Your trauma is real and valid and you deserve a space to talk about it.

Trauma isn't something you make up. And It's not something you can just think your way out of. Left untreated, interpersonal and childhood trauma can reverberate through your adult relationships making it difficult for you to get close to other people. But, with the right support, healing from Complex Trauma is possible!

Does any of this resonate with you?

• Relationships are hard for you, you feel disconnected from others, you put up walls, push people away, and you can't seem to get the love you want.
  
  
• You find yourself repeating the same relationship patterns over and over and you keep getting hurt.
  
  
• You lose yourself in relationships, always reacting, adapting, feeling responsible, and caring for others.​
  
  
• You worry you're a burden, that you have to earn your place, earn love by doing rather than being.
  
  
• You're overwhelmed by your emotional ups and downs. You feel like you're often on the verge of losing control.
  
  
• You feel disconnected from yourself, empty and numb.
  
  
• ​You question if what you've been through even counts as trauma.
  
  
• You secretly feel like you're broken.
  
  
• You dream of a more calm, stable, connected life, but you can't figure out how to get there.

You're not broken, you're injured, and your injuries are treatable with the right therapy.

Many therapists and modalities focus on treating the symptoms of complex trauma. But the real healing from CPTSD comes from addressing the wounds underneath, and that's not done by therapy modalities like CBT and DBT. Deep wounds are healed by feeling safe, sitting with the pain as it comes up rather than hiding from it, and integrating all parts of you. This includes parts that feel shameful, unacceptable, or scary.

Are you ready to begin your journey to healing from Complex Trauma?

You’re here because a part of you believes that life can get better, that you can start feeling good again. And I believe it can get better for you, too. 

​It starts with feeling safe enough to open up to all parts of yourself within a safe, empowering, consistent therapeutic relationship.

Imagine getting to the bottom of what's not working and making real changes in your life.

Hi, I'm Smadar Salzman, LMFT, and I can help you.

I'm a Relational & Complex Trauma (CPTSD) therapist. I help adults who've been in abusive & neglectful relationships overcome feeling out of control and broken in order to live a more peaceful, secure, & connected life.

Together we’ll navigate the impact of repeated, prolonged relational trauma on your sense of self and your ability to regulate emotions.
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With the right therapy, you can heal from what’s been done to you. You can also learn skills so you can feel more stable, secure, & connected within yourself and in your relationships.

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Reconnect with yourself and heal past wounds with an experienced therapist you can trust.

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CPTSD & Highly Sensitive People

Explore and heal relational trauma with a knowledgeable therapist who understands the HSP trait. 

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A safe, supportive space for you, so you can show up for others as your best self.

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I understand you may have questions about this process and whether I’m the right therapist for you. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation with me to get your questions answered and learn more about how we can work together.

Heal your past, transform your future.

Your transformation starts here. Get started on your journey to healing from CPTSD in 3 simple steps.

Step 1: Reach out for help.

• Schedule a free initial consultation online.
• ​We'll discuss what brings you to therapy now, what your past attempts at healing have looked like, and how you're hoping therapy with me can help you.
• I'll answer any questions you have about my approach, experience, and logistics.
• If we both think it's a good fit, we'll schedule an ongoing weekly or every other week appointment that works consistently with both of our schedules..

Step 2: Get the support you need.

• Find a private, comfortable place to meet. Be open and ready to explore your narratives, patterns, feelings, and behaviors that keep you trapped in the past, avoiding the present, and unable to move forward.
• The safe, consistent, and empowering therapeutic environment will help you begin to open up, at your own pace, to everything within you that you've pushed aside all these years. 
• I'll pull together all the pieces and show you what I see from the outside. This will help you make connections between past traumas and current struggles, and deepen your understanding of yourself and the impact of relational trauma on your life.

Step 3: Start your transformation.

• Gain the ability to stay present and grounded within yourself instead of constantly trying to escape your body and life through distraction or compulsive thoughts and actions. 
• Feel more empowered to challenge the parts of you that say you're not good enough, that you don't deserve love, that it's not safe to trust others.
• Understand how to recognize trauma triggers in relationships when they begin, interrupt the spiral, and do something different. 
• Feel connected with yourself and confident in knowing what you need first so you can show up for yourself and for those you love. 
• Discover and reconnect with your unique skills, strengths, and resources that may have been overlooked, criticized, or undermined by others.
• Receive consistent supportive validation of your self-worth and that all parts of you and all emotions are acceptable and can be integrated into your present self.
• Get unstuck from the constant, predictable loop of feeling out of control and begin living a more peaceful, calm, and connected life.
• Understand that trauma therapy isn't linear, and sometimes it feels like a wandering path, but the trajectory is always forward. 

Discover what healing from Complex Trauma can look like for you.

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Reflections from my clients on their CPTSD healing journeys.

"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. "

You don't have to keep trying to do this on your own. Together we can discover a new way forward toward healing from Complex Trauma.

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