Trauma Therapy in Langley & Surrey, BC

Only when we identify our pain, can we can truly start to leave it behind.  

Your mind and body intuitively know when something isn’t quite right.

Is there an unsettling memory that keeps resurfacing and throwing you off-balance? Or a tense feeling inside your chest that takes up too much space in your day? This can be a result of lingering past trauma. And it’s something we all experience in different ways.

Insomnia… substance use… flashbacks. You might not even label it as trauma yourself yet. But if you’re here, you recognize something painful is stopping you moving on and living your full potential. 

You know you want to make a change.

In our experience working with people who have survived a traumatic experience, it can be helpful to picture there are events that can be considered as “big T trauma” or “little t trauma”.

If you think of trauma as something you weren’t prepared for and changed the way you experience life, it can encompass quite a few experiences. A “little t” trauma could be you were bullied at school. Now, you feel ashamed of the person you are, constantly questioning if people like you, and unable to forget the awful things people said about you.

On the other spectrum, a “big T” trauma is something that completely overwhelmed you, diminished your sense of who you are, and your ability to manage your emotions. In short, it left you a stranger to the person you once were. And you can no longer live in a way that feels happy or comfortable. This experience could be something like infidelity, a car accident, sexual abuse or war.