Trauma-Informed Therapy in Arlington Heights, IL
Trauma therapy that helps you feel empowered.
Trauma therapy provides a safe, supportive space to process experiences from the past and understand how they may still be affecting you in the present. Through a combination of talk therapy and somatic work, we’ll gently explore thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations that may feel stuck or unresolved in the body, helping you develop a greater sense of safety and connection with yourself.
If you’re struggling with trauma symptoms, your thoughts might sound like….
“My body reacts to things before I even understand why I’m upset.”
“I want to understand why I react the way I do instead of feeling like something is wrong with me.”
“I want to feel safe in my own body and more present in my own life.”
“I keep replaying what happened and wondering what I could have done differently.”
“I feel like I’m always on edge, even when nothing is actually wrong.”
“I’m easily overwhelmed by emotions and don’t always know how to calm myself down.”
“Sometimes I feel disconnected from myself or like I’m watching everything from a distance.”
“I avoid things that remind me of what happened, even when I know it’s affecting my life.”
Benefits to trauma therapy:
Regain a sense of power and control.
Understand how trauma impacts the brain and body and how to cope with trauma responses.
Learn that your past does not have to define your present or future.
Develop safety and security within yourself.
Define what healing looks and feels like for you.
Learn strategies to better manage trauma symptoms.
Achieve your definition of freedom and inner peace.
Live a life that is driven by your values and goals.
Additional Therapy Services
Develop practical coping skills that empower you to live in alignment with your values and goals, rather than allowing anxiety to dictate your choices.
Learn strategies to quiet repetitive thoughts, manage worry, and stay grounded in the present moment.
Recognize and reframe thoughts that contribute to anxiety or keep you feeling stuck.
Build skills to reduce the intensity and frequency of anxiety symptoms and respond to stress with greater confidence.
Create space for more calm, balance, and ease in your daily life.
Anxiety Therapy
Cultivate a healthier, more compassionate relationship with food and your body that is rooted in balance, self-acceptance, and freedom.
Identify and reframe beliefs about food that contribute to guilt, fear, or rigid rules around eating.
Foster greater appreciation and respect for your body while learning to approach yourself with compassion.
Build a more flexible, balanced approach to eating and movement without rigid expectations or extremes.
Explore the emotions, experiences, and triggers that contribute to binge eating and food restriction, while developing healthier ways to cope.
Eating Disorder Therapy
Create intentional space for meaningful conversations where you can truly listen to and understand one another, guided by an unbiased professional who can help you navigate anxiety and cultivate greater presence and connection in your relationship.
Explore how anxiety can create barriers to vulnerability, emotional intimacy, and meaningful connection.
Gain insight into how past experiences and trauma influence emotional expression, relationship patterns, and responses to one another.
Develop practical tools to communicate difficult thoughts, feelings, and needs with greater clarity, confidence, and openness.
Build skills to validate each other’s emotions, appreciate differing perspectives, and create a stronger, more compassionate, and supportive partnership.
Couples Therapy
Frequently asked questions:
How do I know if I need trauma therapy?You may benefit from trauma therapy if a past experience is effecting your thoughts, emotions, relationships, or daily life. Some common symptoms include anxiety, intrusive memories, nightmares, avoidance, feeling on edge, emotional numbness, or feeling disconnected from yourself.
You don't need to be certain that your experience counts as trauma to reach out.
What types of trauma can therapy help with?Trauma therapy can be helpful following experiences such as abuse, neglect, accidents, violence, loss, medical experiences, relationship trauma, childhood adversity, or other overwhelming events.
Can trauma therapy help with anxiety or panic?Yes. Trauma can contribute to anxiety, panic, hypervigilance, and other stress responses. Trauma therapy can help you understand these responses and develop strategies for managing them while addressing the experiences that may be contributing to them.