Holistic Healing for Medical Trauma

Virtual and In-Person Therapy in Denver, Colorado

Empowering you to heal from trauma and foster a renewed sense of safety and well-being.​

Understanding Medical Trauma

Medical trauma arises from distressing or life-threatening medical events that overwhelm an individual's capacity to cope. These events can affect both the mind and body through the nervous system, resulting in maladaptive psychological and physiological responses.

Medical trauma can stem from invasive procedures, misdiagnoses, chronic illnesses, intensive care stays, and birth-related experiences. Healthcare providers can also experience medical trauma through exposure to patient suffering, medical errors, and high-stakes situations.

Trauma can contribute to mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and substance misuse, and can lead to persistent emotional, cognitive, and somatic symptoms, including:​

  • Excessive worrying​

  • Hyper-vigilance

  • Low mood and energy​

  • Insomnia​

  • Physical pain​

  • Nightmares​

  • Gastrointestinal issues​

  • Feelings of guilt or shame​

  • Panic attacks​

  • Difficulty concentrating​

  • Dissociation​

  • Social isolation​

  • Relationship challenges

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Our Therapeutic Approach:

We offer Medical Trauma Therapy as a specialized approach to help individuals process and heal in a safe, supportive, and body-aware environment. Our approach is holistic and collaborative, addressing the emotional, cognitive, and physiological effects of trauma to help you rebuild a sense of safety, calm, resilience, empowerment, and vitality.

Rooted in body-based healing, creative expression, and deep nervous system attunement, we help you honor your body’s wisdom and discover your innate ability to heal. Our therapeutic approach integrates various modalities to address the multifaceted impacts of medical trauma:​

🌿 Somatic Therapy – Engages the body to release stored trauma through rebuilding interoception, neuroplasticity, polyvagal activation, and nervous system regulation.

🌿 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) – Utilizes bilateral stimulation to reprocess traumatic memories, build adaptive responses, increase distress tolerance, and cultivate positive beliefs.​

🌿 Expressive Arts Therapy – Incorporates creative processes such as visual art, music, dance, drama, and storytelling to regulate emotions and integrate meaningful experiences into a self-concept rooted in compassion.​

🌿 Mindfulness & Breathwork – Supports mood and cognitive function, reduces pain perception, inflammation, and reactivity, and promotes relaxation and efficient stress response through neuromodulation.

🌿 Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy – Helps to support expanded states of consciousness and strengthen prefrontal cortex activity for enhanced reprocessing of traumatic memories and emotion regulation.

Who We Serve

  • Adults with Trauma

    We provide individualized therapy and holistic healing for men, women, and queer folks who are coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and substance misuse related to a medical trauma, including an invasive procedure, misdiagnosis, chronic illness, emergency hospitalization, and birth-related trauma.

  • Couples + Family Systems

    We provide interpersonal therapy and counseling for couples, parents, and adult children who are seeking support in healing together after experiencing a medical trauma, such as a chronic illness, invasive procedure, unexpected life-threatening event, terminal diagnosis, intensive care stay, and caregiver role transitions.

  • Healthcare Providers

    We provide therapy, counseling, and group consulting for medical professionals and healthcare workers who are consciously healing from post-traumatic stress due to work related experiences, including exposure to patient suffering, medical errors, compassion fatigue, burnout, high-stakes situations, and secondary trauma.

“We cannot change anything unless we accept it.”

— C.G. Jung

Contact us.

We would love to hear from you. If you have questions about our Medical Trauma Therapy services, please fill out the form below and Maria will be in touch shortly. You can also book a free 15-minute phone call here.