At Flourish Center for Somatic Healing, we understand that trauma is not simply something that happened in the past — it is something the nervous system may still be carrying in the present.
As a Trauma Recovery Coach, my work is centered on helping individuals gently and courageously heal the deeper roots of their pain — what many call core wounds. While trauma can occur at any stage of life, many adult struggles trace back to childhood developmental experiences that shaped how we learned to survive, attach, protect ourselves, and make meaning of the world.
The good news is this: what was learned in relationship can be healed in relationship.
What Makes This Coaching Different
Trauma recovery coaching at Flourish is client-led and collaborative. This is not a model where I diagnose, prescribe, or attempt to fix you. It is not about imposing outcomes or steering you toward a predetermined version of “healed.”
- The coaching process is guided by you.
- You set your recovery goals, with support and reflection.
- I listen for understanding, not to insert my opinions.
- We move at the pace of your nervous system.
- There is no pressure to perform, progress, or arrive anywhere on someone else’s timeline.
This is a peer-to-peer coaching relationship. I do not position myself as the authority over your healing. Your Self — your deeper wisdom and internal leadership — is the active agent of change in your life.
My role is to support, educate, reflect, and create safety so that your system can reorganize organically. This work is informed by trauma recovery coaching training, somatic awareness practices, and a deep respect for nervous system science.
A Relational, Attuned Presence
Healing developmental trauma requires more than insight. It requires attunement.
In our sessions, you will be met with steady presence — eye contact that communicates safety, body language that signals openness, and a tone of voice that respects the emotional terrain you are navigating.
I pay careful attention to your nervous system state. Trauma lives in the autonomic nervous system, and emotional processing is shaped by whether we feel safe, activated, or shut down. As many trauma-informed clinicians say, the story follows the state.
When emotions arise, they are not rushed or minimized. I reflect your emotional experience so that you can see it more clearly — often for the first time without judgment. Shame, grief, anger, and confusion are welcome.
Before every session ends, we ensure you are grounded. You leave not raw and exposed, but regulated and resourced. Attunement is not technique. It is relationship.
Support for Survivors of Spiritual Abuse
I have particular experience supporting individuals who have experienced spiritual abuse — including religious control, cult dynamics, narcissistic leadership, or manipulative belief systems.
Spiritual abuse can fracture both the nervous system and one’s sense of meaning. In our work together, spirituality is approached with care and consent. There is room for deconstruction, reconstruction, or simply rest. There is no dogma — only empowerment and choice.
Integration, Not Fixing
This work is not about fixing what is broken. It is about recognizing that you adapted wisely — and that you now have the opportunity to choose differently.
You are not broken. You adapted. And healing unfolds from within.
