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People cope with trauma in many different ways. If you've experienced a traumatic event, you may have coped in some of the following ways: being super-alert, spacing out, eating difficulties, substance abuse, workaholism, isolation, suicide attempts, self-mutilation, and avoiding intimacy.

If you experienced trauma as a child, coping is what you did to survive the trauma, and it's nothing to be ashamed of. Children survive with whatever resources they have and do the best they can. Once they reach adulthood, trauma survivors have the power to change if they choose to do so. Help and support are available.

Not all coping skills are harmful. Some of the ways we use to survive may have developed into strengths to celebrate, such as:

  • Being self-sufficient
  • Sense of humor
  • Good in a crisis
  • Resiliency
  • Successful at work
  • Nurturing spirit
  • Compassionate
If there are problems you are struggling with that you want to be different, know that change is possible. Here are some basic steps to making changes:
  • Become aware of the behavior you want to change
  • Look a why that behavior developed in the first place
  • Have compassion for what you've done in the past
  • Find new ways to meet your needs
  • Make several tries
  • Be persistent
  • Get support
With my unique set of qualifications, I provide healing and recovery from trauma that involves mind, body and spirit.

I begin with an intake session to assess what treatments are best suited for you. In addition to traditional psychotherapy, treatment options can include the following modalities.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
The idea behind NLP is to re-program your brain so that you think in another way. Instead of concentrating on the problem, NLP attempts to alter the thought processes that lead your body to behave in a certain way. Once your brain has been retrained to think differently, your actions should change automatically.

NLP looks at how people organise their experience. We all have various habits and patterns and once we've learned to do something, we tend to always do it in that particular order or set of circumstances without thinking about it again. NLP helps you become aware of how and what you're doing so you can approach it another way that may produce better results.

Nutrition, Diet and Exercise
More and more studies are showing the negative impact of trauma on the body. The stress of a traumatic event can deplete the body of vital nutrients and exhaust the body. A well-planned, individualized nutrition, diet and exercise plan helps with many problems associated with trauma, including difficulty with sleep and depression.

As a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, I can design a Nutrition, Diet and Exercise Treatment Plan that will be something you want to do

Naturopathic Psychotherapy
Naturopathic Psychotherapy involves taking a holistic approach to therapy, which essentially means looking at a person as a whole, as opposed to focusing on only one aspect of the person. By looking at mind, body and spirit, we see all aspects of self and can examine how they are affecting each other.

I believe that part of the responsibility of being a naturopath and a therapist is continual education. I am constantly researching and always strive to have the most cutting edge information with regards to treatment. For example, there are new and effective ways of dealing with trauma that are showing astounding results.

If you are suffering and looking for resolution from a traumatic experience, please call me or contact me online and we can talk about your options.




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and forget;
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