Trauma Therapy
Holistic counseling & wellness for women & girls in Cary & throughout NC
Connect with your story
Reconnect with yourself
Are you trying to “just get over it?”
It happened. It might still be happening. Whether it was from your childhood, a destructive relationship, or a one-time event, it has left you reeling. Life feels like you have no anchor. You wonder if you’re crazy. Even worse, sometimes you feel crazy and sometimes you feel completely numb.
“Did it even happen?”
“Am I exaggerating?”
“Did I do something to bring it on?”
You doubt every decision…if you can make one at all. Trauma manifests in different ways for everyone. Unexplained diarrhea. Complete shut down. Crippling panic. Returning to destructive relationships over and over again. It’s hard to trust people again. It might be hard to trust the church again. You live in fear that it will happen to your kids so you spend your energy curating the perfect life for them. Trauma therapy can help.
There are many types of trauma.
Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse
Spiritual abuse
Narcissistic abuse
Domestic violence
Death or traumatic loss
Childhood neglect
Intergenerational or historical trauma
Medical trauma
Natural disaster
And many, many more
if you’re ready to process this, we’re ready to help…
Therapy specializing in trauma can help you reclaim your story, honor your resilience, and live more fully in the present.
Trauma counseling won’t make you forget. But it can help you remember and process your story and memories without being overcome by them. Trauma memories and flashbacks will have less hold over you. Or, if you don’t spend much time thinking about trauma, therapy will help you make connections to how it is affecting your sleep, your work, your relationships, and your health.
Counseling will remove the power trauma has had on you. You can create a life of greater ease, take back your power, and become more open to vulnerability. Day-to-day life can become more manageable. Sleep can become more restful. Your nervous system can become more regulated so you feel less overwhelmed and cope with the headaches, panicky feeling, and GI distress. You will be able to do an inventory of current relationships and identify the healthy and unhealthy people in your life. You’ll learn to take space in relationships and figure out healthy boundaries. You won’t feel so on edge-scanning rooms for danger and feeling an impending sense of doom. Your self worth will no longer be wrapped up in what happened to you. You’ll see yourself as worthy, powerful, and develop a sense of peace…maybe for the first time.
Trauma counselors
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Morgan Ridgell | Trauma Counselor
Tweens, Teens, & Adult Women
Anxiety, Depression, Trauma Grief & Loss, & Life Transitions
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Suzanne Sims | Trauma Counselor
Adult Women
Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse, Coparenting, Anxiety, & Grief
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Kristin Nakhla | Founder | Trauma Counselor | Certified Mindfulness Teacher
Not taking new clients at this time
Grief & Loss, Trauma, Chronic Illness & Pain
imagine if you…
Knew how to deal with the memories
Could identify healthy and unhealthy relationships
Felt empowered to take up space
Ditched the shame and felt worthy
Feel life is possible again
we want you to know
Healing and wholeness are possible…and you don’t need to lose your sanity to get there.
You don’t have to live in silence any more. You don’t have to be small so that others can thrive. You don’t have to pretend all is well when inside you’re screaming.
There is a way out, but it takes intention. A holistic mind, body, social, and spiritual approach to trauma therapy will restore hope, identify, and freedom.
Trauma Therapy with Be Still is…
Dealing with trauma gently
Teaching you skills to regulate your body as you remember your past
Recognizing how trauma is currently affecting you
Changing patterns that no longer serve you
Trauma Therapy with Be Still is not…
Allowing memories to “make you go off the deep end”
Perpetuating blame and shame
Judgmental or critical of your experiences and current patterns
Overwhelming, terrifying, or unsafe
faqs
Common questions about therapy for trauma
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You can talk about anything you’re ready for. You can give us the headlines, details, or anything in between. Honestly, you don’t need to discuss every detail to find healing. We’ll ask you “what do you want me to know about this?” It’s up to you what you share!
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Many, even most, women minimize their experiences. Even more, many people invalidate or don’t acknowledge their experiences. Your story doesn’t need to meet a certain threshold of suffering to be worthy of healing. If it hurt you, changed how you see yourself, or made it hard to feel safe or whole…it matters.
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It makes sense to wonder if anything will make a difference and be hesitant to hope therapy will make a difference. Trauma therapy for sure is not a quick fix. It takes time, intention, and trying out new patterns of thoughts, beliefs, and behavior. But over time, your story will have less of a grip on you. You can even rewrite your future.
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Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation. We’ll talk on the phone and get a better understanding of your needs and determine if we’re a good fit.
i’m just not sure if i should move forward with counseling
Common barriers for women seeking trauma counseling
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This we understand! It may or may not be a good time to start trauma counseling, depending on your needs. We’ll be here when the time is right.
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We’ll discuss what’s challenging, but keep it within your “window of tolerance.” That is, we’ll talk about that hard stuff, but not take you past the point of no return where you can’t function the rest of the day. This is a safe place.
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We understand…it can be overwhelming, even terrifying, to think about opening Pandora’s box. Know that this is sacred ground we don’t take lightly. We’ll make sure we take it slow and teach you a whole lot of skills to keep you regulated well before we start talking trauma.
Ready to get started
Now is the time to begin your healing journey.
Therapy for trauma. Reach out today!
