have to live in a body stuck on high alert.
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At Liminal Psych, therapy is designed for those who appear composed on the outside but feel stuck or disconnected on the inside.
I combine depth-oriented trauma therapy with nervous system regulation and relational repair to help you move from survival mode into a steadier, embodied way of living.
The process is not about “fixing” you, it’s about helping you finally feel safe enough to be yourself.