Childhood Trauma
Childhood Trauma Therapy in New York, Connecticut, D.C., North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida
Childhood Trauma: Supporting High Achievers Navigating Early Life Challenges.
Your family potentially did the best they could, but sometimes that was just not enough. The environment you grew up in brought its own stressors and challenges—displacement, violence, bullying, the passing or illness of loved ones, neglect, or systemic pressures. High achievers often face additional pressures: the drive to excel, the need to perform perfectly, and the expectation to succeed in spaces where few have gone before. These experiences can quietly shape how you see yourself, how you relate to others, how you navigate the world, how you sleep, and even how you give and accept love.
Trauma is not a competition. It is anything that overwhelms your system, anything that prevents you from living to your fullest potential and feeling joy and peace on an ongoing basis. Even for those who appear “successful” on the outside, unresolved trauma can manifest as perfectionism, self-doubt, chronic stress, emotional fatigue, and difficulty maintaining meaningful relationships. When unaddressed, it can affect academic performance, career growth, decision-making, and overall life satisfaction.
As a psychotherapist for high achievers in high-pressure environments, I help clients process unresolved trauma while navigating elite academic and professional spaces. I use EMDR, CBT, and emotional regulation strategies to help clients regain clarity, confidence, and control over their mental and emotional systems. Working together, we can reframe your story, find your voice, and give you the tools so that you can make structured decisions that allow you to never betray yourself again in the pursuit of “keeping the peace” or people-pleasing.
I can support you in releasing all the things that are no longer yours to carry, helping you move forward without the weight of the past. Through EMDR, we can address high-level traumatic events, reprocess traumatic memories, body sensations, negative self-talk, and rumination so that you can experience a fuller life, reconnect with your joy, and step fully into your light. Together, we create strategies to manage stress, improve relationships, and thrive academically, professionally, and personally. You deserve every good thing life has to offer.
Childhood Trauma
Process unresolved trauma from early life experiences such as bullying, loss, neglect, or violence.
Address the impact of trauma on relationships, self-perception, decision-making, sleep, and the ability to love and accept love.
Reframe your story, find your voice, and set boundaries to avoid people-pleasing or self-betrayal.
Reprocess traumatic memories, body sensations, negative self-talk, and rumination using EMDR and CBT.
Reconnect with joy, emotional balance, and the ability to thrive personally, academically, and professionally.