Trauma Therapy & Complex PTSD Treatment
Virtual therapy for women and teens with trauma and Complex PTSD
Virtual care for clients throughout Florida and 41 other states.
It's the fifth time he’s liked her Instagram page – and she’s basically naked.
He makes you feel like crap about yourself,
and deep down — you know he doesn’t love you.
But the thought of leaving makes you hyperventilate.
You finally opened up about your childhood to a friend.
They said, “That’s awful, I’m sure your parents loved you, they just got angry – I think everyone’s family does that”
You laughed it off. But you haven’t spoken to them since.
You haven’t opened up to anyone since.
When you say it out loud, it doesn’t sound bad - so you can’t understand why it feels so bad.
You decide that you must be making it out to be worse than it is.
You watch them pass the bread basket around, laughing, carefree.
You smile politely, shake your head.
Every “no thank you” feels like a tiny victory.
But inside, you just wish someone would notice -- someone would say,
"hey, I didn't see you eat today, why don’t you try something?"
That just once, someone would care enough to intervene.
You texted – “Hey, are you mad at me?” even though nothing happened.
After two minutes of no response, you send — “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to bother you!”
Then you spent the next two hours rereading the chat, analyzing every emoji, every punctuation mark, feeling sick with dread.
It’s not unusual – you apologize after almost every sentence.
You go out for dinner with a friend — it’s time for the check.
Immediately, you say “I’ve got it.”
You can’t help yourself. The words just fly out.
This isn’t a one time thing either. You’ve always got it.
You’re basically broke– but the idea of “taking” overwhelms you with shame.
Trauma doesn’t always look like flashbacks or nightmares.
Sometimes, it looks like perfectionism.
People-pleasing.
Exhaustion.
Chaotic, draining relationships.
A constant internal hum of “something is wrong with me.”
Wishing someone would notice you were struggling.
Wishing someone would care about you.
You might feel like you’re constantly bracing for impact.
Maybe you freeze in moments that seem fine to others.
Maybe you over-explain, apologize, or people please to avoid conflict.
Or maybe you just feel numb — like you’re disconnected from joy, your body, or the people around you.
This is what trauma does.
And you're not alone in it.
Signs You May Have Trauma or Complex PTSD
Specialized Therapy for
Trauma, Complex PTSD, and Emotional Neglect
Trauma doesn’t always look like a single terrifying event — it’s a slow layering of wounds: unmet emotional needs, broken boundaries, feeling unseen, unheard, or repeatedly made to question your own reality. At Bloom, we specialize in helping women, teens, and young adults who’ve experienced relational trauma, emotional neglect, or ongoing environments that left them feeling unsafe in their own skin.
While many clients say, “I don’t know if what I went through counts as trauma,” their symptoms often tell a clearer story.
Complex trauma shows up in patterns — not just flashbacks, but in relationships, identity, emotions, and the nervous system itself.
Here are some of the ways complex trauma and emotional neglect may be living in you:
Attachment & Relationship Wounds
(tend to exist on opposite ends of the spectrum)
You struggle to trust others — even people who seem safe — or you’re too trusting, even when you just met someone.
You feel drawn to closeness, then quickly overwhelmed by it — or drawn to closeness and it doesn’t ever feel like enough.
You isolate or withdraw, even when you’re longing for connection.
You often override your needs to keep the peace.
Boundaries feel confusing — too rigid with some, too open with others.
You find yourself seeking someone to “save” or validate you — and feel crushed when they can’t.
You struggle to accept support and feel like a burden by asking for help.
Emotional Dysregulation
You have intense emotions that feel unbearable — then disappear just as quickly.
You experience sudden “shame attacks” over small things.
You feel everything all at once — or nothing at all.
You struggle with chronic depression, self-harm, or suicidal thoughts.
You explode in anger… or can’t express it at all — you may not even feel it.
You often say, “I’m just too much,” or “I can’t calm down.”
Dissociation
You “fade out” or feel mentally blank in stressful situations.
You lose track of time, or can’t recall how you got from one place to another.
You feel detached from your body, emotions, or surroundings — like you're watching your life from the outside.
You struggle to stay present during conflict, intimacy, or vulnerability.
Self-Perception
You feel fundamentally different — like no one could ever understand you.
You carry a persistent sense of loneliness, hopelessness, or shame.
You feel helpless to change, no matter how hard you try.
You believe you’re “broken,” “not enough,” or unworthy of being cared for.
Internalized Harm & Trauma Bonds
You feel loyal to someone who hurt you — or excuse and minimize their behavior.
You carry the beliefs of the person who harmed you (“You’re overreacting,” “You’re too much”).
You second-guess your memories, emotions, or instincts.
