Healing Starts with Understanding
Trauma, Anxiety & Relationship Insights from a Missouri Therapist
Welcome — I’m glad you’re here.
This blog is where I share tools, insights, and therapeutic guidance to help you understand trauma, anxiety, attachment wounds, relationship patterns, and the healing process.
All content is written by a licensed therapist providing online trauma therapy and couples counseling throughout Missouri — including Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis, and surrounding areas.
Whether you’re exploring EMDR, wanting to understand your relationship triggers, or looking for support between sessions, you’ll find gentle, research-backed guidance here.
The Link Between Trauma and Relationship Triggers: Why Small Moments Feel So Big
Why Conflict Feels So Overwhelming in Relationships (and What’s Really Going On Beneath It)
Discover why relationship conflict feels so intense and what’s really beneath it. Learn how to reconnect through trauma-informed couples counseling in Missouri.
How Anxiety Feels — and 10+ Ways to Cope with Anxiety
Learn what anxiety feels like and 10+ ways to manage it from a licensed online therapist in Missouri. Serving Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis, and beyond.
What Is EMDR Therapy? | Trauma Therapist in Missouri
EMDR therapy is a specialized type of therapy that can help you with trauma, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, grief and loss, sexual assault, substance abuse, and so much more. Learn more about EMDR therapy and what EMDR therapy is here. Have questions? Click the work with me button above!
Online Trauma Therapy in Missouri: What to Expect in Your First Session
what do i do if my partner doesn’t want to go to couples therapy?
why are my thoughts so negative about myself?
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Online Counseling vs. In Person Counseling
Are Anxiety & Self-Esteem linked?
Working on healing wounds of self-doubt tends to also decrease anxiety. Why? Because self-doubt tends to increase our anxiety. When we are less certain, less sure of ourselves, we tend to be more anxious. This is where counseling can help. In individual counseling, we work to heal these wounds and help you to reach your potential, which also enhances your self-esteem!
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How Anxiety Presents itself in Every-day Tasks: “Do-er” versus “Avoider”
Anxiety presents itself in various ways. Two ways that are often related to are the anxious “do-er” OR the anxious “avoider”. Also referred to as the overfunctioner and the underfunctioner. These can be seen in day-to-day tasks and can cause some difficulty in well-being, happiness, and overall functioning to name a few. Have questions? Click the work with me button above!