Trauma Therapist New York City and Westchester - Expertise

When people ask me what constitutes trauma, I often say that trauma is any event that is not adaptively processed and continues to unconsciously inform your present and your future. I often hear from clients, "That happened when I was a kid, I'm fine" or "I already talked about that, I was in therapy forever".

My expertise is in PTSD and chronic pain/conditions resulting from unprocessed trauma and repressed emotions. I am Certified in EMDR therapy, and Level 3 IFS Trained, with a Mastery Level Training in PRT and EAET. I interweave these modalities with most trauma cases, given their complementary and relational frameworks. All of these models involve memory reconsolidating, which is when retrieved memories are susceptible to change, allowing for adaptive responses to changing environments.   

If an acute/single-event trauma or relational and developmental trauma (C-PTSD) of any kind is not adaptively processed we are left with a hypervigilant nervous system, negative beliefs about ourselves and others, somatic issues, and displaced emotions.  Without insight, awareness and healing, our traumas are in the lead, making decisions that impede our emotional and interpersonal growth.  

So take control of your future by processing your past. Take the path towards therapy so you can live your life how you were meant to live it.