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Welcome to Aspen Grove Counseling

Trauma & PTSD Therapy 

Aspen Tree Grove

Recover from trauma at a pace that feels safe

 

What happened to you matters, and so does how it still lives in you. Maybe it shows up as memories you can't shake, a body that never quite relaxes, or reactions that feel bigger than the moment. You don't have to keep carrying it alone.

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At Aspen Grove Counseling, we offer trauma therapy that works with both the mind and the body. Using EMDR and sensorimotor psychotherapy, we help you process painful experiences, calm your nervous system, and reconnect with a sense of safety and steadiness. You set the pace. We never push you to talk about more than you're ready to.

Who we work with
 

Trauma isn't only about what happened. It's about what your mind and body learned in order to survive it. Many people come to us because they notice:

  • Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares

  • Anxiety, panic, or feeling constantly on edge

  • Feeling numb, disconnected, or "not really here"

  • Strong reactions to reminders, sounds, or situations

  • Trouble sleeping, concentrating, or trusting others

  • Physical tension, pain, or fatigue with no clear cause

  • Shame, guilt, or a harsh inner critic
     

These responses are not weakness or failure. They are signs that your nervous system did its job, and is still trying to protect you. With the right support, it can learn that the danger has passed.
 

We work with survivors of single-incident trauma (such as accidents, assaults, or sudden loss), complex and childhood trauma, medical trauma, relationship and betrayal trauma, and the long-term effects of chronic stress.

EMDR therapy
 

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a well-researched therapy for trauma and PTSD. It helps your brain finish processing experiences that got "stuck," so they feel less vivid and less distressing.

During EMDR, you briefly focus on a difficult memory while following a form of bilateral stimulation, such as guided eye movements, alternating taps, or tones. This engages your brain's natural healing processes. Over time, the memory loses its emotional charge. You still remember what happened, but it no longer feels like it's happening now.


EMDR can help you:

  • Reduce the intensity of distressing memories and triggers

  • Ease anxiety, panic, and hypervigilance

  • Shift painful beliefs such as "I'm not safe" or "It was my fault"

  • Feel more present, grounded, and in control


EMDR does not require you to describe every detail of what happened. Many clients find it gentler than they expected.

Why incorporate the body in trauma counseling?
 

Trauma is not only a memory of something that happened. It is also a response the body learned in order to survive. When an experience overwhelms a person’s ability to cope, the nervous system can stay set to protect: a racing heart, a tight chest, a startle response, a sudden shutdown, or a persistent numbness. Many people understand exactly why they feel this way and still can’t think their way out of it, because these reactions arise below the level of conscious thought. Working with the body gives therapy a way to reach what words alone may not. By noticing sensations, breath, posture, and impulses as they show up in the moment, a client can begin to recognize when their body is reacting to the past instead of the present, and learn to settle those responses rather than be driven by them.
 

Including the body also makes trauma work safer and more sustainable. Approaches such as EMDR and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy pay close attention to how a person is regulating in session, so the pace can slow down when someone becomes overwhelmed and move forward when they have enough steadiness to process difficult material. Building the capacity to ground, calm, and stay present gives clients tools they can use between sessions, and it helps them remain within a window where change is possible instead of being flooded or disconnected. Over time, this attention to the body can help people feel more at home in themselves, more able to trust their own signals, and better equipped to connect with others.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
 

Trauma is held in the body as well as the mind. Sensorimotor psychotherapy is a body-centered approach that helps you notice and work with physical sensations, impulses, and movement patterns that trauma left behind.

Rather than only talking about what happened, we gently track what's happening in your body right now: a tight chest, a clenched jaw, an urge to pull away or freeze. Through mindful awareness and small, guided experiments, you learn to regulate your nervous system, complete protective responses that were interrupted, and build a felt sense of safety.
 

Sensorimotor psychotherapy can help you:

  • Understand and calm your body's stress responses

  • Stay grounded when emotions or memories feel overwhelming

  • Reconnect with your body if you tend to feel numb or detached

  • Build resources and boundaries that support lasting change


This work is especially helpful for complex or developmental trauma, and for anyone who has felt the limits of talk therapy alone.

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