Trauma & PTSD

Trauma isn't only about what happened — it's about what stayed in the body afterwards. You might find yourself reacting far more strongly than a situation seems to call for, or going strangely blank when you'd expect to feel something. Sleep gets thin. Certain places, tones of voice, or times of year land harder than they should. Many people describe it as living with an alarm system that never got the message that the danger passed, and then judging themselves for being unable to switch it off. The past isn't replaying because you're doing something wrong; it's replaying because it hasn't finished being processed.

We work with trauma carefully and at your pace, which means never pushing you to relive something to prove it mattered. Several of our clinicians are EMDR-certified, an approach designed to help the brain reprocess distressing memories so they lose their grip on the present. Alongside that, we spend time on the practical layer — sleeping, staying grounded, getting through a difficult week. The aim isn't to erase what happened or to explain it away. It's for the memory to become something you can look at rather than something that decides how today will go.

We'll match you with the right therapist

Start with a free 20-minute consultation to discuss your goals and what you’re hoping to change