Trauma and Dissociation
You’ve Been Turned Upside Down, One Change at a Time
You’ve coped with the trauma as best you can, but it isn’t working anymore.
Since you totaled your car, you’re nervous behind the wheel and avoid driving whenever you can.
Since the surgery, you can’t do the things you used to, and no new path has shown up to take their place.
Since your spouse died, you feel lost, trying to figure out who you are in a life on your own.
Notice the Missing Pieces of Your Days
Life doesn’t feel real…
Family members bring up moments you can’t find anywhere in your own memory.
Your keys or your phone turn up in odd places, sometimes even the fridge.
You feel in pieces.
Every Big Change Leaves You Different
If you keep asking yourself what’s wrong with you, the honest answer is simpler than you fear: you lived through something hard, and it rearranged you.
Nobody gets through a broken bone, an accident, a divorce, or the death of someone they love without being changed by it.
Sometimes you can’t even say what the trauma was. You just know something is wrong.
Feeling far away from yourself, your surroundings, or time is called dissociation, and mild forms of it are more common than you’d guess.
Put a Name to What You’ve Been Through
You don’t have to live this way…
Sometimes just understanding you’ve been traumatized is enough. All you needed was to name it.
If you can’t pin down the why or the what yet, don’t worry. I got you covered.
Through gentle, honest exploration, we’ll uncover what’s been hidden, at a pace that feels right to you.
Find the Star That Still Hurts
If putting the trauma into words only stirs it up again, we can explore Brainspotting together.
Imagine your brain as the night sky and the stars as experiences, some of them with trauma attached.
We’ll look for the eye position that helps your brain work through that one hard experience.
As it does, your emotional response to that star starts to shift.
Picture Everything Feeling Real Again
Imagine driving across town for an ordinary errand and barely thinking about the road.
Your keys hang on the hook right where you left them.
Little by little, the life you’re building starts to fit.
It doesn’t have to feel like this forever.
Stop Letting the Past Run Your Life
I can and will do this work with you, and I’m not afraid. You don’t need to be either.
Our first step is a complimentary 20-minute consultation, just a relaxed chat about what happened and how it changed your life.
Sessions happen face to face in Broomfield or online from any corner of Colorado.
Send me a note through the form below, and let’s get the pieces back in place.
Find the Rainbow!
When you're caught in the storm, it feels like it will never end. I'd love to be standing next to you when the rainbow shows up.
I want to help you. Reach out, and let's work together toward a better life for you.