Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy at Welling Wellness is a collaborative and personalized process. We take time to get to know you, your experiences, your goals, and what you want your life to feel like.

Together, we’ll draw from evidence-informed approaches while creating a sense of safety and meeting you where you are. Depending on your needs and goals, therapy may include a space to process your experiences, nervous system regulation, emotional awareness, body-based strategies, and building greater confidence in yourself and your ability to navigate life.

Trauma-informed therapy recognizes that your experiences can influence the way you relate to yourself, connect with others, experience your body, and respond to stress.

At Welling Wellness, we prioritize safety, choice, collaboration, and understanding while personalizing therapy to meet you where you are and align with your goals.

Trauma can come from many different experiences, including childhood experiences, relational trauma, medical experiences, grief, major life changes, accidents, sexual trauma, difficult transitions, and other experiences that have affected your sense of safety or well-being.

Because every person’s experience is different, we take a personalized approach to understanding what you’ve been through and what you want from therapy.

No. Trauma therapy does not require you to share every detail of your experiences before you are ready. There are many ways to work through trauma without talking about every detail or retelling your experiences.

Your comfort, sense of safety, and goals guide the pace of therapy. We can focus on what feels appropriate for you while building emotional regulation, nervous system regulation, and a greater sense of confidence and safety.

Yes. You do not need to remember every detail of an experience to explore the ways it may still be affecting you. Gaps in memory or not remembering everything about a traumatic experience can be completely common.

Therapy can focus on what you are experiencing now, including emotions, body responses, relationship patterns, beliefs, and responses to stress. Together, we’ll focus on what feels meaningful to you and aligns with your goals.

Trauma can influence the way your nervous system responds to stress, safety, and connection. You may notice feeling on edge, overwhelmed, disconnected, or having difficulty settling after stressful experiences.

Trauma therapy may incorporate nervous system regulation, grounding, mindfulness, and body-based strategies to build greater awareness of your responses and create a stronger sense of regulation and safety.

Trauma therapy can look different from person to person. Depending on your experiences, goals, and preferences, therapy may incorporate evidence-informed approaches such as EMDR, somatic and body-based strategies, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), cognitive approaches, or attachment-focused therapy.

Your therapist will work with you to create a personalized approach that prioritizes safety, meets you where you are, and aligns with what you want from therapy.

Trauma, anxiety, and stress can sometimes be closely connected. Therapy can create space to explore how past experiences may influence your thoughts, emotions, body, relationships, and responses to stress.

Together, we’ll develop personalized strategies that support nervous system regulation, emotional awareness, confidence, and your ability to navigate everyday life.

Yes. Childhood experiences can influence the way you see yourself, navigate relationships, respond to stress, and experience emotions later in life.

Trauma therapy provides a space to explore these patterns with compassion while developing greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, confidence, and connection with yourself and others.

If you’ve had previous therapy experiences that did not feel like the right fit, that experience matters. The therapeutic relationship, approach, and feeling genuinely understood can all shape how therapy feels.

At Welling Wellness, we take time to get to know you, your goals, and what you want from therapy. Our approach is collaborative, personalized, and grounded in evidence-informed care.

Yes! Welling Wellness provides trauma therapy for teens, young adults, and adults.

We personalize therapy to each person’s developmental stage, experiences, goals, and needs while creating a safe, collaborative space where you can feel comfortable being yourself.

Yes! Welling Wellness offers both in-person and virtual trauma therapy. In-person sessions are available at our Federal Hill, Baltimore office, with virtual therapy available throughout Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia.

Whether you prefer meeting in person or from your own space, your therapist will personalize your therapy experience around your goals, preferences, and needs.