More Than Trauma-Informed, Trauma Trained

My Background: I have spent over a decade facilitating group work with women who have experienced trauma and abuse. My passion is to create an environment in which the stigma and silence surrounding abuse can be broken in the lives of those in our community. I have seen and personally experienced the freedom of healing offered when people are supported by individual and group therapy. I love working in a group setting because of the ability of attendees to receive care from others with similar experiences. I focused my graduate work on expanding my knowledge of trauma and abuse.  The goal is to bring into focus one's experiences of familial, identity-based, religious, and social harms from a framework of one's attachment styles in current relationships. I work with others to identify healing experiences beyond talk therapy by integrating group work with a deeper awareness of one's somatic response to their history of trauma and abuse. I seek opportunities to increase my awareness of the oppressive systems that exist in our community and world. I desire to create a safe place to explore the harm that you have experienced.