TikTok’s and Tweets (err…X’s?) have turned the word “trauma” into a casual cliche these days. As a result, I find a that while a lot of people recognize trauma in others, they don’t really consider the word as it applies to themselves. Put simply, trauma refers to emotional pain that goes unprocessed, or rather – results in adaptations that are self-destructive. This isn’t something people tend to notice until the consequences become louder than the pain they’re avoiding.

Years of disassociating from your emotions can leave you without the skills to heal yourself or heal your relationships.

In my experience, the quiet drip of the subtly traumatic past is just as corrosive as the explosive pain of acute tragedy. Whatever you face, we can help you free yourself of shadows, find peace, grieve and heal your life.

Francis David, LCSW has world-class training in understanding how trauma or loss impacts people across a lifetime and experience working with men, women and children, veterans, first responders and more. If you are carrying too much for too long. Whether your stress shows up as anger, anxiety, numbness, hyper-independence, or shutdown, Francis offers therapy that’s focused, grounded, and built to help you get your footing back.