Healing Relationships from the Inside Out
Couples Therapy that addresses hidden relationship dynamics to finally break free from painful cycles
When conflict with a partner activates old wounds, it can feel impossible to find clarity.
Maybe it looks something like this:
Trust has been shattered. Whether it’s infidelity, secrecy, or hidden addictions, you’re struggling to rebuild what was broken—and wondering if it’s even possible.
You feel more like roommates than partners. The emotional connection that once felt effortless now feels distant, and conversations rarely go beyond schedules and logistics.
The weight of the relationship falls on one person. Whether it’s parenting, household responsibilities, or emotional labor, it feels like one of you is carrying too much while the other seems disconnected.
Parenting has changed everything. The demands of raising kids have drained your time, energy, and intimacy, and you’re not sure how to find your way back to each other.
You’re stuck in the same fights over and over. No matter how much you talk, nothing changes. Resentment is building, and it feels impossible to break the cycle.
You’re questioning whether this relationship can last. Maybe you’ve thought about leaving. Maybe one of you already has a foot out the door. But you don’t want to make a rushed decision without understanding what’s really happening beneath the surface.
how i can help
Couples Therapy Designed to Move Beyond Surface-Level Struggles
How Trauma Triggers Impact Relationship Clarity
When past trauma is activated in a relationship, it can lead to heightened reactivity, emotional overwhelm, and confusion. It might feel like your partner is the source of your pain when, in reality, they may be triggering an older wound.
Additionally, when one partner hurts or deeply betrayals another one it can create new traumatic or overwhelming experiences that can keep partners stuck, even if they desire healing and to stay together.
There’s a Reason You Feel This Way
The way we show up in relationships is shaped long before we realize it. Past experiences—especially in childhood—teach us what feels safe, how to connect, and how to protect ourselves.
If you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, or emotionally distant in your relationship, it may be an old wound resurfacing.
If your partner’s reactions feel confusing, frustrating, or overwhelming, they might be reacting to something deeper too.
If conflict feels never-ending, it could be more than just miscommunication—it may be nervous system responses at play.
If a recent betrayal or breach of trust happened it can enact old trauma patterns on top of the current pain and keep the wound open and unable to heal.
imagine if you…
Could stop walking on eggshells around your partner.
Understood your reactions in a relationship aren’t random and create appreciation for how your nervous system has been protecting you since childhood.
Had newfound flexibility in your thinking patterns and the ability to start new behaviors easier.
Have the capacity and tools to heal a major betrayal or trust rupture.
Finally unpack the never ending conflicts.
I want you to know:
Healing in Relationship can be achieved when you remove the blocks to willingness.
Our patterns can change when we set the conditions to shift.
faqs
Common questions about Trauma- Focused Couples Therapy
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Fight Response: Frequent arguments, defensiveness, or blame.
Flight Response: Avoidance, emotional withdrawal, or considering separation as a quick escape.
Freeze Response: Feeling stuck, unable to make decisions, or dissociating.
Fawn Response: Over-accommodating, people-pleasing, or losing your own needs in the relationship.
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Ketamine can be an ally in trauma work as it creates space and perspective to gain a different outcome than working with ordinary consciousness alone. Often a new perspective is urgently needed for relationship repair.
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