Trauma therapy in Louisiana: guiding you on your journey to healing

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Going through trauma can leave you feeling lost and alone, uncertain of where to turn for support…

Somatic trauma therapy supporting emotional and nervous system healing

→ Feeling constantly on edge, anxious, or unable to fully relax

→ Experiencing intrusive memories, nightmares, or reminders of what happened

→ Avoiding people, places, conversations, or situations connected to the trauma

→ Feeling emotionally numb, disconnected, or unlike yourself

→ Struggling with trust, intimacy, or feeling safe in relationships

→ Carrying guilt, shame, anger, or self-blame about what you experienced

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Trauma therapy can help you

We are here to help you work through your difficulties

𑁍 Understand how past experiences may still be affecting your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and daily life.

𑁍 Learn tools to manage triggers, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and other trauma-related responses.

𑁍 Rebuild a greater sense of safety, trust, and connection with yourself and others.

𑁍 Process painful experiences in a supportive space so you can move forward without feeling defined by what happened.

How does Brainspotting help with trauma?

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Access deeper emotional experiences
Brainspotting can help you connect with emotions, memories, and body responses that may be difficult to put into words.

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Process unresolved trauma
By focusing on specific visual points connected to emotional activation, Brainspotting may help your brain and body process experiences that still feel “stuck.”

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Reduce emotional intensity and triggers
Over time, Brainspotting can help lessen the intensity of trauma-related reactions and support a greater sense of calm, safety, and emotional regulation.

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What are the steps in trauma therapy?

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Building safety, trust & assessing readiness
We begin by building a trusting therapeutic relationship, understanding your experiences, and assessing whether you feel ready for deeper trauma processing. For some clients, this stage may take longer—and that is completely okay.

Developing coping & regulation skills
Before processing trauma, we work on tools to help you manage triggers, difficult emotions, and nervous system responses so you can feel more grounded and supported throughout the process.

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Processing & integrating your experiences
When you are ready, we may begin processing traumatic experiences using approaches such as Brainspotting. The goal is to reduce the emotional impact of the trauma and help you move forward with greater understanding, safety, and connection to yourself.

ot every session will involve Brainspotting. We follow your cues, current needs, and level of readiness, allowing space for conversation, reflection, skill-building, or processing depending on what feels most supportive that day.

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Brainspotting is somatic—what does that mean?

Somatic simply means that we pay attention to what is happening in your body as well as your thoughts and emotions. Trauma can show up through physical responses such as tension, tightness, changes in breathing, heaviness, restlessness, or feeling activated or shut down.
During Brainspotting, your therapist may invite you to notice these sensations while focusing on a particular point in your visual field. You do not have to explain everything perfectly or find the “right” words. The process allows us to follow what your mind and body are experiencing in the moment.
How is Brainspotting different from EMDR?

Both Brainspotting and EMDR are approaches that may be used to help clients process trauma, but the experience can look different. EMDR follows a more structured eight-phase process and typically uses bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements, tapping, or sounds.
Brainspotting tends to be more open-ended and follows your internal experience. Rather than repeatedly moving your eyes back and forth, you typically focus your gaze on a particular point while noticing what comes up emotionally, physically, or mentally. Your therapist follows your cues rather than trying to direct where the processing should go.
What if I tend to overthink, intellectualize, or feel the need to stay in control?

Brainspotting works best when you are willing to experience what comes up somatically, meaning through your body, emotions, and internal sensations—not only by analyzing or talking through the experience.
If you find it difficult to allow yourself to notice and stay with uncomfortable sensations or emotions, Brainspotting may feel more challenging or may not be as effective at first. Part of the work may involve gradually building your ability to notice what is happening internally without immediately trying to explain, change, or control it.
You are never forced to experience more than you are ready for, but some willingness to stay present with your internal experience is an important part of the Brainspotting process.

Have questions about trauma therapy?

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Q&A

No. You are not required to share every detail of what happened in order to benefit from trauma therapy. Some clients experience Brainspotting primarily as an internal process and choose to speak only when they want to share something that comes up.
You can decide how much or how little you want to verbalize during the process. We will move at a pace that feels manageable for you, and you are never expected to provide a detailed account of your trauma in order for the work to be meaningful.
There is no set timeline for trauma therapy. The length of treatment depends on your experiences, current symptoms, goals, level of support, and readiness for processing. Some clients may work through a specific experience in a shorter period of time, while complex or longstanding trauma may require longer-term support. Your therapist will regularly check in with you about your progress and treatment goals.
Although I have completed training in EMDR, I am not currently offering EMDR as a treatment modality. At this time, my trauma work is primarily centered on Brainspotting because it aligns more closely with the way I prefer to support clients through trauma processing.
Brainspotting is more client-led and flexible, allowing us to follow your cues, your level of readiness, and what you are experiencing internally in the moment. You maintain greater control over how much you share, when you want to pause, and how deeply you want to engage in the process.
My EMDR training still informs my understanding of trauma, nervous system responses, pacing, and readiness for processing. However, I believe it is important to offer the approaches that best fit how I currently practice and how I can most effectively support my clients.
In my work with clients of color and clients from marginalized communities, I have found that the client-led nature of Brainspotting can feel especially meaningful.
For some clients, coming to therapy may already feel unfamiliar, stigmatized, or difficult to trust. Moving beyond traditional talk therapy can feel even more vulnerable. Cultural experiences, historical experiences with systems, and past relationships with authority may also make trust, safety, and maintaining a sense of control especially important.
Brainspotting allows you to remain an active participant in your own processing. You decide how much you want to share, what you want to focus on, and when you need to slow down or pause. Rather than feeling that something is being done to you, the process is collaborative and follows your internal experience.
In my clinical experience, this can make trauma work feel more freeing, approachable, and empowering for clients who value autonomy and want greater control over the therapeutic process.