PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
Complex PTSD Therapy
Expert Complex PTSD Therapist for Effective Treatment and Recovery
If you have experienced the life-altering effects of prolonged relational and childhood trauma, you are not alone. As a Complex PTSD Therapist, I understand that developmental trauma often steals away a person’s sense of vitality and quality of life, leaving them feeling as though they are merely existing rather than truly living. Many adult trauma survivors of childhood abuse struggle with a pervasive sense of disconnection and self-alienation, feeling like they’re operating on autopilot and unable to experience the warmth and enjoyment in relationships.
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I help individuals reconnect with their sense of aliveness by providing a safe, compassionate, therapeutic space where they can gradually engage with their emotions, access the wisdom of their body, heal traumatic wounds, and learn to reclaim their sense of self, true living, and vitality.
Understanding Complex PTSD: Your Path to Healing
Growing up in dysfunctional or neglectful families, or under the care of emotionally immature parents with their own mental or physical health challenges, can leave deep psychological wounds. These experiences often manifest in chronic depression, nervous system challenges, difficulties forming healthy relationships, feelings of insecurity, low self-worth, and a pervasive sense of distrust.
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Complex PTSD (CPTSD) is a condition that develops from prolonged and repeated exposure to relational trauma such as chronic abuse, invalidation, or long-term neglect. Unlike traditional PTSD, which often results from a single traumatic event, CPTSD stems from ongoing, multiple instances of trauma that disrupt a person’s emotional and psychological development.
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As a Complex PTSD Therapist, I can help you resolve the barriers and limits imposed by your painful experiences. Trauma therapy can assist you in regaining a sense of safety, healing emotional wounds, and rediscovering joy and connection in life.
The Cost of Feeling Unloved: Learning to Reconnect After Trauma
Those who have experienced childhood relational trauma often feel as though they are merely existing rather than truly living. They struggle with a pervasive sense of disconnection, feeling like they’re operating on autopilot and unable to experience the warmth and enjoyment in relationships.
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In environments where abuse, neglect or severe invalidation is prevalent, it becomes unsafe for children to fully engage with life. In such settings, expressing joy, playfulness, or simply being a child can feel dangerous. As a result, individuals learn to keep pleasurable feelings dissociatively separated to protect themselves, leading to a profound disconnection from their life force and energy.
Reviving Your Spirit: Rebuilding Connection and Vitality After Trauma
Adult survivors may feel emotionally dead inside—numb, empty, and exhausted. This emotional shutdown can manifest in dissociative behaviours, eating addictions, and a pervasive sense of loneliness and isolation. Even those who appear high-functioning can feel persistently disconnected and deadened, struggling with chronic shame and a belief that they do not deserve to take up space or be fully alive.
Trauma can also affect one's ability to connect with their own body. Symptoms such as derealization and depersonalization may leave individuals feeling detached from their physical presence. They may have learnt to put on a pseudo-aliveness mask, where they appear overly enthusiastic or expressive, yet this vitality is often a facade that masks an underlying disconnection.
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We can understand shutting down aliveness as a way to cope or adapt to relational wounding, however with compassionate support, trauma focused therapy, you can reclaim your sense of self and vitality, moving from a state of disconnection to a place of true living, groundedness, authenticity and emotional richness.
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"Throughout our lives we develop ways to cope and protect ourselves. That is a very smart thing to do, especially if we have had hard experiences. The truth is you are not broken. Even though you may feel lost from your self, it never went away. We just need to clear the path."
~ Carly Goodfellow ~
Supportive, strength-based
treatment for childhood trauma
​As a survivor, you might find it challenging to make and sustain friendships or to feel secure in your relationships. You may experience persistent hypervigilance, making it hard to trust others. It’s not uncommon to find yourself drawn to emotionally unavailable or abusive individuals, perpetuating cycles of pain. Together we help you build trust, form secure friendships break cycles of seeking unhealthy relationships.
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You might struggle with feelings of loneliness, isolation, and a sense of living on the outskirts of your own life. You might struggle with believing you truly belong or feel convinced that you are socially excluded. Together we will pave a way for you to reclaim your birthright of belonging and meaningful connections.
You might experience low self-worth or feel fundamentally different from others, struggling with feelings of shame or guilt, or that there is something wrong with you. Together we will help you build
positive self-image and challenge toxic shame and guilt.
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With effective, research based tools for resolving complex-PTSD, such as Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR and Relational Psychotherapy, we will find your path to managing intense emotions, improving nervous system regulation and process and reconsolidate trauma memories so you can experience more stability, inner self-compassion, feeling in control of your life and a renewed hope and overall outlook on life and relationships.
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Ready to Take a Meaningful Step Towards Self Recovery?
Help is available and you do not need to struggle with this all on your own. I offer a free online meet and greet to get a feel for how I work and ask any questions you may have.
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I also have created trauma informed hypnosis experiences, resources and tools to support your recovery. Check out my offerings here.
Contact me today to book a session. I look forward to meeting with you.
