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Trauma & PTSD

Now offering Trauma Therapy Online in Richmond and all of Virginia!

You've Been Through a Life-Changing Event, and You Haven't Felt the Same Since.

Trauma can result from any deeply distressing experience that overwhelms your ability to cope. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that develops when trauma lingers and begins to affect your daily life. 
 

Living with PTSD or unresolved trauma can feel like carrying a weight you never asked for. Flashbacks, nightmares, and overwhelming emotions can make you feel like you're constantly on edge, waiting for the next bad thing to happen. It’s as though your body and mind are trapped in survival mode, and no matter how hard you try to forget or move on, the memories don’t fade.
 

If this resonates with you, please know that what you’re feeling is a normal response to an abnormal situation. It’s not your fault, and it doesn’t have to be permanent. There is a way to feel safe in your body and mind again.

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Are you...

  • ​​​Feeling like you’re stuck in the past, reliving painful memories over and over.

  • Activated in your mind and body to what would be an everyday event, but feels like your being attacked.

  • Being unable to relax, always feeling on alert or like something bad is about to happen.

  • Avoiding people or situations because they remind you of your trauma.

  • Feeling disconnected from friends and family, like no one understands what you’re going through.

  • Battling constant anxiety or panic, even in “safe” situations.

  • Struggling with guilt or shame about what happened, or how you’ve reacted to it.

  • Feeling overwhelmed by emotion one moment and completely numb the next.

What is the closest Airport?

Asheville airport is the closest at 37 miles away and less than an hour drive. Charlotte airport is 103 miles away and a 2 hour drive. 

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How Counseling Can Help You Find Peace

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful therapy that helps you process traumatic memories and break the cycle of pain they cause. Instead of simply managing symptoms, EMDR helps you address the root of your trauma so you can heal and reclaim control over your life. Through EMDR, you can:

  • Reduce the intensity of flashbacks, nightmares, and triggers

  • Feel calmer and less on edge in your daily life

  • Reprocess traumatic memories in a safe, supportive environment

  • Rebuild a sense of safety and trust in yourself and the world

  • Somatic Exercises: Trauma lives not just in the mind, but in the body. Somatic exercises help release tension and ground you in the present moment, reducing physical symptoms of anxiety.

My Specialties for Trauma Therapy:

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  • Sexual Traumas

  • Veteran/Military Trauma

  • Relational Trauma 

  • Traumatic Grief

  • Anxiety and Panic Attacks

  • Adults continuing to experience the effects of Childhood Trauma

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Things we can work on in  therapy:

  • Processing Traumatic Memories: Through therapies like EMDR, individuals can reprocess painful memories in a safe environment, reducing the emotional charge they hold.

  • Identifying and Managing Triggers: Therapy helps pinpoint specific situations, people, or places that trigger symptoms and teaches strategies to manage or avoid these triggers.

  • Reducing Hypervigilance: Techniques like mindfulness and grounding exercises can help reduce the feeling of being constantly “on guard.”

  • Regulating Emotions: Therapy can help you manage overwhelming emotions like fear, anger, or sadness, and teach healthy ways to express and cope with these feelings.

  • Challenging Negative Beliefs: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps challenge distorted beliefs about the trauma, such as guilt, shame, or feeling unsafe in the world.

  • Rebuilding Trust: Therapy can work on re-establishing trust in oneself, others, and the world after trauma has damaged those foundations.

  • Improving Relationships: PTSD can strain relationships, and therapy can help repair communication, rebuild intimacy, and foster connection with loved ones.

  • Managing Flashbacks and Nightmares: Therapists teach grounding and relaxation techniques to cope with flashbacks and reduce the intensity of nightmares.

  • Reconnecting with the Present: Somatic exercises and mindfulness practices help individuals with PTSD stay grounded in the present, rather than being pulled back into past traumatic experiences.

Let’s take the next step 

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