Trauma Therapy for High-Performing, Deeply Feeling People in Reno

When holding
it together
is secretly
breaking you

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You’re the strong one. The dependable one. The one who never drops the ball — but at the cost of your own peace.

Here, you don’t have to
hold it all together anymore.

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Healing means reclaiming yourself

Imagine waking up lighter, steadier, more like you.
Your story isn’t over —
let’s begin the next chapter, together.

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Healing the Hidden Wounds: Trauma Therapy for People Who Seem “Fine” on the Outside

For high-performing, deeply feeling people who have carried invisible pain far too long

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You Hold It All Together. No One Sees How Much It’s Costing You.

You wake up already thinking about the emails you didn’t send, the conversations you still need to have, the quiet tension between you and someone you love.
You move through the day with a smile, nodding at the right moments, holding space for others even when you’re running on fumes.

Your calendar is full, but your joy feels… rationed.
You plan vacations but still check work messages.
You host family dinners but feel like you’re acting a part.
You show up for everyone, yet you can’t remember the last time someone truly showed up for you.

On paper, you have a “good life” — stable, impressive, enviable even.
Inside, there’s an ache you can’t explain without sounding ungrateful. You wonder if this is just adulthood… or if you’ve been carrying something heavier than you’ve admitted.

You’ve weathered faith communities that told you who you should be.
Relationships that made you question your own reality.
Homes that were picture-perfect but emotionally hollow.
And somehow, you’ve still managed to achieve, to parent, to lead, to function.

But deep down, you miss yourself — the version of you that laughed loudly, loved fully, and felt safe being imperfect.

Reclaim yourself now

The Kinds of Trauma I Understand — Deeply

Not all trauma looks like a single dramatic event. Sometimes it’s the quiet erosion of your sense of self over years of subtle control, emotional neglect, or the relentless pressure to be someone you’re not.

I work especially well with people who have experienced:

Religious or spiritual trauma — when the faith or community that was supposed to guide you instead used fear, shame, or control to shape your life, leaving you questioning your worth.
Relational trauma — years of being in relationships where your needs, feelings, or reality were minimized, denied, or rewritten until you doubted your own mind.
Emotional neglect — growing up (or partnering with someone) where love was conditional, affection was scarce, and you learned to silence your emotions to keep the peace.
High-functioning trauma — the kind that hides under career success, caregiving roles, or being “the strong one,” while you quietly unravel inside.
Burnout from over-responsibility — when you’ve been the fixer, the caretaker, the one holding it all together for far too long, and your body and mind are now begging for rest.

••Family enmeshment and boundary violations — where you were never allowed to truly be your own person, or where personal space, privacy, and emotional safety were not respected.

You Can Begin to Imagine Something Different

Instead of waking up already tense, scanning the day for what might go wrong…
Instead of replaying old conversations in your head, wondering if you were “too much” or “not enough”…
Instead of moving through life as if you’re an actor in your own story, hitting every mark but feeling nothing inside…

Imagine opening your eyes and feeling your shoulders drop before you even get out of bed.
Imagine speaking and moving without the constant self-checking, without the weight of old judgments holding you back.
Imagine feeling a spark of curiosity about the day ahead — not because it will be perfect, but because you know you can meet it as yourself.
Imagine walking into relationships where you feel safe, seen, and at ease — not bracing for the next cut, but trusting that you can show up and be met with respect.

This is what healing makes possible.

Why People Like You Feel Safe Here

Many of my clients are used to being the ones holding everyone else together — at work, at home, in friendships. They’ve often been praised for being “so strong” or “so capable,” but inside they feel tired, disconnected, and unseen.

When you’ve been living with this kind of trauma, it’s not enough for a therapist to just give you coping tools. You need someone who can read between the lines — who notices the micro-hesitations in your voice, the quick change of subject when feelings get close to the surface, the way you might smile while telling a painful story.

I’ve worked with people who have spent years in therapy feeling like no one quite “got” the depth of what they were trying to explain. My training in depth-oriented trauma therapy — combined with years of working with high-achieving, deeply feeling clients — means you won’t have to water down your story here. You can bring it all: the contradictions, the confusion, the “but it wasn’t that bad” doubts, the ache you’ve never fully put into words.

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What Working Together Feels Like

My approach blends depth-oriented trauma therapy with a deep respect for your pace and your boundaries.

You will never be pushed to tell your whole story before you’re ready, and we won’t stay stuck on surface-level coping skills that don’t touch the root. Instead, we’ll:

Map the patterns that keep replaying in your relationships and self-talk.
Work with the nervous system so your body can feel safe, not just your mind.
Reconnect you with parts of yourself you’ve had to hide — the playful parts, the bold parts, the tender parts.

Build a life that doesn’t just look good on the outside, but feels like yours on the inside.

You’ve carried this weight alone for long enough. If you’ve been searching for someone who can meet you at your depth — without judgment, without rushing, without minimizing what you’ve been through — I’d be honored to help.

📅 Let’s begin quietly, steadily, and intentionally — so you can finally feel at home in yourself.

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Healing the Hidden Wounds: Trauma Therapy for People Who Seem “Fine” on the Outside

For high-performing, deeply feeling people who have carried invisible pain far too long

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