TRAUMA THERAPY IN JACKSONVILLE
Finally put your painful past behind you.
Make your life satisfying, connected,
and most of all, safe
Living with trauma feels like you’re stuck in the aftermath of something you can’t fully escape.
The trauma is no longer just an event in your past — it has become a shadow that stretches into every part of your present life. Every day, you feel the weight of it in ways big and small. Living with trauma means that you're not only struggling with memories or flashbacks — you're living with the ongoing emotional and physical impacts of trauma. It feels like an invisible burden that you carry with you, day in and day out. It affects how you see the world, how you feel about yourself, and how you interact with others. There are good days and bad days, but the underlying sense of unease, pain, or disconnection is always there.
You’re tired of feeling stuck in these symptoms:
Reliving the Trauma: Flashbacks, intrusive memories, and nightmares don’t stop once the traumatic event is over. Instead, they come in waves, uninvited and unpredictable. It can feel like the past is never really “in the past,” but instead something that keeps revisiting you, often in the most vulnerable moments. Every time you relive it, it’s as though you’re experiencing the pain and fear all over again, no matter how much time has passed.
Hypervigilance: You feel constantly on edge, hyper-aware of everything around you. It's like living in a constant state of fight-or-flight, even in the most mundane situations. The smallest noises or changes in your environment can send your body into a state of heightened stress. This makes it hard to relax, trust others, or feel truly safe — because the trauma taught you that the world is dangerous, unpredictable, and you are always at risk.
Emotional Numbness: Over time, emotional detachment becomes a way to cope. You might feel disconnected from yourself, from your emotions, and from others. It's like you're just going through the motions of life, unable to truly feel or experience joy. At times, this emotional numbness can be a relief, a way to avoid the pain of the past — but it also keeps you from living fully, from feeling connected to your loved ones, and from embracing life in the present.
Avoidance and Isolation: The trauma shapes how you engage with the world. There are places, people, or activities you avoid because they remind you of the trauma — even if they aren’t directly related. Socializing can feel draining, and you might pull away from family and friends, feeling like they wouldn’t understand or that you’re a burden. It’s easier to stay isolated, even though the isolation only deepens the sense of loneliness.
Constant Emotional Turmoil: Anxiety, depression, guilt, anger — these feelings can become a constant presence. You might struggle with intense emotional highs and lows, sometimes for reasons you can’t pinpoint. You may experience deep feelings of shame, questioning your worth, or feeling like you’re broken. Trusting others, even those closest to you, becomes difficult, and you might feel disconnected from your own sense of self.
Physical Symptoms: Chronic PTSD isn't just a mental struggle. It often manifests physically too — headaches, fatigue, muscle tension, digestive issues, and sleep disturbances. These physical symptoms can feel like your body is in a perpetual state of distress, often without a clear cause.
Difficulties with Relationships: Your relationships are affected too. Trust becomes a major issue. You might push people away, fearing they’ll betray you, or pull inward because it feels too vulnerable to let anyone get close. This can strain your marriage, friendships, or even relationships with children. The emotional walls you’ve built to protect yourself may end up separating you from the very people you want to feel close to.
Trauma therapy can help you resolve the past and create a more fulfilling present, more hopeful future.
Regaining Control: Therapy helps you reclaim your sense of power, so the trauma doesn’t control your thoughts, emotions, or reactions. You’ll learn techniques to manage triggers, calm your nervous system, and live more fully in the present.
Healing Deep Wounds: Trauma leaves lasting emotional scars. Therapy can help you process and integrate the memories, so they don’t continue to disrupt your life.
Building Resilience: With the right support, you can learn to cope with PTSD and build emotional strength. You’ll discover new ways to manage anxiety, sadness, and fear while developing healthier coping strategies.
Reconnecting with Life: PTSD can create a barrier between you and the things you love. Therapy helps you break down that wall, rebuild trust in yourself and others, and rediscover meaning in your life.
Let’s peel back the layers together.
imagine if you…
Understood how to feel safe again
Trauma is stored in the body, and sometimes the most effective healing happens when we address how you physically experience trauma. Somatic and polyvagal informed therapy uses body-centered techniques to help you tune into physical sensations, release tension, and rewire your nervous system. This approach helps you reconnect with your body, regain control over physical responses, and create a sense of safety and grounding.
Could stop living in fear or reliving the past
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a highly effective, brief therapy designed to help you process and let go of traumatic memories and phobias. Using techniques that combine elements of eye movement and visualization, ART allows you to reprocess distressing memories and transform the emotional charge they hold — often in just a few sessions. You’ll leave feeling lighter and more at ease, without having to dive deep into every painful detail.
Felt connected and secure in your relationships
Trauma often begins in relationships — and so does healing. Attachment theory helps us understand how early relationships (especially with caregivers) shape how we connect with others as adults. If trauma has affected your ability to form secure, trusting relationships, we’ll work to heal those attachment wounds. Together, we’ll rebuild a healthy sense of connection — not just with others, but with yourself. We will also integrate a customized set of tools that work for your relationships in a balanced way — managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal communication skills and boundaries, and developing healthier coping mechanisms for the ups and downs in every relationship.
I want you to know:
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
Let’s work together to balance connection and protection so you can have the kind of satisfying present you deserve,
no longer overshadowed by the painful past.
faqs
Common questions about therapy for trauma
-
With modalities like ART to reprocess memories, you don’t have to speak at all. You will have the option to share what feels important, but you aren’t required to share anything at all if it is too much to vocalize (or classified information)
The rest of the modalities I employ are present-focused and any discussion of the past are limited to what is relevant to right now. I want therapy to be your safe place, not retraumatize you like some outdated methods.
-
Clinical research on ART demonstrated relief of chronic symptoms in 1-4 sessions. I personally live with the good results of a “one-and-done” session years ago. When combined with other talk therapy modalities, ART provides a jump start of quick relief and empowers you to make behavioral changes more quickly than you otherwise could.
-
Let’s talk about what symptoms are holding you back and how we can integrate the right tools for you. A free 15-30 minute consultation is provided to make sure we are a good fit. If not, I’ll help you find someone who is!
Ready to get started?