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Trauma Therapy
- Are You Struggling With the Effects of Trauma?
Trauma isn’t “just a story in your head.”
Trauma Therapy in Denver or Anywhere in Colorado via Zoom
I've been there too. You’re not alone
Trauma doesn’t just affect your thoughts — it affects your nervous system.
Trauma can make your whole system feel on edge, shut down, overwhelmed, or disconnected. That’s why it can feel so hard to simply “move on” or feel safe again.
What’s Really Happening
Your nervous system is likely responding as if the danger is still present.
Trauma occurs when the nervous system experiences more stress than it can process in the moment.
When this happens, the body may remain stuck in survival responses designed to protect you.
Instead of returning to a state of safety, the nervous system can continue reacting as if the threat is still present.
This can lead to symptoms such as anxiety, hypervigilance, emotional shutdown, or difficulty feeling calm and connected.
Is It Your Fault?
It’s not your fault.
Trauma responses are natural adaptations of the nervous system. Your body developed these patterns in order to protect you during overwhelming experiences.
Our nervous system generally moves between three primary states:
- Fight / Flight – anxiety, tension, hyper-alertness
- Freeze – numbness, shutdown, emotional disconnection
- Safety & Connection – calm, presence, connection with others
Trauma symptoms often occur when the nervous system remains stuck in fight/flight or freeze and struggles to return to safety and connection.
Somatic therapy works directly with the nervous system to gently process these stored survival responses.
What This Work Looks Like
How Somatic Therapy May Look in Session
My approach is practical, compassionate, and focused on helping your nervous system feel safe again. Sessions often include three key elements:
Awareness of Sensations
Learning to notice physical sensations connected to trauma responses—such as tension, tightness, numbness, or changes in breathing.
Developing this awareness helps the body begin releasing stored stress.
Nervous System Regulation
Working slowly with emotions and sensations so your nervous system can safely process unresolved experiences.
This helps the body shift out of survival states.
Mind–Body Integration
Helping your thoughts, emotions, and body responses begin working together so healing becomes stable and lasting.
FUTURE IS YOURS
Your Future After Trauma Healing
Imagine feeling more calm, present, and connected in your life. Instead of feeling controlled by past experiences, you begin to experience greater stability and resilience. Relationships can feel safer. Your body can relax more easily. Somatic therapy helps your nervous system learn that the danger has passed and that it is safe to move forward.
Take the First Step
If trauma is still affecting your life, you don’t have to face it alone.
Somatic therapy helps you work with the deeper patterns held in your nervous system and supports real, lasting healing.
I offer a compassionate and non-judgmental space where we can explore your experience and begin the healing process.
Schedule a free 30-minute consultation to see if this approach feels like a good fit for you.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
This section answers common questions about trauma and how somatic therapy can help.
Trauma can show up in many ways, including anxiety, flashbacks, emotional numbness, hypervigilance, panic attacks, sleep difficulties, or avoiding certain situations or memories.
These symptoms are often signs that the nervous system is still responding to past experiences.
Yes. Trauma is not only a memory—it is also stored in the nervous system through patterns of tension, hyper-alertness, or shutdown.
Somatic therapy works directly with these patterns.
Therapy can help with many types of trauma, including childhood trauma, emotional abuse, accidents, loss, combat experiences, developmental trauma, or complex trauma.
Somatic therapy focuses on helping the body process unresolved survival responses.
Instead of focusing only on memories or thoughts, it helps the nervous system release stored stress and return to a state of safety and connection.