​​​If you’ve been feeling like...

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You've done the work to process your trauma, but you’re still living with an undercurrent of stress, low mood, depression, absolute exhaustion or even sadness...​

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​​You're constantly feeling anxious, overwhelmed or on edge, even when there’s nothing actually "wrong"...​

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You want to move on from your trauma experience and feel better about yourself, but you don't even know where or how to start...​

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You want to share your thoughts and talk to someone, but doing that in the past has never really made you feel any better...​​

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Please know - You're Not Alone.

And those feelings you're having, they're completely valid post-trauma responses.​

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Those responses aren’t you "failing", you're not in any way broken.
They’re understandable adaptations to experiences that were difficult, overwhelming, unsafe and are maybe still unresolved.

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As someone who has come through adversity myself, I understand how a traumatic event - or ongoing trauma - can continue to derail or disrupt your life.

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When your body and mind keep reacting long after the danger has passed, it’s common to feel frustrated with yourself or to assume something must be “wrong”.

More often, what’s happening is that your mind and body are still doing exactly what they learned to do to get you through something hard.

 

What's happening is a sign that your "system" learned how to cope, at a time when coping was necessary.

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The work that I care about is helping people make sense of that.

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​​​Trauma experiences don't just impact our thoughts and emotions —

they impact our nervous system as well.

Healing trauma isn’t just about thinking your way out of it.
That's why talk-therapy alone isn't always enough,

especially if your body is feeling as equally dysregulated as your mind.

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At Small Steps Counselling, I work with people continuing to feel the lingering, ripple effects of their trauma experience - in their mood, their mind, their body, their energy, their relationships... 

Counselling at Small Steps, isn't just about exploring and talking about those experiences,

it's about actively shifting them.

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​​​Together, you and I will work gently and steadily toward helping you feel more grounded, more connected, more safe and secure and more at home within your 'self' again.