Oftentimes individuals seeking help do not fully understand what has happened to them in their lives, why they are acting or behaving in certain manners, what is happening to their bodies (specifically their nervous systems). Frequently they may feel like there is no hope in them recovering. Individuals suffering from PTSD and trauma are often at the highest risk of developing alcohol or substance abuse problems.

Research has shown that individuals who do not work through their experienced traumas through both a body and mind treatment models will continue to struggle with not fully understanding what happened and what is still perpetuating the lack of feeling connected to self and others. Something we consider and observe in our trauma clients is “as the trauma unfolds, the behaviors will make sense.” We help individuals gain an understanding that substance abuse, sex, and love addiction, the emotional void or emotion-seeking partnerships, lack of romantic desires, feelings of being unloved and not good

enough, dysregulated nervous systems, negative core beliefs, extreme bouts of 

anxiety, and depressive-like symptoms, and other process addictions and behaviors that hinder them feeling whole-hearted and connected are quite literally ‘killing’ them from the inside.