I have a particular interest in working with people living with complex PTSD (CPTSD), and the reason is deeply personal.

I've spent years working through the effects of childhood trauma in my own life. I know how those experiences can shape the way we see ourselves, how we relate to others, and how we feel moving through the world. I know what it's like to carry things for years without fully understanding how deeply they've affected you.

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And I know how exhausting it can be.

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When you've lived through repeated trauma, your nervous system can become so accustomed to being on alert that even ordinary moments can feel overwhelming. Your body can keep bracing for something bad to happen, long after the danger has passed. Sometimes it's hard to relax, hard to trust, or even hard to recognize what feeling safe might be like.

 

Reiki and flower essences have been an important part of my own healing, alongside years of therapy. I've leaned heavily on both as I've worked through different layers of childhood trauma, and they've helped hold me through some of the most difficult parts of that process.

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Reiki has been especially meaningful when my nervous system has felt overwhelmed. It's given me opportunities to rest deeply, to feel the tension in my body begin to ease, and to experience moments of peace when peace hasn't always come easily. There is something so comforting about not having to talk, explain, or work through anything for a little while. Just being able to rest and receive.

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I believe those moments matter enormously, especially for people whose bodies have spent so much time in survival mode. Reiki isn't a magic reset button for the nervous system, but the relaxation and sense of calm it can offer may be a welcome part of learning what it feels like to settle again.

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Flower essences have supported me in a different but equally meaningful way. I often take them before therapy sessions and again afterward. They've helped me feel more connected to my emotions, recognize patterns I've carried for years, and stay with what I'm working through.

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Within flower essence practice, essences are understood to work vibrationally with the emotional patterns and experiences we carry, including those connected to childhood trauma. That understanding is deeply woven into my own relationship with them and the way I offer them to others.

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I share all of this because I know how hard the work of healing can be. I also know that things can change. I've experienced those changes in my own life, sometimes slowly, sometimes in ways I didn't recognize until much later.

And one of the biggest changes has been learning to love myself.

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To understand why I developed certain patterns. To stop judging myself so harshly for the ways I learned to survive. To find compassion for the younger parts of me that needed so much more love and care than they received.

I don't believe healing means becoming someone entirely different. For me, so much of it has been about finding my way back to myself, learning to trust myself, and realizing that I was always worthy of love.

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This is why I care so deeply about working with others living with CPTSD. I want people to know that there is hope, that change is possible, and that they deserve tenderness and care along the way. I want to share the practices that have meant so much to me, with the understanding that everyone's experience and needs are different.

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I offer Reiki and individualized flower essences as complementary support for people who are already working with a qualified therapist. I'm not here to replace therapy or ask anyone to relive painful experiences with me. I want to offer something alongside that work: a chance to rest, reconnect with yourself, and feel cared for.

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You never have to tell me your trauma history. You don't have to explain why certain things are difficult or share anything you'd rather keep private.

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I know how much it can take to begin finding your way back to yourself. And I believe that learning to meet ourselves with love, perhaps for the first time, can change so much.