Trauma Therapy in Plano, TX
A place to finally lay down the weight you’ve been carrying alone.
What you’ve been through doesn’t have to keep running the show.
It might have been years ago. It might have been recent. Either way, some part of what happened is still loud internally — showing up in the way your body tenses around certain people, in the thoughts you can't quite shut off, in the shame that clings even when you know, logically, that none of it was your fault.
Trauma doesn't always look like one dramatic event. It could be the loss of someone you loved that never got fully grieved. It could be abuse that you've spent years minimizing while doing everything you could to just keep functioning. It could be a childhood that didn't feel safe, a betrayal that shattered your trust, an experience you've never said out loud to anyone else before, or lots of smaller things that built up over time.
Whatever the trauma was for you, it deserves real attention — not to keep ignoring it because “other people have it worse” or because you “have so much to be thankful for”. Your story matters and you might just be ready to find out how the next chapter could be different.
Trauma therapy could be helpful for you if you…
Have big negative reactions to things that “shouldn’t” affect you like this anymore
Avoid certain people, places, conversations, or memories without fully realizing it
Find yourself carrying shame or blame yourself for something you didn’t choose
Notice a growing distance between you and the people you love because of all you’re carrying
Know that you’ve needed to deal with this for awhile, and something is telling you that it’s time
Want to finally leave behind the pain of the past and move into a healthier, more peaceful future
Your past doesn’t have to define your future.
MY APPROACH
We follow your timeline. I’m here to help you make sense of your own story and find a new path forward.
I practice trauma-informed care. This means that your safety matters in the pace and flow of counseling. There is no one-size-fits-all strategy.
My approach uses several theoretical frameworks focused on the same goals: helping you feel more grounded and stable, more like yourself, and more connected to the life, people, and values that matter to you.
Every trauma story goes at its own pace. Some stories move quicker, while some parts of your history might need to stay untouched for a while longer. And that's okay. We build safety and trust first, and then we face the hard stuff together. Next, we work to make sense of what happened and what it means for you to fully step into the life you're building now.
A meaningful part of our work is helping you to not only loosen the grip of the pain of the past, but also to find your own sense of meaning as you move forward in your story. We’re not tying a nice happy bow on your experiences, it’s helping you find strength and purpose to help you make sense of it all and move forward with hope.
Therapy for trauma can help you…
Make peace with your history instead of feeling controlled by it
Understand your next steps instead of feeling frozen
Release the shame that was never yours to carry in the first place
Feel less hijacked by intrusive memories or triggers
Show up steadier and less reactive with the people you love
Be able to talk about (or think about) what happened without the memories taking over
Hold your faith and your pain honestly, with a sense of understanding or relief
Experience your story as something that happened to you — not something that defines you
Trauma says you can’t relax. Hope says it’s time to breathe.
FAQs
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Trauma shows up in many forms — grief and traumatic loss, childhood abuse or neglect, sexual assault, spiritual abuse, betrayal, infidelity, accidents, and more. If something from your past still affects how you think, feel, or relate to others today, it's worth bringing into therapy, regardless of how it compares to anyone else's experience.
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I bring together a trauma-informed lens, Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), CBT, and faith integration. That means we pay attention to your whole story past and present, move at a pace that honors what you've been through, while also gaining new ways of working through the pain that has held on for so long.
Through our work together, clients are often able to feel more settled within themselves and able to experience life with a fresh, grounded perspective. Often, the trauma takes up less space in their day to day life and they feel able to face hard things with a greater sense of stability.
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Yes. I have advanced training in both clinical and biblical counseling. Many clients want to process what happened without setting their faith aside, and some are working through spiritual wounds specifically. We can explore that honestly, without shame or judgment.
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No. Safety and trust come first, always. We only move toward the harder parts of your story when you decide you’re ready. I will never force you to talk about something you don’t want to.
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This is one of the most common experiences trauma survivors describe, and it doesn't mean something is wrong with you. Part of our work together is helping what you believe and what you feel finally line up.
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It's different for everyone. Some clients move through their history more quickly than they expected. For others, it's a longer journey. Both are completely normal. There's no "right" timeline, and going slower doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. What matters most is that you've recognized that now is the time, and you're willing to invest in your own healing. The pace is something we figure out together.
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Absolutely. It often shows up as difficulty trusting people, emotional distance, big negative reactions, or feeling like you have to manage everyone else's feelings before your own.