Healing Trauma in West Virginia: How EMDR and Trauma-Focused Therapy Can Support Your Recovery

If you’ve landed here because you’re carrying trauma, whether from childhood experiences, a painful relationship, a car accident, grief, or any life event that has stayed with you, you’re not alone. Many people in West Virginia are navigating the long-term effects of trauma without realizing there is real, evidence-based help available. PTSD and complex traumaContinue reading “Healing Trauma in West Virginia: How EMDR and Trauma-Focused Therapy Can Support Your Recovery”

Healing from Childhood Trauma: Growing Up with Narcissistic Parents

Growing up with narcissistic parents can leave deep and lasting scars. The constant need for validation, emotional manipulation, and lack of genuine affection can impact one’s self-esteem, relationships, and overall well-being. Healing from such childhood trauma is a journey that requires compassion, mindfulness, and somatic awareness. As a trauma-informed, somatic therapist who has also walkedContinue reading “Healing from Childhood Trauma: Growing Up with Narcissistic Parents”

Do I have PTSD?

You probably have heard the term PTSD and if you are on this page you are wondering if you qualify for the diagnosis. There is a lot of information going around about PTSD in recent years so let me help parse out the four main components of PTSD below. 1. AVOIDANCE: Avoidance is one ofContinue reading “Do I have PTSD?”

Can trauma be healed?

In short, the answer is yes trauma can be continuously healed. Trauma is as complex as people are. Each person’s situation in unique yet as clinicians we know there have been proven ways to help improve trauma. Below I list the top four reasons why trauma can be healed. 1. Our brains are always changing.Continue reading “Can trauma be healed?”