Healing Relational & Complex Trauma
Heal Your Past, Transform Your Future
Is your past getting in the way of your relationships?
When childhood trauma or family dysfunction follows you into adulthood, it can leave you feeling stuck, unsafe, and unsure of yourself.
You may notice the same painful patterns repeating, no matter how hard you try to change.
Maybe you work tirelessly to hold relationships together, only to feel unseen or unappreciated. Or you shut down when emotions become overwhelming, leaving you feeling disconnected and alone. Sometimes you blame yourself when things fall apart, wondering if something is wrong with you.
The truth is, these struggles aren’t signs that you’re broken. They’re the result of surviving what you went through.
The good news is that survival strategies can be untangled and healed. With the right therapy, you can begin to feel safe in your own body, trust yourself in relationships, and create the kind of life and connections you long for.
If you find yourself asking: “Was it really that bad, or am I just crazy?"
You're in the right place.
You're not broken, you're injured. And with the right therapy, you can heal.
My name is Smadar, and I help people heal from the kind of trauma that’s hard to see and even harder to understand. Trauma caused by feeling unsafe or unseen in your closest relationships growing up. This trauma leaves you questioning what love really is, who you really are, and how to have relationships that feel safe, secure, and stable. I know you're not broken or damaged. It's time to learn to trust your nervous system and the information it brings you.
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Healing Relational and Complex TraumaI specialize in working with individual adults struggling with the effects of relational and complex trauma. Early experiences shape how we perceive and navigate relationships, often leaving us stuck in patterns that no longer serve us. My approach focuses on creating a safe, supportive environment to help you heal from childhood wounds and establish more secure connections.
Restoring Emotional BalanceIf you’re feeling overwhelmed by intense emotions, numbness, or dissociation, I can help. I understand how trauma and childhood neglect can lead to feeling disconnected from yourself and others. Together, we’ll work on building emotional resilience, so you can manage overwhelming feelings and regain a sense of control and stability.
Guided by Experience and CompassionAs a therapist with nearly two decades of experience treating dissociative disorders, family dysfunction, and adult children of parents with mental illness, I bring a compassionate and informed approach to therapy. Whether you’re an individual or a couple looking to break the cycle of trauma, I provide a space where you can safely explore your past and create a healthier future.
Online Therapy in California, Florida, Michigan, Nevada, and Vermont. |
You're not broken or damaged.
You're acting based on past events that are encoded in your nervous system.
Let’s work together to heal the underlying issues and achieve lasting change.
You can build healthy relationships with yourself and others.
You are not who they made you out to be. Discover the real you.
I won't give up on you. You're not alone.
Maybe you've tried therapy before but still feel stuck.
You’ve been in therapy, read the books, listened to the podcasts, but still feel bad about yourself and unhappy in your relationships. Healing from relational abuse and emotional neglect starts with feeling safe enough to open up in a validating, empowering therapeutic relationship.
I'm a different kind of therapist.
Not all therapists are trauma-informed, and even fewer are experienced with C-PTSD. Real healing from relational and complex trauma involves addressing the full impact of trauma on your sense of self and relationships- not just talking about the past or reliving it. True healing doesn’t require constantly revisiting the trauma in therapy.
Healing from Complex Trauma requires more than techniques.
Real healing from complex trauma goes beyond surface-level approaches. Trauma affects your neurobiology, often keeping you stuck in survival mode. True healing happens in safe, trusting relationships where you can process the pain and begin to shift out of survival mode. In therapy, we’ll focus on integrating all parts of yourself, helping you reclaim a sense of wholeness in a supportive, non-judgmental space.
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Getting started is simple. Here's how: |
1. Book a free 15-minute consultation online here.
2. Show up to sessions to explore, process, and practice together.
3. Get unstuck from the constant, predictable loop of feeling out of control and damaged.
Therapy should be a place where you feel safe, seen, supported, and empowered.
I can help you to:
- Work through unresolved past relational trauma and abuse affecting your current relationships.
- Create better boundaries in relationships with family and friends.
- Work through challenges and anxiety around dating and intimacy in order to have healthy romantic relationships.
- Improve your relationship with yourself and feel safe in your body.
You can find peace of mind and begin living a more calm, connected, stable life.
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In my clients' words: |
"With Smadar’s help I began to see how relational trauma, when not directly confronted and dealt with, can end up creating a lifelong pattern of avoidance and dysfunction. Smadar is very good at what she does." |
"Smadar is a phenomenal therapist. With her help, I started peeling back my many layers of dysfunction as a child of mentally ill and alcoholic parents. I’m less afraid of relationships and intimacy now than I’ve ever been before." |
"It took a long time for me to find a therapist who challenges me but also validates me. It’s taken several years of nonstop work to begin feeling like a whole person. I’m more stable and more fully integrated now than I’ve ever been." |
"The future feels less hypothetical. I'm starting to get glimpses of it. For the first time in my life I'm becoming who I truly am, and living the life I truly want. I'm truly thankful for how you've supported me and helped me to grow. " |
