Like most of my clients, I have my own share of childhood trauma. I’ve had to deconstruct the childhood messages that told me I wasn't OK as me; I wasn't enough. I’ve had to learn to set boundaries and learn that I’m not required to put others' needs above my own. I've had to learn how to have relationships, to trust others, and to trust myself. The very path that many of you are starting out on, I have walked myself. This journey is about taking away the power of the past and learning to believe you aren't just faking your successes. I’ve worked hard to reclaim my own story, now I want to help you reclaim yours.
My own journey through PTSD was like walking with a bucket of ice-water on my head. Known and unknown triggers would come along, knocking me off balance and splashing icy cold pain, anger, and hurt over me and anyone around me. Through my own work, education and training, I’ve learned how to heal my inner children, find playfulness and trust, and be kinder to myself. Now I am excited to teach these gifts to you.
Using treatments such as EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Gottman Method Couples Counseling I can help you:
· Feel more connected to friends and partners
· Feel secure in relationships
· Feel confident in your own choices
· Feel a sense of power over your own destiny
Along my own healing journey I’ve learned to use humor and playful sarcasm, along with a no-nonsense approach to help make the pain more bearable. I’ve helped both individuals and couples with C-PTSD move through their struggles and find compassion and grace for their own experiences. I’ve helped them find joy and reclaim their own story.
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- Marissa Engel, LCSW