COMPLEX TRAUMA THERAPY FOR WOMEN IN ALLEN, TX · ONLINE ACROSS TEXAS
Survival mode is still working.
But barely.
Therapy for the moment something in you finally whispers:
enough.
Schedule your free 15-minute consult to see if we're a fit.
TEXAS TRAUMA THERAPY FOR EMOTIONAL NUMBNESS, OVERWHELM, AND BURNOUT
Most women who find me aren't falling apart.
They're numb, holding everything together, and running on their last fumes of competency.
Underneath it all is the same quiet ache:
I can't keep living like this.
So you keep scrolling, secretly hoping and equally bracing,
for when one of these pages actually names what you haven't said out loud.
SPECIALIZED THERAPY FOR ATTACHMENT TRAUMA AND C-PTSD
I work with women who:
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Feel like everyone else got the manual for being human except them
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Swing between holding it all together and quietly wondering what would happen if they just let it all go
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Carry old, unspoken grief over needs that were never met and wants they didn't know they were allowed to have
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Feel the temperature of the room shift before anyone says a word
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Apologize for crying, then apologize for apologizing
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Keep everyone comfortable and happy, as it costs them their own nervous system
Hi, I'm Lauren
So much of who you think you are was built in response to what you had to survive.
Therapy with me is honest, deep, and relational.
If you’re numb, disconnected, or tired all the time,
your nervous system is just doing what it had to do.
There's nothing wrong with you.
You're surviving.
Whatever you're carrying, it's welcome here.
This is not a space for quick, surface level therapy.
The kind of work we do here stays with the hard things.
Long enough to understand what happened and what it cost.
Long enough to meet the self beneath the survival.
WOMEN'S TRAUMA THERAPIST IN ALLEN, TEXAS
C-PTSD TREATMENT IN TEXAS FOR WHEN TALK THERAPY
HASN'T REACHED THE BODY
Most of my clients come to me after they’ve already done therapy. Sometimes, a lot of it.
You can do hard, good work.
You can name the trauma and learn the skills.
You can show up with insight, self awareness, even self compassion.
And still, something can stay stuck.
A part of you might still feel outside of your own life.
Like you’re going through the motions, or watching from the edges.
Wondering how everyone else got the handbook and you didn’t.
That doesn’t mean you missed something.
It doesn’t mean you haven’t done the work.
It just means there’s something deeper still holding on.
Something that didn’t get words or safety the first time around.
That’s what we make space for here.
SOMATIC AND ATTACHMENT INFORMED TRAUMA THERAPY FOCUSED ON SAFETY AND CONNECTION
Sometimes trauma therapy
is reverent and profound.
Sometimes it’s crawling through the door and hoping that qualifies as effort.
Sometimes it’s mumbling, “I don’t even know why I’m here,” while already crying.
Sometimes it’s cracking a joke so dark even your therapist goes quiet.
(And then nods, because yeah, that tracks.)
Sometimes it's just sitting on a couch, blinking in the general direction of another human.
Turns out, this is therapy.
Turns out, this is the work.
Turns out, this is how healing really begins.
THERAPY SPECIALTIES FOR COMPLEX TRAUMA, ABUSE RECOVERY AND ATTACHMENT WOUNDS
TEXAS BASED C-PTSD THERAPY FOR WOMEN CARRYING UNSEEN TRAUMA, OLD GRIEF, AND THE BURDEN OF CONSTANT OVERFUNCTIONING
Something led you here.
You didn’t end up here by accident.
Even if you’re exhausted, even if you’ve gone numb...
some part of you is still reaching toward change.
That part didn’t forget you; it’s what got you this far.
START TRAUMA THERAPY IN COLLIN COUNTY OR ONLINE ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS
Getting started can be the hardest part.
It’s no small thing to let yourself hope for relief, trust a new process, or try to find the right fit.
1 / Reach Out
You can send a message through the contact form, email, text, or call, whatever is easiest. Just let me know you’re interested and what kind of support you’re hoping for (if you know). I’ll respond as soon as I can.
2 / Pre-Screening Form
Once I hear from you, I’ll send a short form. It’s a way for you to name what you’re carrying without needing to explain it all out loud. It helps me understand where you are and whether this space might be a good fit for that. It’s confidential, quick, and will give us both a little clarity before the first conversation.
3 / 15-Minute Phone Consultation
This is our first checkpoint. It's a chance to get oriented, ask anything on your mind, and get a feel for whether this space is the right fit. Therapy only works when the relationship feels solid. Research backs that up, and you probably already know it in your gut.
This initial call helps us both make sure we’re agreeing to something that actually supports your healing.
CONTACT A WOMEN'S TRAUMA THERAPIST TODAY
Reach out when you're ready.
You don’t need perfect words or a full story... just a small signal that you’re here and looking for a safe place to heal. We'll go from there!
