Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

I work effectively treating PTSD from with all forms of traumatic history.

Trauma can impact how we see ourselves, relate to others, and move through the world. Using EMDR therapy and other evidence-based approaches, I help you process difficult experiences at your own pace. We'll work together to understand your symptoms, develop coping strategies, and restore a sense of safety and control. Whether dealing with recent events or long-standing trauma, therapy provides a secure space to heal and rebuild, addressing both immediate symptoms and deeper impacts.

I have worked with many types of trauma and PTSD. I have helped people reclaim agency and confidence in their lives and over their bodies after sexual traumas, medical traumas, and physical injuries. I have also helped people make sense of the confusion in their lives that can arise from the trauma of abusive and neglectful caregivers in early life. Trauma robs you of your sense of self and of a sense of having a future that feels alive; I can help you to reclaim a sense of hope for your life.

Trauma is stored in various ways in our brain and bodies. That is why so many of us suffer from PTSD where we find ourselves hijacked or in fight/flight/freeze responses. We specialize in helping to process trauma in all the ways it's stored in our systems using modalities like EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Work, Parts Work, and more. There are many ways to process Trauma and PTSD. Your therapist will be able to assess and cater a treatment plan that's right for you.

If you feel on edge, irritable, and like you just cannot with the intrusive thoughts I hear you. Trauma is such a painful experience, especially when it seems to not want to stay firmly put in the past like it's supposed to. I am here to listen, help you separate the unhelpful thoughts and judgments from the truth of your reality, and help you get back to living your life in the present with more vibrance and connection.

Utilization of EMDR has shown to be an effective treatment strategy for working with PTSD.

Lyndsey specializes in treating trauma and PTSD/ C-PTSD by focusing on education, emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills, and offering a safe place to come to terms with highly emotional material.

Our nervous systems exist with one primary function: to keep us alive. Everything we do, no matter how stressful, scary, harmful, or overwhelming, at one time served that purpose. My approach to trauma healing begins with building safe relationship and engaging in curiosity. When our nervous systems feel fully safe, they're able to relax (or even let go of) behaviors that are holding us back from living the life we desire.

Experienced using multiple treatment models for treating PTSD including EMDR.

According to SAMHSA, it is estimated that first responders develop depression and PTSD 33% more often than general public, firefighters have higher suicidal ideations and attempts than general public and it is estimated that 125-300 police officers commit suicide yearly (2016). In the year 2021, more police officers died from suicide than in a line of duty. You are not alone!!! Reach out and find the resources to take care of you!!!

PTSD can affect every aspect of your life, leaving you feeling helpless, hopeless, and overwhelmed. I use EMDR as an interactive form of therapy that enables you to process traumatic memories so that by the end, they have lost their emotional charge. You will always have the memories, but they no longer cause the emotional pain they once did. One of the unique benefits of EMDR is that you don't have to speak out loud about the specifics of the trauma. Some find this very helpful.

Over the years, I have helped hundreds of clients process traumatic experiences and connect with what I refer to as their Core / Well Self. I am highly trained and experienced in various trauma-informed, body-centered approaches to psychotherapy that offer you a gentle pathway for processing trauma and rekindling your full potential.

I am trained in Somatic Experiencing, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).

I have experience working with individuals who have experienced various forms of trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD and practice trauma-informed practices. I am a trained EMDR therapist.

Trauma is hard to escape in America. Dealing with the aftermath of violence, illness, an accident, childhood, etc - it can leave people feeling 'crazy' & stressed 24/7. I can help break PTSD down by symptom or daily life struggles, relate it back to what happened, & help you create a plan to address it moving forward in a clearer & healthier way. It's easy to feel overwhelmed & scared, especially if you aren't sure what is going on; I hope to make it easy(er) to gain control in your life back.

I read extensively on trauma and attend trainings in evidence-based trauma modalities, including ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Internal Family Systems. I have experienced these therapies as a client myself and consider myself privileged to be able to offer others the breakthrough healing I have experienced personally. I am an active member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.

I specialize in PTSD and CPTSD especially. I have worked with thousands of traumatized individuals and know well the symptoms, signs, and at which point to involve medication. In my work with former inmates, many suffered from PTSD. I then ran a grief and PTSD-oriented process group for local college students who witnessed a suicide. I treat many patients with CPTSD in my practice.