Trauma is not just what happened to you — it's the way your nervous system learned to survive it. Whether you experienced a single overwhelming event or years of ongoing stress, neglect, or harm, trauma leaves imprints that shape the way you feel, think, relate, and move through the world.
Trauma-informed therapy at Mindful Willow Wellness creates a safe, paced, and compassionate space to process difficult experiences — without having to relive them in ways that feel retraumatizing. You move at your pace, with full agency.
Many of my clients with eating disorders, anxiety, or perfectionism discover that these struggles have roots in trauma or early relational experiences. Treating the whole picture — not just the symptoms — is at the heart of my approach.
Your Past Doesn’t Have to Define Your Present
Trauma can stem from many sources:
Childhood abuse, neglect, or adverse experiences
Relationship trauma or domestic violence
Sexual assault or abuse
Medical trauma or chronic illness
Sudden loss or grief
Accidents, disasters, or community violence
Complex/relational trauma over time
Eating disorder behaviors used to cope with trauma
“You don’t have to earn your healing by proving your trauma was ‘bad enough.’”
Trauma Treatment Approaches
I use a range of evidence-based, trauma-informed modalities tailored to your needs and readiness
Trauma-Informed CBT
Cognitive approaches that help you understand the connection between trauma, thoughts, and present-day symptoms — and gradually shift them.
Acceptance & Commitment
ACT helps you build psychological flexibility - accepting difficult experience without being consumed by them while moving toward what matters
Somatic Awareness
Trauma lives in the body. We work with physical sensations, breahing, and nervous system regulation to create felt safety
Narrative Approaches
Making sense of your story - reauthoring the narrative from surviros to someone with agency, wisdom, and a future.
Attachment-Based Thearapies
Early relationships shape how we see ourselves and connect with others — and when those relationships involve pain or instability, the effects can follow us for years. Using an attachment-based approach, I help clients explore how their relational history shows up today and, within a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship, begin to heal those deeper wounds and build lasting change.
What Trauma Therapy Looks Like
Healing from trauma is possible - and it doesn’t require reliving every detail.
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Safety First
We build safety, trust, and internal resources before approaching any traumatic material
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Stabilization
You’ll learn regulation tools so you feel equipped to manage distress inside and outside sessions.
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Integration
Making meaning of what happened and how it shaped you - while reclaiming your sense of self.
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Gentle Processing
At your pace, we explore difficult experiences in a titrated, contained, and support way.
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Growth
Many folks find deep resilience and meaning on the other side of their healing work.
Healing Is Possible. You Deserve It.
Trauma has a way of making the past feel like the present. Therapy helps you put it in the past - so you can be fully present for your life.