Trauma Therapy in Buffalo, New York, and Pennsylvania
Does this sound familiar?
Are you tired of feeling numb, struggling to express your emotions, or having emotions that are hard to manage?
Is your trauma history negatively impacting your personal and professional relationships?
Have you face stigma or negative beliefs about seeking help for your trauma?
Have you felt the need to avoid therapy in the past because your trauma feels too painful or overwhelming?
“Every step is a first step if it’s a step in the right direction.” -Terry Pratchett
How I can help
I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Schema Therapy to help guide you through reprocessing traumatic memories. These approaches can provide relief from trauma by helping you to restructure your thought patterns and negative core beliefs while using a body-based approach.
I seamlessly blend EMDR and Schema Therapy together to help you get the most personalized treatment possible. I am certified in Individual Schema Therapy through the International Society of Schema Therapists and trained in EMDR through the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).
Therapy for trauma can help you…
Regulate your emotions better, leading to more productive and healthy relationships
Improve your self-esteem and self-worth while building resilience
Reduce (or even eliminate) symptoms such as anxiety, depression, nightmares, and flashbacks associated with trauma
Approaches
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Schema Therapy
Learn how your early childhood experiences affect your behavior and relationships.
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EMDR
Process past traumas using “the gold standard” for relief from trauma symptoms.
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Therapy Intensives
Work through your trauma history in a matter of hours or days, not weeks or months.
You don’t have to do this alone.
FAQs about Trauma Therapy
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Trauma typically manifests as nightmares, flashbacks (re-experiencing the event), hypervigilence (being constantly on guard), anxiety, depression, numbing or dissociation, trust issues, avoidance, and issues with emotion regulation. However, this looks different for everyone and not everyone has every symptom on this list.
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I define trauma as “anything that happened to you that you wish didn’t happen to you”. Everyone experiences trauma in different ways - two people might experience the same traumatic event, and one person might have trauma and one might not.
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We will start by talking about your symptoms and your goals for therapy. You will take some questionnaires to help me assess your symptoms and beliefs about yourself. We will then go into making a treatment plan that works best for you and goes as slowly or as quickly as you need.
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Please see my contact page for more information!
