trauma and PTSD
for what your body is still carrying
Trauma isn't what happened to you. It's what happened inside you in response to it. And it lives there still, in the places your body braces without warning, in the reactions that feel out of proportion, in the exhaustion of managing a nervous system that never fully settled after something it couldn't process at the time.
I offer individual therapy for adults in Boulder, Colorado, and I work with trauma not by asking you to retell the story until it loses its charge, but by working with your nervous system directly. Helping it complete what the original experience interrupted. That's a different kind of work, and it's the kind I do.
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this might be right for you if...
- You react to things in ways that feel out of proportion and can't talk yourself out of it
- Your body braces, freezes, or shuts down in situations that should feel safe
- You've told the story but the charge hasn't left
- Your trauma is complex, relational, or rooted in a long history rather than a single event
- You're scared that talking about it will make it worse
sessions and pricing
I'm private pay only, which means our work is never shaped by insurance timelines or approval requirements. Sessions are $140 for 50 to 55 minutes. A free 15-minute consultation is available before any commitment.
start with a free 15 minute consultation
You don't need to have it figured out before you contact me. The first step is simply a conversation, and I'd be honored to be part of what comes next for you.
book nowfrequently asked questions
What if I'm scared that talking about it will make it worse?
That fear is common and makes complete sense, especially if previous therapy involved retelling the story without feeling better afterward. In my practice, we don't begin with the traumatic material. We build safety first, develop internal resources, and move at a pace your system can actually tolerate. EMDR and somatic work don't require you to narrate the experience in detail. They work at the level of the nervous system, which means we can process what happened without retraumatizing you in the process.
Is EMDR safe for complex trauma?
Yes, when it's done carefully and with adequate preparation. Complex trauma requires a slower, more relational approach than single-incident trauma. I don't move into active EMDR processing until there's enough safety, trust, and internal resource to support it. The stabilization phase isn't a delay before the real work. It is the real work, and it matters enormously for complex trauma specifically.
What's the difference between trauma and PTSD?
PTSD is a clinical diagnosis with specific criteria around intrusion, avoidance, negative cognition, and hyperarousal following a traumatic event. Trauma is a broader term for the nervous system's response to overwhelming experience, which doesn't always meet the full criteria for PTSD but is still very real and very present in the body. I work with both, and the approach is similar: working at the level of the nervous system rather than just the narrative.