Trauma Therapy in New York City: Integrative Therapy for Nervous System Healing
Trauma can shape how you feel, think, and move through the world—often in ways that aren’t immediately obvious.
You might notice:
You want to speak up in a meeting, but your body freezes, and your mind goes blank
A small conflict in a relationship feels overwhelming or triggering
You overthink a text message for hours, worried you said something wrong
You feel exhausted from always being “on” or holding everything together
You shut down or withdraw when things feel too intense
You may easily startle
These responses are your nervous system doing its best to keep you safe based on past experiences.
Trauma therapy helps you gently update those patterns so you can respond to the present, not just react to the past. I offer online trauma therapy for clients in New York City, using an integrative therapy approach that supports nervous system healing and helps you feel more grounded, calm, and like yourself again.
What is Trauma?
Trauma isn’t only about what happened to you—it’s about how your body and nervous system experienced it.
This can include:
A single overwhelming event (like an accident or loss)
Ongoing stress or relational experiences (such as childhood emotional neglect or feeling unsafe growing up)
Subtle but repeated moments of feeling unseen, unsupported, or not enough
For many people, trauma shows up in everyday life in ways like:
Feeling anxious or “on edge” without a clear reason
Shutting down or feeling numb in certain situations
Overthinking, people-pleasing, or fear of rejection
Difficulty relaxing, even when things are going well
These are not flaws—they are your nervous system’s way of trying to protect you
A Different Approach: Nervous System Healing
Traditional talk therapy can be helpful, but trauma often lives beyond words, in the body and nervous system.
That’s why I use an integrative therapy approach focused on nervous system healing.
This means we don’t just talk about what happened, we work with how it’s held in your body, your emotions, and your internal patterns so that real shifts can happen at a deeper level.
How I Work: Integrative Trauma Therapy
Your experience is unique, so therapy should be too.
I draw from several evidence-based approaches, including:
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Helps your brain process and integrate past experiences so they feel less intense and no longer trigger the same emotional reactions. Learn more here
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Somatic Experiencing (SE)
Focuses on releasing trauma held in the body, helping your nervous system move out of fight, flight, or freeze and into a more regulated state. Learn more here
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AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy)
Supports emotional processing in a safe, connected way, helping you access resilience, clarity, and a stronger sense of self. Learn more here
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IFS (Internal Family Systems)
Helps you understand and work with different “parts” of yourself—like the inner critic, the anxious part, or the part that shuts down—with compassion rather than judgment. Learn more here