Trauma Therapy
…You are not broken. You are not beyond repair. You are carrying something that was never meant to be carried alone — and you have been carrying it far longer than you should have had to.
I specialize in helping individuals heal from trauma — particularly childhood sexual trauma and its far-reaching impact on adult life, intimacy, and covenant relationships. My approach is clinical, holistic, and explicitly faith-integrated. I bring evidence-based trauma treatment together with a deep theological understanding of suffering, redemption, and the God who does not waste pain.
This is not just therapy. It is a pathway toward the wholeness you were designed for.
What Trauma Is — And Why It Matters
Trauma is not simply a difficult memory. It is a wound — to the nervous system, to the sense of self, and often to the capacity for safe connection with others. Trauma rewires how the brain processes threat, safety, and intimacy. It does not resolve on its own with time. And it does not respond to willpower, prayer alone, or simply deciding to move forward.
Healing from trauma requires the right clinical framework, the right relational safety, and — for many of the clients I serve — the right integration of faith. Because for survivors whose trauma happened within a faith context, or whose faith is central to their identity and their healing, clinical treatment that ignores that dimension is incomplete.
I hold both. Every time.
My Specialization — Childhood Sexual Trauma
Childhood sexual trauma is the area of deepest clinical focus in my practice — and the area closest to my own research and calling.
My doctoral dissertation examined sexual satisfaction in married Christian women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. That research confirmed what I had already begun to see in the clinical room: the wounds of childhood sexual trauma do not stay in childhood. They follow survivors into adulthood, into marriage, into the marriage bed, and into their relationship with God — shaping what feels safe, what feels possible, and what feels deserved.
The specific ways childhood sexual trauma shows up in adult life include:
- Difficulty with trust and emotional intimacy in relationships
- Sexual shame, aversion, or dysfunction in marriage
- Patterns of hypervigilance or emotional numbness
- A distorted sense of self-worth or body image
- Dissociation during intimate moments
- Confusion or conflict between faith and sexuality
- Difficulty setting or maintaining healthy boundaries
- Depression, anxiety, or PTSD symptoms
- Cycles of overgiving, people-pleasing, or self-abandonment in relationships
- Spiritual wounding — feeling abandoned by God or unworthy of His love
If you recognize yourself in any of these — you are not alone, and you are not beyond healing.
Who I Work With
I provide individual trauma therapy via secure telehealth to clients in Georgia and Texas. I work with:
Adult survivors of:
- Childhood sexual abuse and childhood sexual trauma
- Sexual assault and rape trauma
- Religious trauma — spiritual abuse within faith communities
- Relational and emotional abuse
- Neglect and attachment wounds from childhood
- Complex trauma — repeated or prolonged traumatic experiences
Married individuals whose trauma is affecting:
- Intimacy and sexual connection in marriage
- Trust and emotional safety with their spouse
- Parenting — the fear of generational patterns repeating
- Their relationship with God and their faith community
- Their sense of identity, worthiness, and belonging
The Integrative Framework — What This Looks Like in Practice
My trauma treatment approach draws from three integrated streams:
Clinically: I utilize trauma-informed therapeutic approaches grounded in current clinical best practices — including cognitive processing approaches, somatic awareness, trauma-focused frameworks, and evidence-based interventions for complex trauma and PTSD. I am a Certified Trauma Specialist and bring that specialized training into every session with a trauma history.
Theologically: I hold a deep conviction that God is present in the healing process — not as a passive observer but as the one whose design for wholeness is what we are moving toward. For survivors whose trauma has shaped how they see God, themselves, and their bodies, the theological dimension of healing is not optional. It is often where the deepest work happens. I navigate that terrain carefully, without assumption and without imposition — meeting each client exactly where their faith is.
Personally: I bring my own journey to this work. I understand firsthand what it is to carry wounds that were never chosen, and to find that the right resources — clinical and spiritual — can change the entire trajectory of a life. That lived understanding does not replace my clinical expertise. It informs the quality of presence I bring to every session.
Trauma and Marriage — A Critical Connection
For married individuals, unhealed trauma rarely stays contained to the individual. It flows into the marriage — shaping intimacy, communication, conflict patterns, parenting, and sexual connection in ways that can feel confusing and painful for both spouses.
One of the things that makes my practice distinctive is the bridge I build between individual trauma treatment and its impact on the marriage. I do not treat trauma in isolation from the relational context in which it is being lived. When individual trauma work is what is clinically indicated — when the individual work must come first before couples work can be productive — I name that clearly and hold that boundary with integrity.
And when the individual is ready to bring their healing into the marriage relationship, I am equipped to walk that transition with them — whether through continued individual work, a transition to couples therapy, or a focused Covenant Intensive designed for exactly that moment.
Common Concerns I Hear — and What I Want You to Know
“I have never told anyone what happened to me.”
Many of my clients have not. The first session does not require you to tell me everything. It requires you to show up — and we build from there, at a pace that is entirely in your control.
“I am a Christian. I feel like I should be able to heal through prayer and faith alone.”
Faith is powerful. Prayer is real. And God also gave us clinical knowledge, trained practitioners, and the specific tools of trauma treatment for a reason. Seeking therapy for trauma wounds is not a failure of faith — for many survivors, it is an act of profound courage and covenant faithfulness to themselves and to the people who love them.
“I am afraid that talking about it will make it worse.”
This is one of the most common fears survivors bring to therapy. What I can tell you is that trauma-informed treatment is specifically designed to avoid retraumatization. We move at a pace that your nervous system can tolerate. You are always in control of what we address and when.
“I have been to therapy before and it did not help.”
Trauma requires specialized training that not every therapist has. General talk therapy alone is often insufficient for trauma — particularly childhood sexual trauma. As a Certified Trauma Specialist with a doctoral specialization in this area, I bring a different level of clinical focus to this work than a general practice therapist can offer.
“I am worried about what my spouse will think.”
Many clients begin trauma therapy without their spouse’s full understanding of why. That is acceptable. Your healing is yours. As trust and safety build in the therapeutic relationship, many clients find that sharing the journey with their spouse becomes possible — and often transformative for the marriage.
What to Expect
Your first session is a clinical intake — I gather your history, your goals, and an understanding of what you are carrying. You will not be rushed. You will not be required to disclose anything before you are ready. You will leave with a clear sense of what we are working toward and what the path forward looks like.
From there, sessions are structured, purposeful, and paced to your nervous system — not a predetermined timeline. Healing is not linear. There will be sessions that feel like significant movement and sessions that feel quiet. Both are part of the process. I walk the entire road with you.
Most clients working through trauma begin to notice meaningful shifts — in how they feel in their body, how they relate to their spouse, and how they experience their faith — within the first several months of consistent work. Deep healing from complex or childhood trauma often unfolds over a longer arc. I will always be honest with you about where you are and what I see.
A Word to the Survivor Reading This
You have survived something that should never have happened to you. The fact that you are here — reading this, considering that healing might be possible — is not small. It is significant.
I want you to know that I have sat with survivors carrying wounds far heavier than the ones they believed anyone could help them with. And I have watched those same people move — not to a place where what happened to them did not matter, but to a place where it no longer had the final word over their lives, their marriages, their bodies, or their faith.
That is what healing looks like. Not the erasure of what happened. The reclamation of who you were always meant to be.
I would be honored to walk that road with you.
Availability and Investment
Trauma therapy is available via secure telehealth to individuals in Georgia and Texas.
All sessions are confidential. Insurance may be applicable to individual sessions — contact me for benefit verification guidance. HSA, FSA, debit, and major credit cards accepted.