Trauma Therapy in New York

Trauma Therapy in Williamsburg, Brooklyn & Across New York

"Nothing Bad Enough Happened to Me..."

Trauma Isn't Always What You Think It Is

Many of the successful people who find their way to my practice don't immediately identify as trauma survivors.

They often tell me things like:

• "My childhood wasn't that bad."

• "Other people had it worse."

• "I don't know why I'm struggling so much."

• "I've always been anxious."

• "I was traumatized but I should be over this by now."

• "I don't think what happened to me counts as trauma."

• “My parents sacrificed so much…I should be grateful.”

You may have learned to minimize your pain because that's what you had to do to survive.

When most people hear the word trauma, they think of a single overwhelming event such as war, violence, a car accident, or a natural disaster.

While those experiences can absolutely be traumatic, trauma can also develop from what happened repeatedly—or what never happened at all.

Perhaps no one taught you how to regulate emotions.

Perhaps you learned that your needs were too much.

Perhaps love felt conditional.

Perhaps you grew up walking on eggshells around a parent whose moods felt unpredictable or with a caregiver who struggled with addiction.

Perhaps YOU became the caretaker, peacemaker, or high achiever in your family.

Perhaps you learned to disconnect from your feelings in order to stay safe.

Trauma is not only about what happened to you.

It is also about what your nervous system had to do to adapt. And how those around you responded to you in vulnerable moments.

Many of the symptoms people seek therapy for—depression, anxiety, self doubt, perfectionism, burnout, people-pleasing, difficulty trusting others, emotional numbness, relationship struggles, chronic self-criticism, rigidity, or feeling disconnected from their body or emotions—can be rooted in experiences that were never recognized as trauma in the first place.

You do not need to justify your pain in order to deserve support. You just need space to integrate.

My Approach to Trauma Therapy

I use an integrative approach that combines Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Creative Arts Therapy, mindfulness, somatic awareness, attachment-focused interventions, and Internal Family Systems-informed practices.

• Trauma often affects more than thoughts alone. It impacts physical health, mood, relationships, identity, and sense of trust in the world.

  Together we work to restore a sense of safety, stability, self-compassion, embodiment, resilience, and creativity.

Trauma Does Not Occur in a Vacuum

While trauma is often discussed as an individual experience, many wounds are shaped by larger systems and injustices.

For BIPOC, LGBTQ+, immigrant, first-generation, and other historically marginalized communities, distress may be connected not only to personal experiences but also to systemic factors such as racism, discrimination, colonialism, imperialism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, economic inequality, religious oppression, and intergenerational trauma.

Many clients carry wounds and stories that did not begin with them.

The impacts of migration, displacement, assimilation, survival, family sacrifice, and cultural loss can echo across generations.

You may feel caught between cultures. You may be a ‘third culture kid.”

You may struggle with guilt, obligation, perfectionism, or the pressure to succeed for your family.

You may feel disconnected from your roots, your community, or your sense of belonging.

My approach is informed by decolonizing and liberatory frameworks that recognize both personal and collective healing.

Together, we can explore not only what happened to you, but also the broader contexts that shaped your experiences, while reconnecting with your strengths, values, cultural wisdom, and resilience.

Trauma Therapy for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Children of Immigrants

I have a particular interest in working with people navigating the intersections of trauma, identity, and belonging.

This includes:

• BIPOC adults

• LGBTQ+ individuals and couples

• First-generation Americans

• Immigrants and children of immigrants

• Mixed-race and multicultural individuals

• POC Therapists, healers, and helping professionals

• Men of color

• Individuals impacted by incarceration

• Individuals navigating religious trauma

Therapy can provide a space where all parts of your identity are welcome and where your experiences are understood within both personal and systemic contexts.

Religious Trauma & Spiritual Abuse

You may have grown up in a religious, spiritual, or cultural environment that provided community and meaning while also creating fear, shame, guilt, or confusion or isolation.

For some people, healing involves recovering from:

• Fear-based religious teachings

• Purity culture

• Spiritual manipulation

• Rejection related to gender or sexual identity

• Rigid belief systems

• Community exclusion or shaming

• Difficult experiences with religious leaders

• Conflicts between personal values and inherited beliefs

Leaving a faith tradition—or redefining your relationship with spirituality—can feel both liberating and deeply painful.

Therapy can help you explore these experiences without judgment.

Whether you identify as religious, spiritual, agnostic, Buddhist or atheist, or are still figuring it out, our work can support you in reconnecting with your own inner wisdom, values, intuition, preferred rituals and sense of meaning in life.

Looking for a Nervous System reset? Join our KAP Groups.

In addition to trauma therapy sessions, we offer seasonal Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) group programs through The Art of Integration and partner with Journey Clinical for medical prescription.

Our next group begins in Autumn 2026 and combines ketamine-assisted medicine journeys with art-making, community ritual, curated ambient music, live sound healing, and structured integration support.

Many participants find that holistic healing in community offers a level of connection and meaning that is difficult to access alone.

The application to apply for group is here: Apply for Autumn Equinox KAP Group. Visit our Group KAP page to learn more. We also offer individual KAP sessions for one on one support.

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