If your nervous system has been living on high alert, your reactions make sense. Trauma changes how you think, feel, relate, and protect yourself. Therapy with Laura can help you understand what happened, what it shaped, and how to move forward without staying stuck in survival mode.
What if your anxiety, shutdowns, overthinking, and emotional swings are not personality flaws? What if they are protection patterns that once helped you survive? Once we understand what your mind and body learned to do to stay safe, we can start creating new patterns that support the life you actually want.
You are not too much. You are not broken. You adapted. And we can work with that.
Individual trauma therapy is one on one, trauma focused therapy that helps you understand why your life feels the way it feels right now. Not just what happened, but what it trained your mind and body to do afterward. Trauma does not always show up as one big memory. Sometimes it shows up as overthinking, shutting down, snapping, numbing out, feeling on edge in your own home, or feeling like you cannot turn your brain off.
In individual trauma therapy, we connect the dots so your patterns finally make sense, then we work on the root of what is driving them so you can move forward with more clarity, stability, and a regulated sense of self. This is not just coping skills. This is not just talking about your week. This is healing what is underneath.
Trauma can make your nervous system feel like it’s always on high alert. You may go from calm to overwhelmed quickly, or shut down completely when things feel like too much. Trauma therapy helps you understand why those reactions happen and gives you tools to regulate them. Over time, you respond more intentionally instead of reacting on instinct.
If your body never fully feels safe, sleep suffers. You might wake up at small noises, struggle to fall asleep, or replay conversations long after they’re over. Trauma therapy helps calm the nervous system so your body can finally rest. When you’re not constantly bracing for something to go wrong, sleep becomes possible again.
Many trauma survivors learned early on that their needs came second. You may overextend yourself, struggle to say no, or feel responsible for everyone else’s emotions. Trauma therapy helps you understand where those patterns came from and how to shift them. Boundaries stop feeling selfish and start feeling stabilizing.
When you’ve lived in survival mode, your mind is always scanning for danger. That can look like constant overthinking, worst-case scenarios, or replaying interactions in your head. Trauma therapy helps interrupt those cycles. As we connect the dots between your past and your present reactions, anxiety starts to lose its grip.
Trauma can blur identity. You may feel unsure of what you actually want, who you are outside of roles, or what feels true for you. In individual trauma therapy, we work on separating survival patterns from your authentic self. As healing happens, clarity returns.
If you grew up walking on eggshells or managing other people’s emotions, those patterns often follow you into adulthood. You may find yourself in similar dynamics again and again. Trauma therapy helps you see those patterns clearly and change them. The goal is not just insight, but different choices and different outcomes.
Every adult carries patterns, ways of thinking, feeling, and relating that were shaped by early experiences, family systems, and past relationships. We don’t just explore the surface. We help you understand the why behind your reactions and create space for deeper, lasting change.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps us look at how your thoughts are shaping your emotions and behaviors. If your mind is constantly telling you something isn’t safe, that you’re not good enough, or that something bad is about to happen, your body reacts accordingly. CBT helps us slow that down. We identify the thought patterns driving your stress, anxiety, or shutdown responses and actively work to change them. It is practical, structured, and gives you tools you can use outside of session. When your thinking shifts, your emotional experience begins to shift too.
EMDR therapy helps your brain reprocess traumatic memories so they no longer carry the same emotional charge. Trauma can get “stuck” in the nervous system, which is why you may react strongly to things that logically shouldn’t feel that intense. EMDR allows the brain to complete processing that didn’t happen at the time of the trauma. I often use EMDR when someone feels stuck, especially with military trauma, childhood trauma, or repeated relational wounds. It can create powerful movement when talk therapy alone only goes so far.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on changing behaviors to influence emotions. Sometimes we shift the behavior first and the feelings follow. DBT skills help with emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and learning how to pause before reacting. If anger, impulsivity, shutdown, or relationship conflict are patterns for you, DBT gives you real-world strategies to respond differently. It’s about learning how to stay grounded when your emotions want to take over.
