01/17/2026
🧠 What if the part of you that was hurt never got to grow up?
Susan Sullivan describes a powerful trauma-healing technique she calls “parts retrieval.”
It’s the moment therapy stops being about talking — and starts being about repairing.
When someone experienced trauma at 11 years old, that part of them can stay frozen in time.
In this work, Susan gently invites that younger part into the room — not to relive the trauma, but to finally receive what never happened.
✨ Safety
✨ Understanding
✨ Protection
✨ A developmental update the nervous system never got
Patients often say it feels profoundly relieving — like something inside finally exhales.
This is what trauma-informed healing really looks like:
Not erasing the past — but helping the body and brain catch up to the present.
🎧 Hear the full conversation on The Smartest Doctor in the Room and learn how EMDR and parts work help people heal at the deepest level.
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