03/20/2025
🧠 Why Talk Therapy Isn’t Always Enough 💬
So many clients come to therapy thinking, “If I just talk about it enough, I’ll heal.”
But trauma doesn’t live in the thinking brain — it lives in the body, nervous system, and deeper parts of the self.
This visual breaks down the real roadmap to trauma healing, and why traditional talk therapy can only take us so far.
🔍 Here’s what true trauma healing looks like:
1️⃣ Safety & Stabilization – Learning to feel safe in your body
2️⃣ Identifying Trauma-Driven Parts – Meeting the parts of you that learned to survive
3️⃣ Rewiring Survival Responses – Shifting patterns like shutdown, fawning, or hypervigilance
4️⃣ Processing Trauma Memories Safely – Not reliving, but releasing what’s stuck
5️⃣ Rebuilding a Stable Sense of Self – Who are you beyond the trauma?
6️⃣ Integration & Post-Traumatic Growth – Creating a life that finally feels like yours
💡 Healing is not linear, and it’s not one-size-fits-all. But when you work at the level where trauma actually lives — healing becomes possible.
✨ If this resonates, you’re not alone. This is the work I do with my clients every day — using trauma-informed, evidence-based methods like EMDR, somatic therapies, and parts work to support deep, lasting change.
📍Calgary-based. Online and in-person therapy available.
🔗 DM me to learn more or book a free consult.