You find yourself idealizing or obsessing over people who invalidate you — then feel ashamed for doing it.
These experiences are not personal failures. They are the natural consequences of surviving in environments where emotional safety, consistency, and validation were missing — often for years. At Bloom Psychological, we hold space for the full complexity of these symptoms, without pathologizing or rushing your healing.
If any of this sounds like you, you are not alone. And you are not beyond healing. You may just need a space where every part of you — even the ones you try to hide — is welcome.
One of my biggest pet-peeves in our field: “big T” and “litte T” trauma.
No. If it hurt you, if it shaped you, if it still lives in your body — it’s a big deal. No one gets to decide what is “big T” or “little T” but you. Period.
How We Approach Healing:
Trauma-Informed Therapy Rooted in Compassion and Collaboration
Healing from complex trauma doesn’t happen through surface-level coping skills or rushing into the painful parts. If you've spent years pushing down your emotions, minimizing your needs, or blaming yourself for not “getting over it,” then what you need isn’t more pressure — it’s safety, attunement, and permission to heal on your own terms.
My approach to trauma therapy is both deeply clinical and deeply human. I work with clients in a way that is trauma-informed, relational, and grounded in compassion. Here's what that means:
Trauma-Informed: You set the pace.
I don’t believe in forcing vulnerability or rushing into your story. Instead, we focus on building safety — both within our relationship and within your nervous system.
I help you recognize when you’re triggered, how your body responds to threat, and what it means to move out of survival mode and into a place of internal trust.
You’ll learn to gently notice your fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses without judgment — and without having to change them right away.
Internal Family Systems - Parts Work: We work with your whole internal system.
If you ever feel like “part of me wants to heal, and part of me doesn’t,” you’re not alone — and you’re not crazy.
That’s your system trying to protect you. I use an Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed approach to help you understand your protectors (like perfectionism, overthinking, avoidance) and connect with the parts of you that have been exiled — the ones carrying fear, grief, shame, or unmet needs.
You don’t have to fight with yourself anymore.
We help your inner world become more cooperative, compassionate, and integrated.
Relational & Attachment-Focused: Therapy is the relationship.
Many people with complex trauma have never had a relationship where they could feel truly seen, heard, and believed.
Therapy with me is not just about techniques — it's about building a relationship where trust can grow, rupture can be repaired, and your nervous system learns what it feels like to be emotionally safe with another person.
Our connection becomes the container for healing.
Nervous System & Emotion Regulation: We start where your body is.
Trauma lives in the body — in muscle tension, hypervigilance, shutdown, and overwhelm.
Together, we’ll explore how your nervous system is wired for survival, and how to slowly expand your window of tolerance.
Whether it’s through grounding techniques, somatic awareness, or simply noticing what’s happening in your body as we talk, we’ll build the skills that help you regulate, not just talk about it.
Empowerment & Collaboration: You’re the expert on your story.
My job isn’t to tell you who you are or what to do — it’s to help you reconnect with the parts of yourself that already know.
I don’t assume your goals.
We work together to clarify what healing looks like for you, and what you need to move toward it. Whether it’s reducing emotional reactivity, improving relationships, reconnecting with your body, or simply learning how to rest — I meet you there.
You won’t be asked to prove your pain. You won’t be pathologized for how you’ve coped. This is a space where all parts of you — even the ones that have been shamed, silenced, or hidden — are welcome.
Healing from trauma is possible. Not because you’ll forget what happened — but because you’ll build the safety, strength, and self-compassion to carry it differently.
Reach out now for your complimentary 15-min discovery call.
It Doesn’t Have to Be “Bad Enough” to Start
One of the most heartbreaking things I hear from new clients is this:
“I almost didn’t reach out… I feel like I was making it a bigger deal than it was.”
So many of the people I work with have spent years minimizing their pain. They’ve told themselves it wasn’t “that bad,” compared their trauma to someone else’s, or internalized the belief that therapy is only for people in crisis. Maybe you’ve done the same.
Maybe you’ve thought:
“I’m probably just being dramatic.”
“Other people have it worse — I should be grateful.”
“I should be able to handle this on my own by now.”
“I don’t want to waste a therapist’s time.”
But here’s the truth: you are not too much. You are not a burden. You are not a waste of time.
If you’re feeling stuck, disconnected, overwhelmed, or numb — that matters. You don’t need a clinical label to validate your experience. You don’t have to fall apart before you’re allowed to ask for help.
Trauma recovery isn’t reserved for people have “big T” trauma. It’s for anyone who’s tired of carrying it alone.
If something inside you is stirring — even the quietest whisper of “I think I need support” — that’s enough. You are enough.
We can meet you wherever you’re at - let’s start healing today.