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Trauma Therapy Services

Transform Your Relationship with Past Experiences Through Integrative Healing

If you're carrying the weight of traumatic experiences while trying to maintain balance in your life, you're not alone. I specialize in trauma therapy that speaks to individuals navigating the complex intersection of personal healing, relationships, and life responsibilities.

What Is Trauma Therapy?
 
Trauma therapy at sitwithshabs goes beyond traditional approaches. I view traumatic events not as isolated incidents but as experiences that ripple through your entire system, affecting your nervous system, relationships, work performance, and daily well-being. My trauma-informed approach integrates the understanding that your mental health emerges from the dynamic interplay between your biology, psychology, and social world.

Having personally navigated intense corporate environments, motherhood, and the unique pressures of startup life as a spouse, I understand the language of those juggling multiple life demands. I recognize how workplace stress, relationship challenges, and life transitions can create or compound trauma symptoms that traditional therapy might miss.

My Approach to Treating Trauma

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Through IFS, we map the different parts of you that developed in response to traumatic experiences. Rather than trying to eliminate protective patterns, we understand their purpose and help them evolve into healthier roles within your internal system.

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Relational Life Therapy (RLT)

Trauma affects how we connect with others. This approach examines relationship patterns, helping you create more authentic connections with partners, family members, and colleagues while addressing how past trauma influences current dynamics.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT helps you develop psychological flexibility, the ability to be present with difficult emotions while staying connected to your values. This isn't about bypassing trauma symptoms but building capacity to move forward meaningfully.

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Integrative Body-Mind Focus

Your body holds traumatic memories in ways words cannot always access. I incorporate somatic awareness and mindfulness practices, helping you reconnect with your body's wisdom and create new pathways for nervous system regulation.

Who Benefits from Trauma Therapy?

My trauma therapy services are designed for individuals in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who:
 

  • Feel something is missing despite having achieved external milestones

  • Experience physical manifestations of stress, chronic tension, digestive issues, sleep disturbances, that suggest unprocessed traumatic experiences

  • Notice recurring relationship patterns that seem connected to past wounds

  • Struggle with perfectionism that leaves no room for self-compassion or authentic expression

  • Feel disconnected from joy, creativity, or genuine connection despite external success

  • Navigate major life transitions that trigger unexpected emotional responses

  • Process grief and sadness that feels overwhelming or stuck
     

Whether you're dealing with childhood trauma, work stress and burnout (excluding leadership coaching), relationship difficulties, or the complex interplay of multiple traumatic events, my approach addresses the full spectrum of how trauma manifests in daily life.

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What Makes This Different

Beyond Crisis Management

I'm not interested in surface-level symptom management. My trauma-focused therapy addresses the root patterns keeping you stuck, working toward genuine transformation rather than temporary relief from post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.

Holistic Integration

This isn't just talk therapy. We examine how you sleep, move, eat, connect, and manage stress, understanding that sustainable healing requires attention to your entire life ecosystem. Every aspect of your daily rhythm impacts your capacity to heal from traumatic memories.

Continuous Support

Healing doesn't pause between sessions. You'll have WhatsApp access for scheduling and scheduling-related questions, ensuring smooth coordination of your care. I provide customized mindfulness practices and experiential exercises that help integrate our work into your daily life.

Professional Understanding

I speak your language. Having witnessed and experienced the unique pressures of corporate life, startup culture, and the juggling act of career and family, I understand the specific ways trauma shows up when you're managing multiple responsibilities and relationships.
 

What to Expect

Initial Consultation

Your journey begins with a free 15-minute consultation where we explore whether my approach aligns with your needs. My Client Care Coordinator, Mei, ensures a smooth onboarding process.

