Trauma Therapy

Healing from Trauma with Compassionate, Evidence-Based Care

When the Past Won’t Stay in the Past

Trauma doesn’t just live in your memories — it lives in your body, your relationships, your nervous system. It can impact your ability to feel safe, connect with others, or trust yourself.

At Laike Rising Therapy, we provide specialized trauma therapy for individuals in Indianapolis, New York City, and via telehealth. Our work is grounded in empathy, science, and a belief in your capacity to heal. No matter what you’ve been through, healing is possible — and you don’t have to do it alone.

What Is Trauma?

When Overwhelm Becomes a Wound

Trauma happens when something overwhelms your nervous system faster than you can process it. You may have “gotten through it,” but the experience may still be living in your body and mind.

Types of Trauma We Treat

  • Single-Incident Trauma: accidents, assaults, loss, disasters

  • Complex Trauma: childhood abuse, chronic emotional neglect, long-term relationship violence

  • Developmental Trauma: early attachment wounds, family dysfunction, abandonment

  • Medical & Workplace Trauma: surgeries, chronic illness, burnout, institutional harm

  • Relational & Sexual Trauma: betrayal, infidelity, coercion, emotional manipulation

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How Trauma Shows Up

symptoms and Behavior

Emotional & Psychological Symptoms

  • Flashbacks, nightmares, or panic

  • Anxiety, overwhelm, or dissociation

  • Shame, guilt, or emotional numbness

  • Difficulty trusting yourself or others

Physical & Somatic Symptoms

  • Chronic fatigue or body tension
  • Sleep issues or appetite changes

  • Digestive problems or headaches

  • Hypervigilance or being easily startled

Behavioral & Relational Patterns

  • Social withdrawal or people-pleasing

  • Avoidance of reminders or intimacy

  • Difficulty focusing or setting boundaries

  • Substance use or compulsive behavior

Our Trauma-Informed Approach

Personalized. Evidence-Based. Rooted in Self-Compassion.

Healing from trauma isn’t about pushing through — it’s about creating safety, building trust, and working at your pace with therapies that support the whole self.

EMDR Therapy

  • Targets and reprocesses disturbing memories

  • Uses bilateral stimulation to calm the nervous system

  • Helps reduce flashbacks, panic, and negative self-beliefs

  • Effective for PTSD, abuse, and complex trauma

Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy

  • Gently accesses subconscious trauma material

  • Facilitates deep emotional release and somatic integration

  • Rewrites trauma-based narratives rooted in fear or guilt

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Works with parts that carry pain, fear, or shame

  • Helps unburden protective parts stuck in survival mode

  • Restores inner harmony and access to your Self — your core of calm and clarity

Somatic & Mind-Body Healing

  • Breathwork, grounding, and movement

  • Restores nervous system regulation

  • Builds safety and embodiment from the inside out

What to Expect in Trauma Therapy

We Start Where You Are — And Walk With You

Phase 1: Safety & Stabilization

  • Trauma-informed intake & assessment

  • Psychoeducation on the nervous system & trauma

  • Coping tools, grounding, and resourcing

  • Building therapeutic trust and safety

Phase 2: Processing & Unburdening

  • EMDR or parts work focused on trauma memories

  • Somatic release techniques and emotion regulation

  • Working with protective parts and internalized shame

  • Exploring identity and core beliefs

Phase 3: Integration & Growth

  • Reconnecting with joy, trust, and self-worth

  • Creating meaning from pain

  • Building resilience and managing future triggers

  • Strengthening relationships and inner resources

Who Trauma Therapy Is For

You may benefit from trauma therapy if you:

  • Feel stuck in anxiety, fear, or shame

  • Experience flashbacks or emotional flooding

  • Avoid people, places, or memories related to trauma

  • Struggle with trust, intimacy, or boundaries

  • Carry guilt or self-blame that doesn’t feel like yours

  • Want to reclaim your voice, identity, and inner peace

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Why Choose Laike Rising Therapy

Trauma Expertise You Can Trust

  • Certified in EMDR and parts informed IFS for complex trauma

  • LGBTQ+ affirming and spiritually inclusive

  • Experienced in developmental, sexual, and relationship trauma

  • Serving Indianapolis, NYC, and nationwide via telehealth 


Healing Is Possible

Trauma may have shaped your past — but it doesn’t have to define your future. With the right support, you can:

  • Release survival-based behaviors and beliefs

  • Restore inner safety and identity

  • Build strong, fulfilling relationships

  • Reclaim your body, voice, and future

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WE'RE HERE FOR YOU

Let's Get Started

NOW is the time to schedule your FREE 15-minute consultation. We want to learn more about you and know how we can help.

Don't Wait

Help is just a phone call away….

While we do not yet know your story, we understand what it means to suffer in silence.
Our group of skilled therapists understand the long-term impact of trauma and are trained to work in helping you resolve this.

Through methods like hypnotherapy and EMDR, we have seen transformations in the lives of those who’ve experienced trauma.

While this is a challenging and scary time, we’re here to help you in your journey to recovery and healing.

And while we are here ready to help, only you can make the call.