Trauma Recovery Counselling: A Body-Centered Path to Healing

Trauma touches every part of us — body, mind, emotions, relationships, and spirit. It can leave us feeling stuck in patterns of survival (fight, flight, freeze) long after the original event has passed. Trauma recovery counselling offers a way to gently release what’s held in the body, reconnect with safety, and find new possibilities for living.

Somatic Experiencing®

I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) with advanced training and years of practice. SE is a body-centered approach to trauma that helps you work with your nervous system, not against it. Rather than re-telling your story until it feels overwhelming, SE invites you to notice and shift the physical patterns that keep trauma “stuck,” so your body can return to balance.

I also assist in Somatic Experiencing trainings, supporting new practitioners — work that keeps me deeply engaged with the practice and always learning.

How Trauma Recovery Counselling Helps:

People seek trauma therapy for many reasons, including:

  • Recovering from accidents, injuries, or medical experiences

  • Healing from abuse, neglect, or loss

  • Living with chronic stress or cumulative overwhelm

  • Feeling disconnected, anxious, or emotionally numb

Together, we work at your pace, creating safety as we explore both the impact of trauma and the resilience you already carry. Sessions may weave in Somatic Experiencing, emotion-focused therapy, mindfulness, or your own spiritual and creative practices — always tailored to what feels right for you.

Whole-Person Healing:

Trauma affects us not only psychologically, but also socially and spiritually. In therapy, we may attend to relationships, belonging, and meaning-making, as well as to the body’s natural capacity to recover. This holistic approach honors your full humanity — mind, body, and spirit — and makes space for your own wisdom to guide the process

Frequently Asked Questions about Trauma Counselling

  • No. Trauma therapy doesn’t mean re-living the past. Somatic Experiencing and other body-based approaches focus more on what your body is holding now, and how to gently release patterns of stress and survival. We work at your pace, with safety and choice at the center.

  • Talk therapy can provide understanding and emotional support. Somatic therapy adds another layer — it works directly with the nervous system and body, where trauma often lives. Many people find that combining both approaches allows for deeper healing.

  • Yes. Online trauma counselling is effective and secure. You remain in your own safe environment, and together we create a steady and attuned space where your nervous system can find more ease.