Heal from your trauma and write your own life’s story.
Empowering trauma therapy in-person in Springfield and online across Missouri
Do you feel like the past is always threatening to repeat itself, and there’s nothing you can do about it?
You’ve experienced things in your childhood, or maybe even your teen or adult years, that have left you feeling different than how you did before them, and not in a positive way. Or you have no idea what it means to feel like a “normal person”.
Maybe you’ve noticed things like:
Emotions fire up on a hair trigger for the smallest things, often without warning. You don’t know why this happens, and you feel guilty every time it happens.
Sleeping feels impossible. You can’t relax feeling like you’re in danger or the nightmares will come back.
Whenever something good happens, it feels like a matter of time before the world punishes you again with a setback.
Trusting people, or the world around you, feels nearly impossible. People have hurt you so many times that it feels safer to be alone or ask for help.
Physical aches, pains, and illnesses have grown or worsened and your doctors can’t pinpoint what’s going on no matter how many tests they do.
No matter how many times you try to talk through what’s happened, or how many people offer you kind words, none of it helps or sticks.
Navigating life with trauma in your past often makes you feel stuck, and you’re tired of feeling stuck and burdened with what’s happened to you.
Therapy for trauma can help you get your life back from what’s happened to you.
People who have healed from their previous trauma often describe the experience as being set free.
The things that used to send you into an emotional tailspin now maybe only bother you a little bit, like a pebble in your shoe. The past no longer has to stay locked away. It can be a part of your whole story like any other day, even if it is still unpleasant to remember.
You can actually relax, feel joy, and trust others without the same fear of betrayal, loss, or punishment. Sleep comes more easily. You feel safe in your own home, and the sleep you get isn’t riddled with nightmares of what’s happened to you.
Hopes and dreams begin growing and taking shape. You can actually see your future ahead of you and want to see yourself grow and change and live in that future.
Therapy for trauma can help you…
Learn how to regulate your nervous system, either to calm down when stressed or bring up your energy again when you don’t have enough.
Gain an understanding of how trauma impacts our brains, bodies, and what we believe about ourselves and the world.
Reduce the distress related to traumatic memories.
Forgive yourself for what happened to you.
Allow yourself to begin trusting others and asking for help.
Let’s help you find freedom from the pain of your past.
FAQs
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A: This depends on the nature of your trauma, the methods we use, and your engagement in the healing process. People who feel relief for their trauma sooner often participate in weekly sessions, utilize EMDR, and are willing to face some discomfort while going through the process. If you have any concerns about this, let’s talk!
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A: Yes, absolutely! This is what methods such as EMDR are amazing for. In EMDR, the therapist doesn’t need to know every last detail about what happened to you. All that’s needed is the theme of what happened, when it happened, the perpetrator, and what you believe about yourself because of it. Your brain will naturally do the rest.
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A: This should not happen during your time in therapy. In talk therapies, we will set boundaries on what you are and are not willing to discuss. Should any triggering accidentally occur, we will utilize coping skills to help you get back to neutral. Therapy should never feel unsafe. In EMDR, while we do bring up memories from the past, the eye movements keep part of your awareness in the present. This means you do not experience any flashbacks during EMDR.