Healing from Trauma

​​​Healing is rarely linear. It unfolds in layers — moments of insight, integration, and rest.

Rather than offering single sessions without direction, I hold therapy as a journey — a process that supports you to move at your own pace, in a way that feels grounded and safe.

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Supporting you step by step — first building safety, then processing experiences, and finally integrating lasting change into your life.

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These stages aren’t fixed or prescriptive they’re simply a map to help orient our work together.

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1. Grounding & Safety

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Before we explore deeper experiences, we begin by creating a foundation of safety and stability — in your body, emotions, and relationships.
This stage is about strengthening your capacity to stay grounded and supported, even when life feels unpredictable.

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Focus areas

• Calming your nervous system

• Building trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship

• Gentle awareness of parts of self

• Learning practical grounding and self-soothing tools

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Usually around 4–6 sessions, weekly or fortnightly.

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We go gently here — establishing safety, so that when deeper memories surface,

it’s from a place of steadiness rather than overwhelm.

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2. Healing & Integration

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When you feel ready, we can begin processing the deeper layers — the memories, emotions, and beliefs that have shaped your patterns of coping.

Using EMDR, parts work, and other trauma-informed approaches, we work together to bring care, understanding, and completion to those experiences.

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Focus areas

• EMDR trauma processing

• Working with protective and wounded parts

• Restoring self-compassion

• Deepening emotional regulation

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Often 6–10 sessions, depending on your needs and pace.

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This is tender work — not about fixing yourself,

but allowing healing where it was once too painful to look.

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3. Consolidation & Growth

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As healing settles, we focus on integration — strengthening your sense of self and reconnecting with meaning, boundaries, and vitality.

Focus areas

• Integrating insights from therapy into daily life

• Strengthening healthy boundaries

• Nurturing self-leadership and authenticity

• Reconnecting with joy and purpose

Usually 3–6 sessions, spaced fortnightly or monthly.

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This is where healing becomes living — bringing your insights into everyday life.

4. Ongoing Integration Support

Many clients like to stay connected after the main work feels complete through occasional “check-in” sessions. These sessions are reflective and supportive, helping you stay aligned with your growth.

 

These single sessions are available as needed.

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Your pace, your process.
You’re always in charge of the timing and direction of your therapy.

These journeys simply offer a sense of rhythm and structure, helping you know where you are in your healing and what might come next.

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