Trauma-Informed Therapy

A calm introduction to my trauma‑informed approach and how I support deeper healing. This page offers a clear sense of what therapy with me looks like, how trauma can show up in everyday life, and the ways we can work together at a pace that feels safe and steady.

Trauma‑informed therapy with InnerLight offers specialist support for adults living with the impact of trauma, abuse, neglect, or long‑standing relational patterns. This work is steady, paced, and grounded in depth. 

This approach supports adults navigating the effects of trauma, early relational wounds, and long‑standing emotional patterns.

• childhood trauma and neglect
• historic Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA)
• early attachment wounds
• adult sexual abuse or assault
• domestic violence
• relational trauma, including co‑dependency and narcissistic dynamics

Trauma‑informed therapy follows a phased approach that supports depth while honouring your capacity in the moment. Each phase builds on the last, creating a steady foundation for understanding and change.

Stabilisation
We begin by building safety and emotional regulation. You’ll learn personalised ways to manage triggers, soothe distress, and understand your nervous system so you feel more grounded and in control.

Processing
When you feel ready, we explore the impact of past experiences. This may include EMDR, relational depth work, or parts‑based approaches — always paced carefully and collaboratively to support integration rather than overwhelm.

Integration
As understanding deepens, you begin to recognise patterns, reclaim choice, and build a sense of self rooted in who you are now, not who trauma taught you to be.

I draw on a blend of approaches that support emotional and nervous‑system healing. These are woven together in a way that is collaborative, paced, and responsive to what you need in each session.

Here are some of the approaches we may draw on together:

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) is one of the approaches I integrate within trauma therapy to help the brain process overwhelming or unresolved experiences. Using gentle bilateral stimulation, EMDR supports your system in working through memories that still feel “stuck.” This work is paced carefully and grounded in stability, ensuring you feel supported and resourced throughout the process.

Relational Therapy focuses on the healing power of the therapeutic relationship itself. Many trauma wounds are relational in nature, so the way we work together becomes part of the repair. This approach supports you in exploring patterns, boundaries, and emotional responses within a safe, steady relationship, helping you build new ways of relating to yourself and others.

Parts‑based work recognises that we all carry different “parts” shaped by past experiences — protective parts, younger parts, overwhelmed parts, and the parts that long for change. Rather than trying to silence or override them, we get to know these parts with curiosity and compassion. This helps you understand internal conflicts, reduce shame, and move toward a more integrated sense of self.

Trauma‑responsive coaching principles bring a practical, forward‑looking element into the work. This includes supporting you to develop clarity, boundaries, emotional regulation skills, and a stronger sense of agency. It complements the deeper therapeutic process by helping you apply insights in your everyday life at a pace that feels manageable.

Sessions offer a steady, attuned space to explore what you’re carrying at a pace that feels manageable. The work is collaborative and grounded, supporting you to understand yourself with greater clarity and compassion.

This approach is reflective, paced, and rooted in attunement, helping you build safety and explore your experiences in a way that feels supportive and manageable.

• greater awareness of your emotional world
• understanding your nervous system
• recognising internal patterns
• making conscious choices in the present
• building a grounded, empowered relationship with yourself

Coaching within InnerLight is offered as a trauma‑responsive, future‑focused extension of the therapeutic work. For clients who feel grounded and stable, coaching supports clarity, direction, and meaningful change. Together we explore what matters to you, recognise patterns that may still shape your choices, and develop steady, achievable steps forward. This work supports confidence, agency, and purposeful movement, while honouring the ways your past may continue to influence your present.

These short videos offer gentle, accessible explanations of trauma, EMDR, and decision‑making. They’re here if you’d like to explore these themes in a simple, grounded way.

If you feel ready to begin this work, you’re welcome to get in touch. I offer a steady, attuned space where you can explore your experiences at a pace that feels manageable and respectful of your story, with room for clarity, grounding, and change to unfold in their own time.