Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy at Rooted Growth Therapy combines EMDR, nervous-system regulation, and gentle talk therapy to help you feel safer inside your own mind and body. In EMDR trauma processing sessions, I guide you step by step as you revisit difficult memories at a pace that feels manageable, so the memories lose their intense emotional charge instead of running your life in the background.

If you feel stuck in survival mode, trauma recovery counseling focuses on restoring a sense of stability and trust in yourself. Together, we work on rebuilding daily rhythms, strengthening boundaries, and reconnecting with parts of life that were pushed aside by trauma. For ongoing symptoms - such as nightmares, intrusive thoughts, or sudden waves of panic - post-trauma coping strategies provide concrete tools: grounding skills, somatic calming practices, and ways to respond to triggers rather than react automatically.

Every trauma-focused session is rooted in trauma-informed care. That means you stay in charge of what we talk about, you can pause at any time, and I will always check in about how interventions feel in your body and emotions. The goal is not to "re-live" what happened, but to help your nervous system recognize that those events are over and that you have more options and strength available now than you did then.