In life, we often encounter profoundly significant and distressing events. These can range from childhood neglect to various forms of abuse, as well as instances like illness, death, and divorce. Trauma encompasses any life incident that deeply impacts you and leads to persistent anguish. There are substantial links between such distressing events and our capacity to effectively manage daily existence. Trauma-focused therapy aids in the examination of memories to confront and ultimately resolve the trauma, thereby freeing you from fear and emotional distress.

Sadness, worry, overwhelm, emptiness. These emotions have a complicated relationship; where one exists, the others are likely close by. Often, we cannot understand these feelings, and often even harder to explain. Talk-therapy proves a powerful solution to managing the desperation and panic we are faced with in life. Lasting change is created by witnessing your emotions, understanding their origination, and creating workable treatment strategies for change.

Grief can be experienced due to a number of situations, whether the loss of a relationship, death of a loved one, or end of a perceived future. These life transitions can create a multitude of difficult emotions to navigate including loneliness, guilt, and hopelessness for your future. Healing can be found through mourning the loss, finding peace and acceptance of life’s changes, and creating an intentional path for moving forward.

Supporting clients through divorce is important to me, both personally and professionally. As a child I survived my parents’ divorce, then decades later survived my own. I use the word survived intentionally. The dismantling of a marriage can create devastating emotions of grief, fear and loneliness. Many who have experienced this will testify to the experience as being traumatic, with feelings of sadness and grief often times crippling. Yet, it is possible to successfully manage the experience and emotions of this transition. Engaging in talk-therapy can lead to emerging awareness, acceptance and a victor mentality. Clients will create intentional emotional strategies to propel them forward towards healing and creating a different, yet meaningful life.