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Trauma has a way of trapping you in a permanent state of high alert. Wherever you go, a trigger might hit, and suddenly, the past floods you all over again. It can even feel as if it is happening right now.
Whether it stems from a single sudden shock or years of abuse or oppression, traumatic stress steals your sense of safety, trust, and freedom.
How Trauma Shows Up
Trauma changes the way we experience the world, our relationships, and ourselves. When a traumatic event or environment overwhelms our ability to cope, our brain’s alarm system gets stuck in the "on" position.
This can manifest in many different ways:
Physiological Symptoms: You might experience chronic fatigue, unexplained aches, a racing heart, or a constant feeling of being "on guard" (hypervigilance).
Emotional Rollercoasters: Floods of intense anger, deep sadness, anxiety, or a confusing sense of numbness and detachment.
Intrusive Memories: Flashbacks, nightmares, or sudden emotional triggers that make the past feel like it’s happening right now.
Strained Relationships: Difficulty trusting others, feeling isolated, or experiencing challenges with intimacy and connection.
Our Specialties
Trauma is not one-size-fits-all. Traumatic stress can stem from a single terrifying event, years of subtle systemic pressure, or profound relational wounds. We provide specialized care tailored to the unique ways trauma shows up in your life:
PTSD & Complex Trauma (C-PTSD): Support for both single-incident trauma and the deep, ongoing impacts of developmental or relational trauma.
Complicated Grief and Loss: Helping you navigate the heavy, tangled spaces of loss that feel impossible to move through standard grieving.
Sexual Health Impacts of Trauma: A sex-positive, affirming space to heal the ways trauma impacts your relationship with your body, pleasure, and intimacy.
Spiritual Abuse & Religious Trauma: Guidance to unpack the deep wounds left by toxic religious environments, harmful spiritual leadership, or a crisis of faith.
Birth-Related Trauma: Specialized care for parents processing medical trauma, loss, unexpected outcomes, or emotional distress surrounding pregnancy and childbirth.
Why Therapy Can Help
Healing from trauma isn't about "just getting over it." It’s about making sense of what happened and helping your deeper, felt-sense beliefs catch up to what you logically know.
Therapy helps you:
Regulate your nervous system: Teach your body how to move out of chronic fight, flight, freeze, and fawn modes.
Make sense of your story: Process traumatic memories so they lose their painful, disruptive power over your present life.
Reconnect with yourself: Rebuild trust in your body, your instincts, and your boundaries.
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Check with us if you have questions
We hope this process is as streamlined for you as possible - and we want your needs to be met every step of the way.
If, after reviewing the website, you have questions before you complete our form, please feel free to reach out to us at
(470) 210-1995.
Complete the new client inquiry form
Either you or a loved one is welcome to complete the form (it's secure and confidential!).
This form is a place to put your contact info, review some practicalities, and give us a sense of what you need so we can match you with the right provider.
Connect with a therapist on the team
We will match you with a therapist according to what you request in the form - or, we'll reach out with questions first.
Your provider will reach out to schedule a consultation or intake appointment, and we'll go from there.
We look forward to meeting you!