Trauma and PTSD

You don’t have to keep carrying it alone.

Living with trauma and PTSD

Trauma is not just a memory. It lives in the body, shapes how we see ourselves and others, and can quietly govern every aspect of daily life, even years after the event or experiences that caused it.

Whether trauma stems from childhood adversity, a specific incident, or a lifetime of accumulated experiences, its impact is real, valid, and treatable.

Lauren works with adults experiencing:

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Complex PTSD

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, and exposure to domestic violence

  • Childhood attachment wounds and detachment trauma

  • Trauma-related anxiety, depression, and relational difficulties

  • What are Adverse Childhood Experiences?

    Adverse Childhood Experiences (‘ACEs’) are stressful or traumatic events that occur before the age of 18. They include physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; neglect; witnessing domestic violence; parental separation; household substance abuse; and other forms of childhood adversity.

    Research consistently shows that ACEs have significant and lasting effects on mental and physical health across a person's lifespan, affecting the body's stress response, neurological development, emotional regulation, and relationships. The more ACEs a person has experienced, the greater the risk of long-term impact.

    Understanding ACEs is about making sense of what happened, and finding a path forward that honours both the difficulty and the remarkable capacity for recovery.

  • What is Complex PTSD?

    While PTSD typically arises from a single traumatic event, Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) develops in response to prolonged or repeated trauma, particularly when that trauma occurred in childhood, or within relationships where there was a significant power imbalance.

    People living with C-PTSD often experience profound difficulties with emotional regulation, self-perception, and relationships. It can be harder to identify, and harder to carry, but it is possible to heal from.

Approach to treatment

Lauren uses EMDR as her primary therapeutic tool for trauma and PTSD, alongside Trauma-Focused CBT, Internal Family Systems, Attachment-Focused EMDR, and EFT.

Treatment is always tailored to the individual, their history, their nervous system, and their goals.

Progress in trauma therapy is not always linear. Lauren works at the pace of each client, building safety and trust before moving into deeper processing work.