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Trauma & Recovery

Trauma Therapy

Thoughtful, trauma-informed care for painful past experiences

Trauma therapy can help you process overwhelming experiences in a way that feels safer, more supported, and more manageable.

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When This Can Help
  • Past experiences still feel emotionally or physically present
  • You feel easily triggered, shut down, or emotionally flooded
  • Trauma is affecting your relationships or daily functioning
  • You want support that feels steady, compassionate, and informed
Support May Include
  • Building safety, regulation, and trust in the therapy process
  • Processing trauma with approaches matched to your needs
  • Reducing shame, avoidance, and emotional overwhelm over time
Good Match For

Adults, teens, and young adults

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What This Support Can Address

A clearer look at what people may be carrying when they reach out for this kind of care.

Trauma can affect the way you feel in your body, the way you respond in relationships, and the way your mind interprets everyday situations. Even when the event is over, the impact can linger through anxiety, emotional reactivity, numbness, shame, and difficulty trusting yourself or others.

Our Approach

How we try to make care feel both skillful and genuinely human.

Our therapists use trauma-informed, client-centered care that moves at a pace that respects your nervous system. We focus on emotional safety, regulation, and meaningful processing so healing feels grounded rather than rushed.

Therapists Connected to This Work

These clinicians have specialties or treatment approaches related to trauma therapy.

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        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Natalie Watson, AMFT

Associate Therapist

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        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Marina Canella, AMFT

Associate Therapist

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        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Claudia Kraake, AMFT

Associate Therapist

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        in San Luis Obispo providing therapy services with DeRose Therapy Group

Logan Rolle, APCC

Associate Therapist