SOMETHING STILL HAS A HOLD ON YOU.
Trauma Therapy in NYC
Virtually in New York & Florida.
Trauma isn't always one big event. Sometimes it's a relationship that wore you down. A loss that changed how you see the world. A stretch of your life where things felt out of control and you never fully landed after it.
You might not even use the word "trauma." You just know that an experience profoundly affected you — and thinking your way through it hasn't worked.
Therapy helps you actually process what's stuck, instead of continuing to manage around it.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
Trauma Therapy in NYC May Be Right For You If…
✦ Other people's discomfort feels like your emergency. You'd rather absorb someone else's mood than risk a confrontation.
✦ You people-please on autopilot— saying yes before you've even checked in with yourself, and by the time you realize you didn't want to, it's too late.
✦ You make yourself “smaller”—quieter, easier and more agreeable without even realizing you're doing it. It's how you learned to stay safe.
✦ Perfectionism became a way to stay safe — if you do everything right, no one can criticize you.
✦ You have a hard time sleeping, or you wake up already wired — maybe the same dream keeps finding you
From Carrying It to Putting It Down.
TRAUMA THERAPY ACTUALLY CHANGES….
What This Work Can Shift:
⟡Still reacting to something that's already over. → Your nervous system catches up to where your life actually is.
⟡.Avoiding situations, people, or feelings tied to what happened. → Engaging with your life without the same charge.
⟡ Holding yourself to impossible standards to stay safe → Letting yourself be imperfect without the panic.
⟡ Understanding the problem but staying stuck in it. → Moving past insight into real change.
⟡ Knowing you're safe but not feeling it. → Actually feeling settled in your own body
STEP 1:
STABILIZE
First we build the relationship, understand your patterns, and make sure your nervous system has somewhere steady to land. Nothing gets pushed before you're ready.
STEP 2:
PROCESS
We gently explore how trauma has been stuck. We help your brain and body to actually process what they've been holding onto.
STEP 3:
REBUILD
Over time, as we process you start to move differently. You react less. You trust yourself more. You stop organizing your life around something that's already behind you.
The goal isn't to relive it. It's to stop living in it.
When You Don't Trust Your Own Reactions Anymore
Trauma doesn’t just live in your memory — it lives in your body. It might show up as constantly feeling on edge, second-guessing yourself, wondering if you're "overreacting" — and telling yourself it wasn't that bad while it's still running your life.
In therapy, we work gently with what your nervous system is still carrying. Using approaches including EMDR so your body can process what talk therapy alone hasn’t been able to address.
THROUGH THIS WORK,
YOU CAN:
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✦ Stop organizing your life around what happened
✦ Feel present instead of braced or shut down
✦ Feel safe - not just know you’re safe
✦ Trust your own reactions again
ALISON MARKOWITZ, LCSW
Hi. I'm Alison.
I work with adults who are still feeling the impact of things they've been through — even when they think they should be over it by now. Some second-guess if the experiences they went through "count" or whether it was bad enough to still be affecting them. Other clients can explain what happened clearly — but understanding hasn't been enough to change how they feel or the patterns they keep ending up in.
Either way, you don't have to have it sorted out before you get here.
I'm direct, engaged, and I don't sit back and nod. We pay attention to what's happening in the room so you can start experiencing yourself differently — not just talking about it. There's room for confusion, mixed feelings, and not having it all figured out. That's where the real work happens.
You don't need the right words or a clear plan. We start where you are. don't need the right words or a clear plan. We start where you are.
Frequently Asked Questions.
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If something happened and it's still affecting how you feel, react, or move through your life — that's worth looking at. Trauma isn't defined by how "bad" it was compared to someone else's experience. It's defined by how it's living in your system now.
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Time doesn't automatically process trauma. If it's still showing up — in your reactions, your relationships, your sense of safety — it's still active, and we can work with it.
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Trauma therapy specifically addresses how overwhelming experiences get stored in the brain and body. It goes beyond conversation and insight to help your system process what it's been holding onto — so things actually shift, not just make more sense.
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It doesn't have to be. The goal is never to overwhelm you. We work at a pace that keeps you grounded — challenged enough for things to move, but steady enough that you don't get flooded.
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Yes. I offer virtual therapy sessions for clients throughout New York and Florida.
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No. We don't start by diving into the hardest stuff. We build safety and stability first, and you only go deeper when you're ready. You're always in control of the pace.
READY TO START?
You Don't Have Keep Managing Around It.
You don't need the right words or a clear plan before reaching out. If something still feels unresolved — that's reason enough. We'll move at a pace that feels safe and supportive for you.