
Trauma Therapy in Baltimore
Heal your childhood trauma and find an empowering new life
Trauma doesn’t have to continue to cast a long shadow over your life.
No matter how hard you try to just get over it and leave your past in the past, your past always seems to find its way into your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. The mornings might start out feeling like you are in a haze. You don’t quite feel like you are here but you are still shaken from the nightmares of last night. As you go on your day, echoes of your past put you in a panic. Something you saw, heard, or smelled transported you back to a moment in trauma. Suddenly you are flooded with intense emotions and sensations that are so raw that it feels like it happened yesterday. You put on your daily mask of “I’m ok” and you continue your day pretending to have it together. But fear, shame, and guilt follow you through the day.
Your mind is constantly running telling you, “You’re worthless” and “damaged” and the mental beatings last all day. Most days, it feels better to just numb out even if this means you don’t get to experience joy. Your walls are so high up that you have isolated yourself from the world because this feels safer than risking getting hurt again.
Your past is hurting your relationships and disconnecting you from all the people that love you. But most importantly it is disconnecting you from yourself. Trauma can lead you in the path of depression and anxiety. Unfortunately, this is not one of those things you can just pretend like it is not there because it will grow. You have done everything you needed to do to survive now it’s time to thrive. I am here to help guide you.
Heal your childhood trauma and find an empowering new life.
How can healing your childhood wounds help you?
The work we will do here will be geared towards healing those inner wounds created in childhood. We will look at your day-to-day to see where else your childhood trauma is influencing your life because some of those influences are not obvious. Here you will gain insight, and self-confidence and improve connections with others. You will know your value and will stop making yourself small, you will be empowered.
I will provide a safe and compassionate environment for you to feel heard, seen, and understood. Together we will look at your family history, your relationships, and how you currently manage when you are struggling. We will then start adding new practical ways to manage when you are struggling and start building a confident you.
What we’ll work on
Therapy for Trauma can help you:
Process past trauma
Gain insight
Build strong connections
Trust in yourself
Self-care without shame and guilt
Set healthy boundaries
Advocate for yourself
Navigate stress
It’s possible to break free from your past and start thriving.
FAQS
Common questions about therapy for trauma
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Trauma is a difficult event that was impactful in your life. This can be something big like sexual, physical, emotional, and psychological abuse. This can also mean that maybe your parents were not emotionally available to you or you witness parents fighting or abusing substances. It can also be a death in your life or a car accident. It can be anything that was impactful to you and it left a mark. It is important to note that what might be trauma to you might not be experienced as trauma to someone else. It is unique to you.
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Trauma therapy is a specialized form of counseling aimed at helping you heal from past painful experiences. The goals include processing traumatic memories, reducing symptoms like anxiety and depression, teaching you healthy coping skills, rebuilding trust, and boosting resilience. The ultimate aim is to provide support and tools for you to heal and move forward in life.
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Everyone’s story is different and the way the trauma lives in you plays a big factor in the length of Trauma therapy. Some people experience significant healing in a short period, while others take longer. For lasting results, don’t rush the process, and be patient with yourself. Together we will work on a treatment plan that works best for you.