Trauma is the experience of overwhelming, distressing, and life-threatening events which overwhelm our coping capacity. Trauma impacts our ability to stay present, grounded, and calm while impacting how we see ourselves, others, and the world. Are you safe? Are you lovable? Do you feel like a failure? These are just some questions which may resonate with you as you reflect on yourself and your past. These are also ways we feel because we experienced something overwhelming that chipped away at our sense of safety and identity.

These are also ways we feel because we experienced something overwhelming that chipped away at our sense of safety and identity.

Trauma can be a single, distressing event. Something you can look back and identify a major event in time that was traumatic. However, trauma can also be an accumulation of smaller, less intense but more frequent experiences that can erode our self-esteem, self-worth, trust in self or others or even the universe. Trauma counselling can be beneficial for any type of traumatic experiences because you deserve to feel safe in your body and in this world.