TRAUMA THERAPY IN CALIFORNIA & WASHINGTON
You risk staying stuck in survival mode, not because you have to, but because nothing changed.
Just getting through it isn't enough. You deserve to actually feel good.
Trauma often feels like a constant on switch where your body is always anticipating danger or something bad happening. It can show up as feeling on edge, freezing up, exhaustion, or even relationship issues..
At Tiny Cottage, you’ll find therapy that helps you understand what’s fueling those patterns and how to respond to them with compassion, practical tools, and clarity.
What if you could finally live your life instead of just surviving it?
Do you struggle with these trauma-related symptoms?
Often feel on edge, tense, or hypervigilant
Feeling detached from oneself and/or others
Deep shame and guilt around your worth or feeling like you constantly carry a burden
Difficulty maintaining close relationships despite truly wanting love and friendship.
Chronic physical symptoms like insomnia, chronic pain, or nervous system activation
Finally live your life, instead of just getting through it.
Tiny Cottage Therapy blends culturally responsive practice with tools that help you move from reactive survival to intentional living.
What to Expect from Trauma Therapy
Understanding Your Trauma Patterns
Explore how trust issues, self-destructive patterns, and tension show up in your life, and where they come from.
Building Skills for Regulation & Processing on a Somatic Level
Develop practical tools for calming your nervous system, managing stress, and resting without shame. Utilize somatic tools like EMDR, Brainspotting, and the Trauma Conscious Yoga method to process trauma through more than just talking.
Unpacking Intergenerational & Inherited Trauma
Learn what burdens you’ve inherited from others before you and how to shift toward self-compassion and healing.
Clarifying Beliefs & Living Authentically
Identify what kind of life and beliefs you’d rather be living and let that guide your future choices.
HOW IT WORKS
Three simple steps
to becoming the version of yourself
you were always meant to be.
Telehealth · California & Washington · Accepting new clients now
Interested in processing trauma deeper and faster? Explore intensives.
A therapy intensive is an extended, focused session designed to give your nervous system the time it needs. Instead of 50 minutes a week, we carve out dedicated time to go deep without interruption—using EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic, and relational approaches woven together as the work calls for it.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Therapy for trauma helps you understand how trauma patterns, hyperviligance and nervous system activation show up in your body and daily choices. Together, we explore practical regulation skills, self-compassion practices, and somatic processing so your nervous system and inner experience feel more balanced and anchored.
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You do not need to recount details of traumatic events. EMDR, Brainspotting, and the Trauma Conscious Yoga Method emphasize mindfulness, bilateral stimulation, and body awareness, and are less talk‑heavy than traditional talk therapy.
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EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a structured form of psychotherapy that uses bilateral stimulation such as guided eye movements, tapping, or sounds while you focus on distressing memories. This process helps your brain reprocess those memories so they no longer hold the same emotional charge.
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Brainspotting is a brain‑body–focused therapeutic method that uses specific eye positions, called brainspots, to activate and access areas of emotional and physiological experience, helping the nervous system reprocess and release distress.
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The Trauma‑Conscious Yoga Method® (TCYM) is a trauma‑informed somatic therapeutic approach that integrates body awareness, breathwork, and mindful movement to support nervous system regulation and emotional resilience. It creates a safe, client‑led space where healing begins with the body as an ally in recovery.
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Tiny Cottage Therapy supports single-event trauma, PTSD, complex or multiple event trauma, intergenerational or inherited trauma, historical trauma, and immigration trauma. Blending a culturally attuned lens with trauma informed care, alongside evidenced-based methods such as EMDR, Brainspotting, and somatic therapies.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
You've been just getting through it for long enough. You deserve to actually feel good, and that starts with one conversation.
A free 15-minute consultation is your next step. No pressure, no paperwork, just a conversation to see if this feels like a good fit.
Telehealth · Accepting new clients in California & Washington · caitlin@tinycottagetherapy.com