Trauma Therapy
with a somatic approach
“The essence of trauma is disconnection…so the real question is: How did we get separated and how do we connect?”
Dr. Gabor Maté
Growing through trauma
why trauma therapy?
In considering trauma therapy we usually have come to a point where there is either a nagging feeling that something in our lives is off and we can't place our finger on it. Or we have come to the point where changes are required to overcome emotional pain and to begin to live in our relationships from a more healthy and nourishing state.
We tend to survive instead of live when we have unresolved trauma patterns determining and directing us. It can be quite hurtful to realise we have been surviving and we can feel overwhelmed and helpless not knowing what to do about it.
When we are considering trauma therapy we have often felt difficult issues coming up in our relationships with near ones and dear ones. Or we have come to experience that we simply do not feel at place inside ourselves. Or we may feel insecure on an existential level without really knowing why.
In those periods of challenges in our lives trauma therapy can provide that support we need.
We most often can't manage to resolve deep trauma patterns on our own. Sometimes we need somebody to hold space for us when we go to the places we haven't dared to go before.
A compassionate way
Trauma is an overwhelming life threatening incident that has happened to us that has not been sufficiently processed. It is said that the event has not 'landed' in the body.
It is common to experience a wide range of symptoms, known as trauma effects, such as insomnia, difficulties concentrating, pain, extraordinary alertness, memory problems, avoidance behaviour, anxiety attacks, hypersensitivity, etc. the list goes on.
When we are traumatised, our body is in a constant state of stress (chronic stress and not acute or periodic stress), which it cannot tolerate over a long period of time without us being thrown out of balance or worse, getting sick from chronical disorders.
Trauma therapy is about relieving the system by becoming aware of where it is locked up and the extensive impact it has had on our lives and our relationships. Through the sessions we gain an understanding of ourselves and new perspectives that support the maybe long-waited healing.
Compassion along the way is needed, because it was compassion that once were missing when we in the first endured the painful incident.
about the sessions
My approach to trauma therapy is experiential, relational, and deeply attuned to your unique experience. Rather than focusing only on understanding what has happened, we gently explore what is unfolding in the present moment—in your body, your emotions, and your inner world.
Together, we create the safety needed for experiences that have been carried alone to be met with care, curiosity, and compassion.
Throughout the process, I carefully follow your pace, helping you stay connected to your experience without becoming overwhelmed. By working together in this way, your nervous system gradually discovers new possibilities for regulation, resilience, and connection. My role is not to fix you, but to accompany you as your own innate capacity for healing begins to emerge.
I believe that trauma does not define who we are. Beneath the adaptations that once protected you lies an enduring capacity for growth, vitality, and authentic connection. My intention is to help you rediscover these qualities, so that life gradually becomes organised less around survival and more around feeling fully alive, connected, and at home within yourself.
