Virtual Therapy for Trauma

Do you feel like your past is affecting your life in ways you can’t fully control? Do certain emotions or reactions keep showing up in your life, even when they don’t seem to fit the situation? Is it hard to feel safe and connected—to yourself or others?

Trauma isn't just an event; it's the lasting imprint that shapes how you see yourself and the world around you.

You may be struggling with…

  • Feeling on edge or hyper-vigilant.

  • Trust others or feeling disconnected from people.

  • Dissociation, feeling emotionally numb, irritable, restless, etc.

  • Questioning if you’re ‘too much’ or ‘not enough’ for others.

  • Feeling responsible for other peoples emotions around you.

  • Irregular patterns of sleep, appetite or energy.

  • Questioning your own perception of interactions or experiences—wondering if you’re being ‘too sensitive’ or interpreting things.

  • Staying present and in the moment.

  • Sudden physical feelings of panic, racing heart, freeze response making it hard to regulate your nervous system.

  • Flashbacks or intrusive memories that suddenly bring you back to painful moments.

  • Regulating feelings or thoughts—swinging between emotions without clear reasons and feeling easily triggered.

  • Trusting yourself or your instincts.

  • Carrying a sense of emptiness or hopelessness, as though something is missing but you can’t figure out what.

  • Shame or guilt related to a difficult experience while qualifying your feelings because in your mind the event ‘wasn’t that bad’.

  • & many others

  • Trauma is not what happens to you. It is what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you. - Gabor Maté

    Trauma is a psychological and emotional response to a distressing or overwhelming experience that exceeds your ability to process or make sense of it at the time. This can include a single shocking event—like an accident or loss—or a series of ongoing experiences, such as emotional neglect, unstable relationships, or chronic stress.

    Trauma isn't defined by how "big" the event was, but by its impact. It can affect your sense of safety, your ability to trust others, your relationship with yourself, and how you move through the world.

  • Trauma can take many different forms. Sometimes, we break trauma down into two categories: single-event trauma and complex trauma. This isn’t to minimize one type of trauma over the other, but to help make sense of our experience and it’s impact on us.

    • Single-Event Trauma refers to an isolated, intense experience that may have been shocking or overwhelming—such as a car accident, an assault, or the sudden loss of a loved one. Even though it may have happened just once, the impact it has on your emotions, thoughts, and body can last for a long time.

    • Complex Trauma involves repeated or prolonged experiences that might have occurred over time—like ongoing emotional neglect, abuse, or living in an environment where you felt unsafe or unsupported. Just because these experiences can be harder to identify does not mean their long-term effects on your sense of self, trust, and relationships are any less profound.

  • JNG Therapy takes a multifaceted approach to supporting you with trauma, understanding that there may be more than one contributor to what’s happening. Some therapy frameworks include:

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to challenge unhelpful thought patterns, reframe distorted thoughts and identify internal belief systems.

    Psychodynamic Therapy to explore deeper emotional patterns, experiences or themes that may be impacting you.

    Attachment Therapy to explore how early relationships impact the way you navigate connection, trust, and self-worth.

    Somatic and Mindfulness Therapy to support you regulate your nervous system and target physical symptoms that may come up as a result of trauma (processed or unprocessed).

    Trauma-Focused Therapy to help uncover past experiences that may be contributing to present relationships dynamics and/or struggles.

    Internal Family Systems (IFS) to explore the different “parts” of you—like the ones that try to protect you, the ones that carry pain, and the ones that feel stuck—in order to understand how past experiences are still influencing your present reactions.

    & more.

    • Early childhood experiences of dysfunction

    • Verbal, emotional, psychological or physical abuse and/or neglect

    • Traumatic grief

    • Bullying

    • Vicarious trauma—witnessing, hearing or experiencing second-hand trauma

    • Discrimination

    • Medical and health trauma

    • Sudden life change/transition

    • Narcissistic abuse

    • Accident or injury

    • Natural or manmade disasters

    • & many more

Therapy for trauma can help you:

—Improve emotional regulation and gain clarity

—Reduce hyper-vigilance and manage nervous system dysregulation

—Help you feel less on edge and more in control of your reactions

—Rebuild a sense of trust in yourself and others to feel more connected in your relationships

—Manage panic or freeze responses and better understand how your body reacts to stress and trauma

—Stop second-guessing whether you're “too much” or “not enough” for the people around you

—& more