“I feel like I have been able to understand myself in a new way. The work I have done with Dr. Cathy has been some of the deepest I have ever been able to do." Joe, former client, age 36Trauma & Abuse Recovery
Recovery from all forms of abuse is possible, no matter what you have suffered. Finding the right resources in therapy is important. Establishing trust with a therapist has been found to be the most important curative factor in research of effective therapy. In that trusting relationship, the client feels safe to go deep enough into their emotional experiences and memories to engage with interventions offered by the therapist, such as EMDR (see below), meditation, somatic experiencing, IFS (Internal Family Systems), and others, to help shift perceptions and offer freedom from old patterns and painful emotions. Inside that therapeutic relationship, we learn about your wounds and how to heal them, how to see and face them, and facilitate establishing important parts of a support system outside therapy to help you mend your heart and step into wholeness.
My role in facilitating healing from abuse is to first, offer a compassionate environment, through which trust is built, and my clients feel comfortable to share their stories and feelings. My skills and experience can be utilized to work with your memories, your current responses to relationships and situations, and help teach you how calm and center your nervous system and your brain, rewiring it to embody healthier and happier patterns of coping.
My practice offers EMDR, (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), an integrative psychotherapy approach especially designed to help heal the effects (EMDRIA.org). I also utilize other tools such as meditation (which helps calm the parasympathetic nervous system as well as help with feelings of inner strength and empowerment), somatic experiencing (which helps free the trauma and emotions from the body), and Internal Family Systems (working with your internal relationship to your memories and feelings). Working together, we can address symptoms in your mind, body, and spirit that can free you from the long term and painful effects of trauma.
Treatment Options:
EMDR - eye movements that stimulate the brain to heal painful emotions and memories by moving them or reprocessing them so that they no longer intrude in your everyday life.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) - working with different “parts” of yourself to gain more confidence in your relationship with yourself and others.
Meditation
Somatic Experiencing - helps release the stuck emotions and patterns from the body
Emotional Freedom Technique or tapping therapy - easily learned skill that utilizes pressure points. It can be used anytime anywhere to reduce anxiety, negative feelings, thoughts, and beliefs.
Energy work such as Reiki, which is found to calm the nervous system and balance emotions.
Trauma & Abuse THERAPIST
It is very important you find the right therapist for you, and that you find one who has the training and experience to help you heal. There are many people who call themselves trauma therapists. Look into the training and experience of anyone you choose to help you. Contact me for a free consultation