TRAUMA THERAPY FAQ FOR WOMEN IN TEXAS HEALING FROM COMPLEX TRAUMA
FAQ's
(if your nervous system is still side eyeing therapy)
What kind of trauma therapy do you offer?
Storyspace specializes in trauma therapy for women, with a focus on nervous system regulation, attachment repair, and rebuilding identity and a sense of self. I specialize in complex trauma, including abuse recovery, religious trauma, attachment injuries and relational patterns, and women's stress and burnout. My approach supports long term healing by addressing trauma from all angles; through what gets stuck the body, how our mind makes sense of the story, and how we show up (or don't) in the relational spaces around us.
What makes trauma therapy different from regular talk therapy?
Trauma isn’t just stored in your thoughts or memories, it’s held in the body and nervous system. That’s why trauma work will require more than just talking about it. Therapy at Storyspace will use a blend of trauma models to help your brain and body process what couldn’t be felt, expressed, or understood at the time it happened. We focus on interoception (your ability to feel internal states), neuroception (how your brain detects safety or threat), and nervous system flexibility (your ability to shift out of survival modes like shutdown, fight, flight, or fawn). This helps move trauma from stuck survival patterns toward regulation and healing. You won’t be pushed to process anything you're not ready for. We'll work slowly and collaboratively, always with attention to how your nervous system is responding, not just what your brain is saying.
Is my trauma “bad enough” for this kind of specialized therapy?
If you’re asking this, you probably belong here. Many of our clients wonder if what they went through "counts," especially if they weren’t believed originally, if the harm was covert or hidden, or if they learned to minimize their own pain early on. Trauma isn't defined by how dramatic it looks on the outside. It's defined by what happened inside your nervous system: what overwhelmed your capacity to cope, process, or feel safe. That could include neglect, emotional manipulation, chronic stress, identity loss, or being in environments where your boundaries were never respected. You don’t need to justify or prove anything. If something still lives in your body, relationships, or sense of self; you’re allowed to seek healing for it.
Do you offer online therapy?
Yes, I offer telehealth sessions to clients across Texas. However, regular in-person work is recommended and often preferred by most clients, especially in the earlier stages of trauma work. Some phases of healing require safety and coregulation that are more easily accessed in person. When we're doing deeper somatic or attachment focused work, having access to the full relational field of voice, posture, pacing, and presence can support nervous system regulation in ways that are much harder to replicate online. That said, online therapy can still be effective, particularly for maintenance phases, life transitions, or clients with reliable regulation and strong therapeutic rapport. When appropriate, we can integrate telehealth as part of a flexible, long term plan that supports your needs without compromising the depth or safety of our work.
How long will therapy take?
There’s no single timeline for trauma recovery, especially when the trauma is complex, relational, or developmental in nature. This work is different from symptom based therapy or short term models. We’re not following a 10 step protocol, because it doesn't exist. We’re repairing patterns that were formed over years, sometimes decades, inside of relationships that shaped your sense of self, safety, and worth. Most of my clients are here for the long haul, not because they’re broken or stuck, but because they’re doing deep, layered work that takes time to integrate. This kind of healing requires a consistent, regulated relationship that can safely hold the full arc of your experience: the grief, the rewiring, the nervous system regulation, and the rebuilding of trust in yourself and others. That said, our work will always be collaborative and purposeful. We’ll revisit goals, celebrate your growth, and respect your pacing and process. Some clients start with weekly sessions and later move into more spaced out support like group work or intensives. Others use therapy as a long term, consistent anchor in their life. There are many right ways to heal. Because trauma work is not brief work, I encourage clients to consider the financial, emotional, and time commitments of this kind of therapy. If you're seeking something shorter term or strictly solution focused, there are excellent generalist therapists out there. But if you're here for trauma healing that’s rooted in relationship, regulation, and real repair, you’re in the right place.
How do I know if you're the right therapist for me?
In trauma therapy, the “right” therapist isn’t just someone with the right credentials. It’s someone your nervous system can eventually learn to feel safe with. Someone who can hold both your pain and your strength without flinching. Someone you can develop a semblance of secure attachment with, inside a contained space that allows for trust, truth, and repair. I specialize in complex and developmental trauma, which means the relationship between us isn’t just a delivery system for tools. It is part of the healing. That means I work slowly, collaboratively, and relationally. I pay attention to your pacing, your cues, and what your system needs to feel safe enough to do real work. I'm also not afraid of the hard stuff like disconnection, anger, grief, ambivalence. Those moments aren’t failures in this space. They’re part of what we learn to move through together. The right therapist is also someone who’s continually learning. I train consistently in trauma science, attachment, somatics, and nervous system regulation. I think deeply about my clients and their care between our sessions, and I work to earn your trust over time, not expect it up front. You don’t need to feel “certain” about me on day one. All you need is a sense that this space might be one your nervous system could settle into. From there, we’ll move at a pace that honors your story, your needs, and your readiness.