First Session

Our initial session focuses on:
 

  • Goal setting for your trauma therapy journey

  • Parts mapping to understand your internal system

  • History taking to contextualize your traumatic experiences

  • Introduction to experiential meditation and mindfulness practices


Ongoing Sessions

Regular sessions provide a safe and supportive environment where you can:
 

  • Process traumatic memories at your own pace

  • Develop effective coping strategies for managing trauma symptoms

  • Explore how past trauma influences present challenges

  • Build new patterns for emotional regulation and resilience

  • Work through relationship dynamics affected by trauma

  • Address work stress and burnout patterns 


Between Sessions
 

  • WhatsApp support for scheduling and scheduling-related questions

  • Customized mindfulness practices to reinforce our work

  • Session reminders to help you prepare mentally and emotionally

  • Integration exercises that help new insights take root

  • Crisis support offered (rarely needed) for selected clients after particularly intense trauma-focused sessions
     

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Specialized Support Areas

Perinatal Mental Health

Parenthood can trigger unexpected trauma responses or create new challenges. I offer specialized support for navigating this profound life transition while maintaining your sense of self.

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Couples Work

When both partners carry trauma, relationship dynamics become complex. I help couples understand how individual wounds play out in partnership, creating space for deeper connection and mutual healing.

Intensive Sessions

For those ready for accelerated work, intensive therapy options allow for profound shifts in concentrated timeframes, ideal for anyone wanting to maximize their therapeutic investment and create deeper transformation.

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Signs It's Time for Trauma Therapy

 Consider reaching out if you experience:
 

  • Persistent anxiety or depression that impacts your daily life

  • Physical symptoms your doctor can't explain

  • Emotional numbness alternating with overwhelming feelings

  • Difficulty maintaining authentic relationships

  • Work stress and burnout affecting your daily life

  • Perfectionism that feels imprisoning rather than motivating

  • Sleep disturbances or chronic fatigue

  • Recurring patterns you can't seem to break

  • Panic attacks that disrupt your functioning

  • Self-esteem challenges impacting your relationships and work
     

These aren't weaknesses, they're signals from your system that something needs attention. As a trauma therapist, I help you decode these messages and address their root causes.

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The Science of Transformation

My trauma-informed therapy is grounded in current neuroscience understanding of how traumatic events affect the nervous system. We work with your body's natural capacity for healing, using evidence-based approaches that address trauma at multiple levels:
 

  • Nervous System Regulation: Understanding and working with your stress response patterns

  • Cognitive Restructuring: Examining and updating beliefs formed during traumatic experiences

  • Somatic Integration: Reconnecting with body wisdom and releasing stored trauma

  • Relational Healing: Rebuilding capacity for authentic connection

Creating Lasting Change

True healing from post-traumatic stress isn't about forgetting traumatic memories or pretending they didn't happen. It's about transforming your relationship with these experiences so they no longer control your present. Through our trauma therapy work, you'll:
 

  • Develop a new understanding of your trauma symptoms as adaptive responses

  • Build practical coping skills for managing triggers and stress

  • Create healthier patterns in relationships and work

  • Reconnect with joy, creativity, and authentic self-expression

  • Establish sustainable practices that support long-term mental health

Investment in Your Well-Being

Seeking trauma therapy represents a profound commitment to yourself, one that ripples out to benefit every area of your life. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, work stress and burnout, relationship challenges, or the lasting effects of trauma, you'll find a space where your experiences are met with understanding, expertise, and genuine care.

Whether you join me online or in-person from Singapore, Dubai, or San Francisco, this isn't about fixing what's broken. It's about honoring your journey while creating space for growth, integration, and authentic living. Your traumatic experiences have shaped you, but they don't have to define your future.
 

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Begin Your Healing Journey

If you're ready to move beyond managing symptoms to creating genuine transformation, I invite you to reach out. Together, we'll explore how trauma-focused therapy can support your unique path from surviving to thriving.

Your story of healing begins with a single step. Contact us today for your free 15-minute consultation and discover how trauma therapy can help you reclaim your life, relationships, and sense of self.

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