Trauma & EMDR Therapy in Broomfield, Colorado
I provide specialized trauma treatment for adults experiencing panic symptoms, nervous system activation, and the lingering effects of overwhelming life events. Treatment is structured, collaborative, and paced carefully to ensure safety while moving toward meaningful resolution.
Trauma Therapy
Trauma can result from a single event such as an accident, medical emergency, or betrayal, or from prolonged stress that overwhelms the nervous system over time. When experiences are not fully processed, the body can remain in a state of activation long after the event has passed.
Symptoms may include panic attacks, intrusive thoughts, sleep disruption, hypervigilance, or feeling unlike yourself.
Treatment focuses on helping your nervous system process these experiences so that they no longer hold the same intensity.
EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based trauma treatment that helps the brain reprocess overwhelming experiences in a structured and contained way.
EMDR does not require you to relive events in detail. Instead, it allows the brain and body to complete processing so the past no longer triggers the same physiological response.
Sessions are paced carefully, beginning with stabilization and preparation before moving into deeper processing.
Panic & Nervous System Dysregulation
Panic symptoms often emerge when the nervous system has been overloaded. Even when there is no obvious trauma, chronic stress or unresolved experiences can create persistent activation.
Treatment focuses on understanding and calming this activation at its root rather than simply managing symptoms.
Coping Behaviors and Trauma
When the nervous system remains activated, it is common to develop coping behaviors to manage the intensity. This can include alcohol use, overworking, emotional withdrawal, compulsive behaviors, or other strategies that temporarily reduce distress but do not address the root cause.
Rather than focusing only on eliminating the behavior, treatment addresses the underlying activation that drives it. As the nervous system stabilizes and trauma is processed, the need for coping behaviors often decreases naturally.
Recovery After Overwhelming Life Events
Not all trauma looks dramatic from the outside. Sometimes it follows an accident, medical emergency, or sudden loss. Other times it emerges after divorce, betrayal, performance collapse, or a major life disruption that left you feeling destabilized.
Even when others expect you to move on, your nervous system may remain activated. You may notice panic symptoms, difficulty sleeping, emotional reactivity, or a sense that you are not fully yourself.
Treatment focuses on helping your system process these experiences so they no longer drive ongoing activation. The goal is not simply coping, but resolution and restored stability.