Trauma focused therapy means we understand that your reactions make sense in the context of what you’ve lived through. Whether your trauma was one major event or years of walking on eggshells, your nervous system adapted to survive. Instead of labeling you as “too sensitive” or “overreactive,” we look at how your history shaped your patterns. From there, we work at the root so those survival responses don’t keep running your life.
Trauma lives in the body, not just in memory. Mindfulness and nervous system regulation help bring your body out of fight, flight, or freeze. We use grounding exercises like the five senses, present-moment awareness, and guided practices to help you feel more stable and less reactive. When your nervous system learns it is safe, your mind can finally rest. This work is foundational in trauma therapy.
If spirituality is important to you, we can incorporate it into your therapy. I offer faith-supportive therapy and respect your belief system, whether that is Christian, pagan, spiritual, or something uniquely personal. Some clients find meaning through prayer, meditation, or even tarot as a reflective tool. Others prefer to keep therapy grounded in psychology only. The direction is always client-led. Your belief system is respected, not pathologized.
A big part of my approach is helping you understand why you do what you do. When you realize your reactions are trauma responses and not character flaws, shame starts to loosen its grip. I explain how the brain and nervous system work so your story makes sense. Realization is the first step. Then we ask, “Now what are we going to do with that?”
Many trauma survivors struggle with boundaries. You may have learned to prioritize everyone else’s needs or to keep the peace at all costs. Boundary work is about learning where you end and someone else begins. It’s about saying no without collapsing into guilt. It’s about choosing responsibility without self-blame. This is a key part of healing dysfunctional family patterns and codependency.
Not all trauma started with you. Intergenerational trauma recognizes that patterns, coping styles, and emotional wounds are often passed down through families. If you grew up walking on eggshells, managing other people’s emotions, or feeling responsible for keeping the peace, that didn’t come from nowhere. We identify those patterns so they stop repeating in your adult relationships.
There is a strong connection between trauma, chronic stress, and physical symptoms. I often see trauma histories connected with chronic pain, autoimmune disorders, and long-term stress conditions. This does not mean symptoms are “in your head.” It means your nervous system has been under strain for a long time. Trauma therapy helps regulate that system so your body is not constantly bracing for danger.
I’m not the therapist who sits back and says, “And how does that make you feel?” I’m direct, grounded, and very human. I’ll sit with you in the hard things, but I’ll also tell you the truth about what needs to shift. We’re not putting a Band-Aid on old wounds. We’re healing them at the root.
If you’re ready to stop circling the same problems and actually move forward, I’d be honored to walk that path with you.
I’m not the therapist who sits back and says, “And how does that make you feel?” I’m direct, grounded, and very human. I’ll sit with you in the hard things, but I’ll also tell you the truth about what needs to shift. We’re not putting a Band-Aid on old wounds. We’re healing them at the root.
If you’re ready to stop circling the same problems and actually move forward, I’d be honored to walk that path with you.
We make sense of your story so your patterns, reactions, and experiences finally have clarity.
We uncover what’s underneath your struggles and work directly with the core issues driving them.
We turn insight into simple, sustainable changes that help you respond, not just react, in your daily life.
Yes. I accept Aetna Medicare Advantage, Ambetter, Ascension (Smart Health), Blue Cross Blue Shield Massach, BlueCross and BlueShield, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna and Evernorth, ComPsych, Devoted Health Medicare Advantage and UnitedHealthcare/Optum, ESI Employee Assistance Group, Florida Blue, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, New Directions | Lucet, Optum, Oscar Health, Oxford, Quest Behavioral Health, TRICARE, United Medical Resources (UMR), and UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH.
HSA, FSA, credit card, and private pay are also accepted.
Yes. All sessions are offered virtually for adults living in Florida.
No. Treatment is fully virtual to support consistency and accessibility.
No. Trauma therapy should not feel like you are being forced to relive everything. We go at a pace that keeps you grounded and in control.
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