Trauma Therapy
Tired Of Feeling Like You’re Never Enough?
Do you struggle to feel safe and authentic in your feelings or relationships?
Do you feel like something is “wrong” or like you can never measure up?
Is your self-worth tied up in how much you do for others?
Are you almost always in action mode, often spinning your wheels and never feeling like you can relax?
You may appear to have it “all together” on the outside, but internally, you battle endless questions and self-doubts. It’s impossible to trust that others actually admire and want to connect with you, and you don’t see yourself the way they do. While you may always be the one to lend a helping hand or sacrifice your needs in order to show up for others, when it comes to you asking for help and support, you don’t feel worthy of it.
At the core of your self-doubt is a painful belief or experience that is causing you to feel like you can’t just be. Through therapy, we can explore and challenge some of those damaging narratives holding you back so that you can feel more present and at peace.
Lacking Emotional Support Early In Life Can Create Barriers In Forming Connections Later On
For many of us, we internalize the message from a young age that our needs are either too much or not important. Even if we grew up in environments that were physically safe, we may have had emotionally unhealthy and unsafe behaviors modeled to us. This often occurs when caregivers neglect, manipulate, or devalue our feelings.
It’s common for a sense of perfectionism to develop from these early experiences. Because the message has been internalized that love and support are conditional, there is a constant drive toward people-pleasing and doing things “flawlessly.” This is reinforced by unrealistic expectations and cultural norms about hyper-independence—often affecting women in particular.
Anxiety and distress can be viewed as surface-level issues that just require a change in mindset or thinking through a problem. Yet, the truth is that trauma is usually lurking deep beneath the surface.
Is Trauma At The Root Of Your Pain?
Trauma can occur following any experience in which the nervous system gets overwhelmed, dysregulated, or needs don’t get met.
Though the term “trauma” can be intimidating and is often used to describe critical situations, some of the most common traumas that people experience involve attachment injuries from childhood. Yet, because such injuries are not seen as being traumatic, a lot of survivors develop the belief that what happened to them wasn’t that bad, which reinforces the idea that their emotional needs aren’t valuable or worthy.
A therapist can help you explore, identify, and process your trauma. As you enhance your coping toolkit and learn how to get your needs met in a meaningful way, you can nurture deep and lasting healing in your life.
Resilient Counseling Specializes In Trauma Therapy For Adult Children Of Emotionally Unavailable Parents
My counseling services are trauma-informed and designed to move at a safe and comfortable yet productive pace. As we discover the beliefs and experiences at the root of your pain, I will individualize the process to your unique needs and goals.
What To Expect
One aspect of the therapy process is teaching you more about trauma, how it’s stored in the body, and how it affects your self-image, relationships, and overall quality of life. Without placing blame or looking back at the past with guilt and regret, we will use core experiences as an opportunity to learn more about your beliefs and perceptions—and how they have developed over time.
From there, I incorporate trauma-informed, evidence-based counseling approaches, including coping strategies, parts work, and body-based skills for identifying and regulating emotions. I use aspects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), among others, to foster self-compassion, clarify values, and reduce shame.
I also use the highly effective method of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) in therapy to facilitate healing on a deep level. Targeting stress that’s “stuck” in the nervous system, EMDR therapy offers a gentle, lasting way to reprocess core trauma. You can read more about it here, and keep in mind that EMDR intensives are available.
A New Way Of Engaging With Your Life And Relationships Is Possible
You’re here because you’re exhausted and tired of striving toward perfection. You want to live more authentically, showing up as the partner, parent, friend, or family member you want to be. I know you are ready to feel seen, heard, and finally valued as your true, authentic self—and therapy is the first step in creating the future you want.
Common Questions About Trauma Treatment
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You are right that the healing process can be painful at times, but the pain is usually temporary and a signal that you’re processing important emotions. Numbing is a mechanism we all engage in when we don’t want to “go there”—and that doesn’t help either.
Conditioning your emotional muscles takes work and can sometimes leave you feeling a little sore afterward. But the more you rehabilitate and reprocess your emotions, the stronger, more capable, and more healed you will feel.
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It can be really discouraging to go to therapy and not get the results you were looking for. I completely understand why you might feel hesitant about opening up to a therapist about your trauma again.
My approach is highly trauma-informed, addressing the root causes of emotional discomfort and distress in a way that leads to deep, transformative healing. While many conventional “top-down” talk therapy approaches target trauma at the surface level, tools like EMDR take a body-based, “bottom-up” approach to instill lasting change. Many of my clients who use EMDR report a reduction in symptoms that they’ve never experienced before.
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I do my best to tailor the counseling experience to your needs, including how often we meet. That said, it’s important to gain momentum by attending sessions on a weekly basis if possible—at least toward the beginning of trauma treatment.
EMDR intensives are a great way to target your trauma quickly and receive the benefit of months or years of treatment in a matter of hours or days. An intensive session allows for uninterrupted time to dig deeper into core traumas and really focus on the healing process without the stop-and-start of weekly therapy. I’ve seen firsthand how much clients can benefit from giving themselves the space to heal and grow through intensive therapy, and I am confident it can help you, too.
You Are Enough
Resilient Counseling is a trauma-informed practice specializing in therapy for adults struggling with anxiety, self-doubt, and people-pleasing behaviors stemming from childhood. For more information, contact me.
Virtual sessions are available to clients throughout Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. In-person therapy is available to clients local to the Atlanta, GA area and the Coconut Creek, FL area.
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Trauma Therapy in Marietta, GA
1225 Johnson Ferry Rd # 170, Marietta, GA 30068
(404) 480-3465
Trauma Therapy in Coconut Creek, FL
5300 W Hillsboro Blvd Ste 210B, Coconut Creek, FL 33073
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