About Trauma

Trauma from our past can have a profound impact on our present. Even traumatic incidents that occurred when we were infants or toddlers can shape the way we see the world. We may not have memories of the specifics, but our bodies, as noted trauma expert Bessel Van Der Kolk explains “keep the score.” Trauma affects the brain, resulting in depression, anxiety, and a host of other mental and physical illnesses.

Traumatic occasions could include neglect, physical abuse, sexual assault, witnessing domestic violence, automobile accidents, hospitalizations, loss of loved ones, or being exposed to a life or death situation.

The good news? Repairs can be made to the brain.” Neurons that fire together wire together.”New pathways in the brain can be created. There is a saying “in relationship we are wounded, and in relationship we heal.”

The relationship between a therapist and client is sacred. I believe that a therapist’s role is to facilitate a client’s discovery of what they already possess; the inherent ability to grow. To connect with the Self that may have been diminished as a result of trauma.

We humans are resourceful. We develop coping mechanisms that protect us, but may obscure the Self. My task is to reacquaint my clients with that pure innocence that we come into this world with, before life situations wounded us.