Trauma
Trauma isn’t always easy to identify. Sometimes we can trace emotional distress back to a specific, notable event and sometimes it is caused by repeated exposure to less obvious events that were significant threats to our safety and wellbeing.
I view trauma through a social justice lens. For many POC, LGBTQIA+, and other marginalized individuals, fear and worry of violence and injustice is real. I work somatically to uncover the impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma that may be stored in your body but that you might not have the words to describe.
I believe survivors and I know that the effects of trauma can be reduced by being witnessed, heard, seen, and believed.