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Trauma Counseling for Women in Benicia and Vallejo, CA

Trauma Symptoms

  • Relationship Challenges - difficulty with feeling close, "people pleasing", communication, accepting/ setting boundaries, toxic/ abusive relationships cycles

  • Trust Issues - fear of being betrayed, abandoned, hurt, feeling guarded, self-sabotaging

  • Low self-esteem/ worth - believing negative thoughts about yourself, self-doubt, accepting mistreatment

  • Distorted self-concept - feeling purposeless and unclear about who you are or your place in the world

  • Dissociation - feeling disconnected from your body, emotions, memories or reality, "zoned out", numbness

  • Hypervigilance - feeling on guard and highly alert to potential threats 

  • Avoidance - avoiding people, places, activities, conversations; ignoring emotions, thoughts, memories, feelings

  • Intrusions - unwanted memories, thoughts, dreams/ nightmares, flashbacks

  • Negative emotions - feeling excessive guilt, self-blame, shame, worthlessness

  • Hyperarousal - emotional overwhelm, irritability, sleep disturbance, feeling on edge, easily startled, impulsivity

  • Hypoarousal - feeling shut down, fatigued, withdrawn, empty, disconnected

"Trauma is not what happens to you. It is what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you."

- Gabor Mate

Woman offering support to another woman
Woman feeling hopeful after trauma counseling

Healing from Emotional Abuse

I immediately focus on establishing trust with you to help both your mind and body experience safety and connection within our therapeutic relationship.

 

You'll learn how the body stores stress and trauma and how this affects your survival responses. 

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You'll learn to attune to your thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations and gain the tools to respond to these important cues with self-compassion.

 

We clarify your emotional needs and core values to serve as anchors as you reconnect with and learn to accept the hidden or rejected parts of yourself.

Interpersonal Trauma Counseling Can Help You With...

  • Increasing self-awareness

  • Trusting yourself and your gut instincts

  • Understanding repetitive patterns

  • Allowing space for unpleasant emotions and sensations

  • Using the body to respond to your stress response/ mood

  • Reducing anxiety symptoms

  • Clarifying and verbalizing your needs

  • Reducing "people-pleasing"

  • Developing self-esteem & self-acceptance

  • Valuing and respecting yourself

  • Setting and consistently holding your boundaries

  • Separating who you are from your choices and experiences to reduce shame

  • Living in alignment with your values

  • Experiencing emotional intimacy

  • Having relationships while still staying true to yourself

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