Therapy for Trauma, PTSD, & C-PTSD
When Your Past Won’t Stay in the Past
You might know something happened years ago.
You might even understand it, talk about it, or feel like you’ve “worked through it.”
And still…
Your body reacts faster than your brain
Certain situations, tones, or conflicts hit way harder than they should
You feel on edge, shut down, or overwhelmed without fully knowing why
You avoid things that remind you of what happened
You feel stuck in patterns you thought you’d outgrown
You keep telling yourself, That was a long time ago — why does it still affect me?
If this sounds familiar, you’re not being dramatic.
Your nervous system remembers.
What trauma actually does
Trauma isn’t defined by how big something looked from the outside. It’s defined by what your nervous system experienced.
When something feels overwhelming, unsafe, or too much to process at the time, your brain stores it differently — almost like the experience is frozen in the present.
That’s why you might:
React strongly to things that seem small
Feel stuck in fight, flight, freeze, or shut-down
Struggle with trust, safety, or emotional closeness
Experience anxiety, numbness, or sudden emotional flooding
This isn’t weakness.
It’s your system trying to protect you.
The problem is, it may still be reacting like the danger is happening now.
At Vibrance Counseling, trauma therapy focuses on helping your brain and body update those old memories so they stop feeling immediate and overwhelming.
Using EMDR and a nervous system–informed approach, our work helps:
Reduce emotional and physical reactivity to past experiences
Shift memories from “still happening” to truly in the past
Release patterns of hypervigilance, shutdown, or emotional overwhelm
Build a felt sense of safety and stability
We move slowly and intentionally. You won’t be pushed to relive anything before your system is ready.
And trauma therapy isn’t just for major events. Many clients come in with relational trauma, childhood emotional wounds, chronic criticism, or environments where they had to stay small, careful, or perfect to stay connected.
Imagine the change:
Triggers don’t hit as hard (or as often)
Your body feels calmer and more settled
You feel more present instead of braced or shut down
Old memories feel distant instead of raw
Relationships feel safer and less reactive
You trust their responses instead of second-guessing them
Not because you’re forced to “move on.”
Because the nervous system finally understands:
That’s over.
Healing doesn’t mean forgetting. It means your past stops running your present.
If you’re tired of old experiences shaping how you feel, react, or relate, trauma therapy can help you find steadiness and space again.
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