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Trauma Recovery & Resilience.

For memories that won’t fade, grief that waves back, and a body that still braces. Healing at your pace — with safety, choice, and tools before any deep work.

Safe, supportive trauma recovery counseling session

What it is

Gentle work for hard histories.

With Priya Nair, LPC and team, trauma care starts with stabilization: sleep, grounding, and daily safety — not retelling. Only when you feel resourced do we process memories, using EMDR-informed, somatic, and narrative approaches matched to you.

We support single-event trauma, childhood wounds, grief and loss, medical trauma, and the quiet ache of things that “shouldn’t still hurt.” They can hurt — and they can heal.

What’s included

  • · 50–60 minute sessions paced to your window of tolerance
  • · Grounding, containment & self-compassion skills
  • · EMDR-informed & somatic processing when ready
  • · Grief support & resilience planning

Good fit if you…

  • · Feel on guard, numb, or easily flooded
  • · Avoid places, people, or memories tied to hurt
  • · Grieve someone or something deeply missed

The process

Safety first, always.

Step 1

Stabilize

Sleep, grounding, and daily anchors so your system feels safer now.

Step 2

Resource

Build inner allies: calm places, strengths, and people who steady you.

Step 3

Process

Paced memory work in small pieces, with stops and choices throughout.

Step 4

Integrate

Make meaning, reclaim routine, and plan for anniversaries and waves.

Hopeful moment in trauma healing during a gentle session

What healing looks like.

  • · Fewer flashbacks and shutdowns
  • · A body that settles faster after stress
  • · Grief that softens into love-with-aching
  • · Trust in yourself and safe others, rebuilt

Sessions $140 first visit, $130 ongoing · 50–60 minutes · In person & online · Evening hours.

Start With a Free Call

Questions, answered.

Will I have to retell everything?

No. We work with pieces and present-day effects, not forced retelling. You choose what to share, and we stop any time you ask.

What is EMDR-informed care?

A structured way to help stuck memories fade in intensity using paced attention and bilateral stimulation — only when you feel ready and resourced.

Is grief counseling different?

Grief work honors love and loss without rushing. We make room for waves, rituals, and rebuilding daily life around what remains.

Related: individual care & couples care

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