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- Throughout our lives, we are exposed to different types of trauma:
- Developmental & childhood – neglect, abuse, attachment wounds, chronic environmental stress
- Chronic or complex (C-PTSD) – ongoing exposure to stress, abuse unsafe environment leads to long-term nervous system dysregulation
- Trauma without clear memories – difficulty pinpoint a specific event but feeling “off”
- Medical or physical trauma – surgeries, accidents, invasive procedures, chronic illness, childbirth can leave the nervous system stuck in a threat response
- Throughout our lives, we are exposed to different types of trauma:
- Shock/single incident – accidents, natural disasters, sudden losses
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- High-functioning trauma – people who appear “fine,” are successful and high achieving but live with chronic tension, anxiety, emotional disconnection due to long-term survival mode
- Teaches the nervous system how to shift out of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn
- Generates a gentler, client-led, at-your-own-pace gateway to create safety within the body
- Rebuilds trust in body sensations
- Helps you feel more present, grounded, in control
- Closes the gap of disconnection from the body
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- No need to retell or re-experience painful events, memories, and experiences
- Focus is on what is happening in the body now
- It works directly with the nervous system and creates deeper, longer lasting shifts
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- Addressing implicit (nonverbal) memory
- Supporting nervous system regulation
- Completing interrupted survival responses
- Creating safety without overwhelm
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- Anxiety and panic states
- Chronic stress, overwhelm and burnout
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- Emotional numbness, disconnection, or overwhelm
- Difficulty regulating emotions
- Feeling unsafe or on edge in the body
- Depression and low mood
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- Performance blocks (creative, professional, athletic)
- Attachment wounds
- Chronic pain
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- They do not rely on retelling or reliving traumatic or emotionally painful events or memories
- It helps the nervous system return to safety without re-exposure
- Reduce hyperarousal & shutdown
- Sessions are collaborative, paced, and centered on safety
- You are always in control of the process. We move at a speed that feels supportive, not overwhelming, and adjust techniques based on your needs and comfort level
- It honors that healing is not about forcing change, but about creating the conditions where change can naturally occur
- Rooted in neuroscience, attachment theory, and somatic awareness. Developed by Dr. David Grand
- A gentle (at your own pace!) yet powerful, brain-based approach that helps process emotional, energetic, and physical experiences stored deep within the nervous system.
- Where we look affects how we feel—and that specific eye positions can access unprocessed experiences in the brain.
- Focusing on a brainspot with the guidance of your therapist allows you to connect with that stored memory, emotion, or physical experience and focusing on it allows the brain’s natural healing process to activate, leading to processing and integration of unresolved material.
- There is no detailed storytelling or reliving traumatic events
- Most of the work happens beneath conscious awareness, guided by the body’s response and nervous system regulation
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- Accesses subcortical brain areas where trauma and challenging emotions and experiences are stored
- Supports nervous system regulation
- Allows processing without forcing verbal recall
- Respects the body’s natural healing rhythms
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- calm and quiet (sometimes with gentle background music), internally-focused, client-led with lots of resourcing
- there is no “right” experience because everyone’s nervous system processes in its own way
- you may notice sensations (warmth, tingling, pressure, tightness, release), subtle yet meaningful shifts, emotions and memories may come and go, images or shifting thoughts
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- your therapist supports pacing, safety, and regulation throughout the process
- you do not need to make sense or analyze the experience – the brain organizes and integrates it naturally
- tends to feel like observing or allowing something to move through with a sense of safety and distance
- A nervous system centered approach developed by Dr. Stephen Porges
- Helps you understand and gently shift how your body responds to stress, relationships, and emotional challenges
- Helps to create a sense of safety, connection, and regulation
- Allows you to recognize and be more in tune to your nervous system as it shifts throughout different states (safety and connection, fight/flight, shutdown/collapse) and gently guide your nervous system back to establishing grounded safety
- Increasing nervous system awareness and resilience
- Reducing chronic anxiety, stress, and overwhelm
- Supporting recovery from trauma and attachment wounds
- Improving emotional regulation
- Strengthening capacity for connection and relationships
- Helping you feel more at home in your body
- Collaborative, paced, focused on cultivating a sense of safety
- Tracking body sensations & emotional states
- Exploring your nervous system responses
- Gentle grounding & regulation practices
- Integration of body-based awareness
- Disengage from survival mode
- Process unresolved experiences at a subconscious level
- Reorganize patterns, thoughts, beliefs, actions that no longer serve you
- Create meaningful insight for long-lasting change
- Anxiety, panic, overwhelm, chronic stress
- Trauma, Grief and Loss
- Emotional overwhelm or reactivity
- Sleep difficulties
- Phobias and persistent fears
- Habitual patterns and unwanted behaviors
- Chronic pain, tension, psychosomatic symptoms
- Body image, self-esteem, confidence
- You remain aware, present, and in control throughout the session
- Experience a state of deep relaxation and internal-focus
- Feeling calm, grounded, and present
- More connected and attuned to bodily sensations and fluid emotions and thoughts
- You may notice images, emotions, subtle shifts
- The process unfolds naturally
- Collaborative and paced with care: you can speak, move, stop at any time. You control what is explored, how deep the work goes, when to pause/stop.
- Gentle, accessible movement or posture exploration
- Breath awareness without forcing control
- Grounding and connecting, gentle practices
- Periods of stillness, rest, and intuitive flow
- Invitations to notice sensations, emotions, or shifts in energy
- No prior yoga or movement experience is required
- Reiki Energy Healing
- Reflexology
- Chiropractic care
- Reconnect with your body’s wisdom.
- Support your nervous system.
- Release tension, restore balance, and feel fully alive.
