Trauma Therapy in Charlotte

A Path from Past Challenges to Present Healing

Children and Teens

Your child may go from 0-60, has withdrawn from friends, or refuses to sleep in their own bed. Ever since the trauma happened, something is different at home and school. You just want your child to be able to live a ‘normal’ childhood.

Young Adults

Navigating adult life is challenging enough without the added weight of trauma. You might experience flashbacks, worry about never being enough, or struggle to maintain healthy relationships. You may feel jealous of friends that aren’t having to juggle their past on top of everything else.

How Therapy Can Help

Connect with Safety

Before we dive into the trauma, it is important that you or your child feel safe. I will teach you grounding and mindfulness skills and support you in finding your sense of safety. We will explore ways in which the past is showing up in your present life.

Process Through the Past

Once you have done the ground work and feel ready, we will begin to work through the trauma. I primarily use EMDR for trauma work. Learn more

Create Your Path

Now that old patterns have been explored and worked through, you are back in the driver’s seat of your life. We will work together to explore new patterns and paths.

Questions

  • My primary trauma treatment modality is EMDR. For children, I use EMDR and Child Centered Play Therapy depending on the child. Sandtray, art, and play can be incorporated into trauma work.

  • EMDR is evidenced based for pre-verbal memories and attachment trauma such as adoption. The child does not need to remember the details of an incident in order for us to work through the issue using EMDR.

  • EMDR is effective for both 'big trauma' events and smaller disturbances that feel 'stuck' and hard to move past. EMDR helps explore current patterns that are not serving you and heals the roots of these patterns, enabling you to move forward.

    EMDR can be used to address a variety of issues, including trauma, depression, panic attacks, grief, nightmares, anxiety, and other distressing life experiences. Its flexibility makes it a powerful tool for helping people overcome various challenges, regardless of the size or nature of the trauma.