Dysregulated Nervous System
Maybe your mind races with intrusive thoughts, fears of bad things happening, or the quiet sense of impending doom you can’t shake. Perhaps you feel disconnected from your body, shutting down when things get too intense or overwhelming. You push through work, family, and responsibilities, but inside you feel overwhelmed, helpless, and tired of pretending everything’s fine.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone and you’re not broken. You may be living with trauma or complex trauma, and your nervous system has been working overtime to protect you. Through trauma-informed therapy, you can begin to find clarity, connection, and freedom from anxiety while learning to trust yourself again.
Understanding Trauma
Trauma isn’t only about what happened to you, it’s also about what your body and mind had to do to survive. When overwhelming and life threatening experiences aren’t fully processed, your nervous system stays stuck in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.
Over time, this can look like:
Chronic self-criticism or the thought, “I am not good enough.”
Feeling trapped, stuck, or disconnected from your body
Emotional exhaustion or difficulty resting
Fear of losing control or fear of making the wrong decision
People-pleasing or codependent patterns
Overanalyzing, perfectionism, and burnout
Panic attacks, dissociation, or shutting down
Ongoing fear of abandonment or rejection
Your symptoms aren’t a weakness, it’s how your mind, body and nervous system learned to keep you safe.
A Trauma-Informed Approach
As a trauma-informed attachment therapist, I help women and men that have had to endure trauma and/or complex trauma heal through evidence-based, compassionate, and body-centered approaches. My goal isn’t to “fix” you, it’s to help your system rediscover a sense of safety and calm.
We work together through:
IFS therapy for trauma - exploring your internal world and healing parts that carry pain or fear
EMDR therapy for CPTSD - processing stored memories and emotional triggers
Attachment healing therapy - repairing early attachment wounds and re-learning healthy connection
Embodied therapy - using somatic awareness for nervous-system regulation and integration
These modalities create gentle change rooted in curiosity, compassion, and your body’s natural capacity to heal.
For Career - Driven Professionals
You’re the one who holds it all together for your team, your family, your clients. But the same strengths that make you successful often keep you from resting or reaching out.
As a therapist for high functioning professionals, I work with professionals in tech, leadership, and entrepreneurship who are:
Struggling with internalized pressure and perfectionism
Feeling emotionally disconnected or lonely despite success
Hiding anxiety, fear, or shame behind competence
Wanting clarity, relief, and authenticity
Therapy helps you honor both your drive and your need for peace so you can achieve success without sacrificing yourself.
Trauma Therapy for Women in Perimenopause and Menopause
Hormonal transitions can resurface old emotional wounds and heighten anxiety, irritability, or feeling trapped in your own body. Trauma therapy offers compassionate care and nervous-system regulation tailored to this life stage, helping you rediscover balance, connection, and self-trust.
Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?
You’ve done so much alone. You don’t have to anymore.
With the right support, your nervous system can learn what safety feels like again.
Schedule a free consultation today to explore how trauma-informed therapy in California and Colorado can help you heal from the inside out.
Ready to start now? Begin IFS therapy for trauma or EMDR therapy for CPTSD to find clarity.
IFS Therapy for Trauma
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based approach that views your mind as a system of “parts.” Each part has a purpose, even the ones that cause emotional distress.
You might have:
A part that overworks to avoid failure
A critical part that says “I’m not loveable” or “I’m not likeable”
A fearful part that worries about losing control or being abandoned
In IFS therapy, you’ll learn to connect with your Inner Self - the calm, wise, confident, compassionate core that holds the 8 C’s of Self: compassion, curiosity, calm, clarity, confidence, courage, creativity, and connectedness.
From this place, you can meet your inner parts with understanding instead of judgment leading to profound nervous-system healing and emotional relief.
EMDR Therapy for CPTSD
When trauma remains unprocessed, the brain keeps replaying it as if it’s still happening. EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) helps your brain complete this unfinished process.
Through bilateral stimulation (eye movements, tapping, or sound), EMDR supports your system in re-storing memories properly, so they lose their emotional intensity. Over time, you experience less reactivity, fewer triggers, and greater internal peace.
EMDR is particularly effective for:
Complex trauma (CPTSD)
Sexual Assault or betrayal trauma
Workplace trauma or burnout
Fear of failure and perfectionism
Intrusive thoughts or panic attacks
Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, or impending doom
Attachment Healing Therapy
Many trauma responses stem from early relationships within our family system. When caregivers were emotionally unavailable or unpredictable, the nervous system learned to adapt by people-pleasing, over-performing, or shutting down.
Attachment therapy helps you understand these patterns and build new ways of relating. Together we:
Explore attachment disorder in adults and its impact on relationships
Practice healthy boundary-setting and communication
Rebuild safety and trust with yourself and your relationships
Learn to connect without fear or shame
This process supports lasting change and emotional resilience.
Embodied Therapy and Nervous System Healing
Trauma lives in the body. You might notice chronic tension, shallow breathing, or moments of numbness and disconnection. Through embodied therapy, we focus on physical awareness and grounding practices to reconnect you to your body’s innate wisdom.
You’ll learn to:
Recognize when your body is in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn
Use somatic tools to regulate anxiety and overwhelm
Rebuild trust in your body’s cues
Feel safe being fully present
Healing doesn’t happen by forcing change, it happens through consistency, compassion, and small steps toward emotional safety to create sustainable change.
FAQ’s
How do I know if I need trauma therapy?
If you feel stuck, shut down, or trapped in repeated emotional cycles, despite success or insight - trauma therapy can help. Common signs include fear of failure or something bad happening, always feeling on edge, emotional exhaustion, disturbing thoughts, and coping with uncertainty through control or avoidance.
What’s the difference between IFS and EMDR for trauma?
IFS therapy helps you heal inner parts and cultivate self-leadership through compassion and curiosity. EMDR therapy for CPTSD focuses on reprocessing stored memories that keep the nervous system on high alert. Both are evidence-based, and I often integrate them for holistic healing.
Can trauma therapy be done online?
Yes. I offer virtual therapy in Colorado and California so you can receive trauma-informed care from your own safe space. Many clients find online sessions as effective as in-person work for IFS therapy, EMDR, and attachment therapy.
How much does it cost per session?
My rate for a 50 minute session is $250. I do offer a invoice if you would like to get reimbursed by your insurance. I also offer Thrizer as a secure payment platform for clients who wish to use out-of-network benefits or submit claims for reimbursement.
You don’t have to keep managing or hiding your pain.
Through trauma-informed therapy, you can rediscover calm, self-trust, and a genuine sense of peace.