Your past shows up in ways you didn’t expect — and it still affects your life today.

You try to live in the present, but something inside you keeps pulling you back.

Certain situations trigger fear, anxiety, or overwhelm — sometimes for no clear reason.
A tone of voice.
A look.
A moment that suddenly feels unsafe.

You may feel flooded with emotion or, at times, completely shut down.
You replay past experiences in your mind and wonder why you can’t “just get over it.”

You may have grown up with unmet needs.
A parent or caregiver who was emotionally unavailable.
A childhood that required you to be strong, quiet, or self-sufficient.

You learned to survive by adapting — minimizing your feelings, disappearing, or taking care of everyone else.
But those strategies leave you feeling unseen, lonely, or disconnected from yourself and others.

Sometimes it feels impossible to change.
You want to feel safe in your body, your mind, and your relationships.
And there’s a quiet fear that your past will always define you.

Nothing Is Wrong With You

Your responses are not a flaw or a sign of weakness.
Trauma and early emotional wounds change the nervous system in ways that helped you survive, even if they now feel limiting.
Being highly sensitive or emotionally responsive makes these patterns even more intense — but it also means you can heal deeply when you feel safe.

How Therapy Helps

Therapy offers a safe, supportive space to process your past and reconnect with yourself. Together we can:

• Understand how past experiences shape present emotions and reactions

• Calm your nervous system so triggers feel manageable

• Reconnect with your body and your feelings without overwhelm

• Learn tools to navigate relationships and daily life with more ease

• Begin to rewrite old patterns and create healthier ways of relating to yourself and others

Healing doesn’t mean forgetting the past.
It means feeling safe, grounded, and empowered in your life today.

If you are ready to work through what's hurting you and change your relationship with the past, call me at my Boca Raton office or contact me here to set up your first appointment.