Trauma

Trauma

Healing at the Pace Your Nervous System Needs

Trauma can result from a single overwhelming event or from repeated, ongoing experiences that left you feeling unsafe, powerless, or unseen. Whether it's related to abuse, neglect, loss, medical trauma, identity-based trauma, or other difficult life events, the impact of trauma can linger — often in ways that feel confusing, isolating, or hard to put into words.

You may find yourself stuck in cycles of hypervigilance, numbness, shame, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm. You might struggle to trust yourself, your body, or others. Trauma can deeply affect how you see the world — and how you see yourself.

At Quiet Mind Counseling, we offer trauma-informed care grounded in safety, compassion, and a deep respect for your pace and your process. Healing from trauma is not about "getting over it" — it's about gently reconnecting with parts of yourself that had to go quiet in order to survive.

In our work together, we’ll:

• Create a safe and supportive space where your story can unfold without pressure or judgment

• Explore how trauma lives in the body and mind, and build tools to manage triggers and regulate your nervous system

• Work with trauma responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) through grounding and somatic techniques

• Identify and shift negative self-beliefs rooted in past experiences

• Rebuild trust, boundaries, and a sense of agency — at a pace that honors your readiness
  
  

Our approach to trauma therapy is integrative, drawing from modalities such as somatic awareness, parts work (including inner child work), mindfulness, and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral strategies. Most importantly, we move with you — never ahead of you — as we work together toward healing.

You are not broken. You are doing your best to carry experiences no one should have had to carry alone. Therapy can be the space where you begin to lay that burden down — piece by piece.