EMDR & Somatic Therapy for People of Color in Texas

If you feel stuck in any of the patterns below, your nervous system may be working overtime to keep you safe:

✓ Fight: You feel reactive, become defensive, or often feel misunderstood
✓ Flight: You overthink, stay constantly busy, and struggle to rest even when exhausted
✓ Freeze: You shut down, feel numb, have difficulty making decisions, or feel stuck
✓ Fawn: You people-please, burn out, avoid conflict, or lose touch with your own needs

These are not personality traits or character flaws.
Your nervous system learned these as protective patterns.
What has been learned can be supported and reshaped over time.

For many people of color, anxiety and depression don’t always look like sadness or panic…it looks like overworking, shutting down, avoiding people, or feeling stuck on autopilot.

✔ More Than Just Stress – Pushing through exhaustion isn’t strength when rest feels unsafe or unearned.
✔ Unlearning Survival Mode – Together, we’ll identify the patterns keeping you stuck and create space for ease and self-compassion.
✔ Healing Beyond Talk Therapy – Using EMDR and somatic work, we’ll move past just “coping” and into real emotional freedom.

You don’t have to carry this alone. Relief is possible.

Trauma doesn’t just live in memories—it lives in the body and nervous system, shaping how you react, connect, and move through the world.

✔ More Than Just “Getting Over It” – Flashbacks, numbness, irritability, or always being “on edge” are signs your body still feels unsafe.
✔ Releasing Trauma, Not Just Reliving It – Through EMDR and somatic practices, we’ll help your nervous system process and integrate past experiences.
✔ From Surviving to Thriving – Healing means feeling safe, present, and in control of your emotions again.

Your past doesn’t have to define your future. You deserve peace.

Many of us grew up in families where love was shown through survival, not emotional connection, making relationships feel overwhelming.

✔ Unpacking Relationship Patterns – If you’ve felt unheard, unseen, or like you always have to prove your worth, we’ll explore why.
✔ Breaking Generational Cycles – Together, we’ll work on boundaries, communication, and healthy emotional connection.
✔ Building Meaningful Relationships – You deserve relationships that feel safe, fulfilling, and reciprocal—without losing yourself in the process.

Connection is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. You can build relationships that heal, not hurt.

Becoming a parent is an identity shift that brings pressure, expectations, and old wounds to the surface—especially when trying to break generational cycles.

✔ You Are More Than Just a Parent – It’s okay to grieve your old self while navigating this new role.
✔ Balancing Overwhelm & Self-Care – We’ll work through the mental load, postpartum emotions, and identity shifts without losing yourself.
✔ Healing While Parenting – Together, we’ll untangle past wounds so you don’t pass down the pain you’re working to heal.

Parenthood doesn’t mean losing yourself. You can thrive in this new chapter.

Abandonment isn’t always about being left—it’s growing up with overworked parents who had little capacity to be emotionally present.

✔ Emotional Neglect Hurts – Having a roof over your head didn’t replace the need for love, attention, and connection.

✔ Survival Shaped You – You may overwork, avoid vulnerability, or struggle with trust—not because something is wrong with you, but because you adapted to a childhood where your needs were unmet.

✔ Healing Starts with Awareness – Acknowledging the wound isn’t blaming your parents—it’s giving yourself permission to grieve what you didn’t receive and rebuild self-worth.

You are not broken, and you are not alone. Healing is possible.