Counseling in The Greater Boston Area
EMDR Therapy & Trauma Therapy for Adults
We are in network with
Cigna
Oscar
Allegiance
Optum
United Healthcare
UBH
UMR
Sutter Select
Oxford
Aetna
Meritain Health
First Health
Geisinger
Wellfleet
Cigna Oscar Allegiance Optum United Healthcare UBH UMR Sutter Select Oxford Aetna Meritain Health First Health Geisinger Wellfleet
Now Offering:
Adjunct EMDR Intensive Sessions
Adjunct EMDR sessions are helpful in addition to regular talk therapy with your ongoing therapist to address other areas of your interest with a specific focus.
Trauma Counseling in Boston
We are glad you’re here!
You are finally thinking about prioritizing your mental health! However, finding the right therapist is not easy.
Think about what you are looking for in therapy and in a therapist. Also, get a feel for the therapist during the consultation call. Do you feel the connection?
How we can help
We have a team of trauma therapists who practice attachment-based and relational trauma therapy. We can help individuals attend to their relevant memories, emotions, physical sensations, thoughts, and pain while being there as a safeguard in the therapeutic space. It is not just a reflection that you do in talk therapy. You can really feel it in your body and take yourself back to where it started and become empathetic toward yourself. You do not have to deal with your pain alone. You will have your therapist as a guide through the challenges to overcome your trauma. You will experience a beautiful process in the transformation of your traumatic memories into a compassionate perspective.
Complex Trauma and PTSD
Family Trauma
Childhood trauma
Sexual violence and trauma
Emotional and Psychological abuse
Physical violence
Grief and Loss
Medical Trauma
Immigration history in the family
Trauma from natural disasters
History of eating disorder
History or ongoing substance use or self-medication
Living with a family member who has substance use issues or mental health conditions
Bipolar disorder
Phobia: Fear of Driving and Performance anxiety
Social Anxiety
Intimacy Issues
Culturally Aligned trauma counseling for
people of color
Feel connected and cared for by therapists who understand what it means and feels like to live as a person of color, navigating through workplace stress and challenges, cultural expectations by society, and living with more than two cultures and identities.
asian mental health & Therapy for
asian americans and pacific islanders
Are you looking to address family-based trauma and intergenerational trauma?
Do you want to address ongoing conflicts with your parents or siblings?
Do you hope to talk to someone who has an understanding of the immigration experiences within the family?
Our TEAM of Boston-Based Trauma Therapists
EMDRIA Certified Therapist and Consultant in Training.
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FounderAshley provides individual therapy for adults in California and Massachusetts via telehealth. She is the therapist to go to when you are seeking trauma-focused therapy for adults. She specializes in therapy for complex trauma, childhood trauma, phobia treatment, PTSD treatment, therapy for sexual trauma, family trauma, and emotional trauma.
Frequently Asked Questions About Trauma Counseling in the Greater Boston Area
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Regular talk therapy may get you started in opening in therapy. However, it may quickly turn into venting about your week with a repeated pattern of issues that never seem to go away. EMDR Therapy, whether in person or online, offers a trauma-focused approach to address the issues directly. It has been heavily researched and proven highly effective for complex trauma.
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Talk therapy cannot be enough to resolve trauma. Yes, the therapeutic relationship, the expression of emotions, and reflections are important, which I base the foundation on in therapy. However, trauma therapy or trauma focused therapy deepens with a somatic approach and an imagery exercise (+ mind and body connection) to address memories, core beliefs or narratives, and the nervous system. EMDR Therapy is an example of trauma therapy.
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The main idea of EMDR, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is that when your emotional brain is activated through a specific type of stimulation while you focus on the traumatic memory, the experience of the memory can change in a way that brings positive outcomes, such as relief of symptoms, improved sense of self, better relationships with others, and daily life.