Complex PTSD therapy in Florida
Complex PTSD comes from trauma that happened over and over: a difficult childhood, a controlling relationship, years of survival mode. I offer somatic therapy for complex PTSD online across Florida, working with the nervous system directly so healing goes deeper than insight.
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What is complex PTSD?
Complex PTSD (CPTSD) develops from prolonged or repeated trauma rather than a single event. It often traces back to childhood or to long relationships where you had to stay alert to survive emotionally.
Alongside the classic trauma symptoms, complex PTSD tends to include things that are harder to name: a deep undercurrent of shame. Difficulty trusting people, including yourself. People pleasing that runs so deep it feels like personality. Emotional flashbacks, where a feeling floods you out of nowhere. Numbness when you want to feel close. A body that never fully believes it is safe to rest.
Many of my clients spent years thinking they were just anxious, too sensitive, or bad at relationships before anyone named the pattern. If this is landing, you are not imagining it, and it has a path forward.
Complex PTSD symptoms in high functioning women
Complex trauma often looks like being fine on the outside while your inner world runs on high alert. Overthinking every interaction. Struggling to trust rest. Feeling responsible for everyone's emotions. Going numb when things get too big. You may be excellent at your job, warm with your friends, and utterly exhausted by the performance.
How somatic therapy helps complex PTSD
CPTSD healing moves in phases: safety and steadiness first, then gentle processing of what the body carries, then reconnection with your life. Somatic work is central because chronic trauma lives in the nervous system, not just in memories.
In our work, we move at the pace your nervous system can actually use. We build safety and steadiness first. Then, gently, we help your body process what it never had the chance to, so the past can finally live in the past. Along the way you learn practical tools for grounding, boundaries, and self trust that stay with you long after therapy ends.
You never have to retell every painful story. Your body can process experiences without you narrating them scene by scene, and you are always in charge of what we touch and when.
You were never too sensitive. You were carrying too much, for too long, alone.
Common questions about CPTSD therapy
What is the difference between PTSD and complex PTSD?
PTSD typically follows a single overwhelming event. Complex PTSD develops from trauma that repeated over time, and it adds layers like chronic shame, relationship difficulties, and emotional flashbacks. The body based treatment approach is similar, but complex PTSD work usually spends longer building safety first.
How long does complex PTSD therapy take?
There is no honest universal answer. Patterns built over years untangle over months, not days. Most clients start weekly and begin noticing small shifts in how their body responds within the first months, with deeper changes building from there. We check in openly about progress as we go.
Is online CPTSD therapy available in Florida?
Yes. I see adults by secure video anywhere in Florida from my home base in Orlando. Sessions are $150 with a free 15 minute consultation to start.
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