Healing can begin
Specialized support for complex healing
You may be dealing with family wounds, sexual trauma, the exhaustion and weight of codependence and perfectionism, or family estrangement, including feeling shocked and confused by your adult child’s estrangement from you. Through understanding the relational patterns and discovering the truth, healing can begin.
Narcissistic relationship trauma
Growing up in a narcissistically structured family leaves lasting wounds, especially if you were the scapegoat, the one blamed, misunderstood, or exiled. You may have learned to doubt your own reality, carry shame that isn't yours, or feel like you're never quite enough.
By clarifying the role you were given, you can finally understand the context of your struggles, pain, and confusion. You can make meaning of your beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and fears. You can find your way back to yourself.
You may find this work helpful if:
You're drawn to narcissistic partners and want to break the cycle
You're dealing with imposter syndrome despite external success
You know something was deeply wrong in your childhood but struggle to name it
You feel crazy around your family but can't quite explain why
You're estranged from your family or considering it
You’re confused about your adult child’s estrangement
In our work together, you’ll learn to:
Unpack the family system you grew up in and the roles you were assigned
Help you understand why you feel the way you do and how these patterns show up today
Process the trauma of being blamed, dismissed, or pushed out
Learn to navigate and understand the estranged relationship with your adult child
Heal both the co-narcissist and narcissist structures within you
Build authentic relationships that don't repeat the past
Family estrangement & reconciliation
Whether you’re wanting to explore how to have a better relationship with your family, wondering how to navigate relationships that feel impossible, or you’ve decided to opt-out of family relationships altogether, this is painful and confusing territory. Wherever you are, you’re left holding grief, guilt, anger, and a profound sense of confusion.
Together, we'll explore:
The black-and-white thinking that often comes with narcissistic family systems
How to hold your truth even when your family can't or won't hear it
What led to the estrangement and what it means for you
How to grieve what you lost and what you never had
Whether reconciliation is possible and what that would require
This work often intersects with narcissistic family healing, as estrangement is frequently the result of trying to speak truth in a system built on denial. Deciding on the rules of engagement is an individual decision made over time. There’s no right or wrong way regarding how much contact and distance is right for you. With a better understanding of the dynamics at play, you’ll be able to makes the choices that are the best fit for you.
Other areas of healing
Sexual abuse & trauma recovery
Sexual abuse is a profound violation that often gets buried under family denial. While EMDR focuses on processing what happened, trauma-informed approaches focus on pacing, the context of the system in which it happened, and working with symptoms to alleviate the present-day effects of the abuse. This contextual support helps you to reclaim your body, your sense of safety, and your Self.
Codependence & people-pleasing
When you grow up having to manage everyone else's emotions, you lose connection to your own. With the understanding of how and why you’ve prioritized everyone else, you’ll learn how to build the capacity to know and honor your own needs.
Perfectionism & imposter syndrome
The split between who you present to the world and who you feel inside is overwhelming and exhausting. And when you explore your family’s focus on image and how it shaped you, you’ll better understand how to integrate the parts of yourself you’ve had to hide or exile.
Relationship difficulties
If you keep attracting narcissistic partners or struggle with intimacy, you’ll learn to trace these patterns back to their origins and help you build the skills for healthy, reciprocal relationships.
Anxiety & dissociation
As you work to safely reconnect with your emotions and body sensations, you’ll deepen your relationship to your authentic self.
Ready to start untangling the past?
Let's talk. Schedule a free 15-20 minute consultation to see if we're a good fit.