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Trauma & Emotional Healing

When the experience is over, but your mind and body are still responding.

Trauma can leave the nervous system on duty long after the danger has passed. You may know, logically, that it is over — and still find your body, emotions, and relationships responding as if it is not.

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Experiences that may bring people here

  • Feeling unsafe, on edge, or constantly alert
  • Intrusive memories, images, or reminders
  • Emotional numbness or feeling shut down
  • Difficulty trusting others — or yourself
  • Shame, self-blame, or harsh inner criticism
  • Avoiding places, people, or conversations
  • Effects on relationships and intimacy
  • Feeling disconnected from your own body or life

How we work

Trauma work here is paced, collaborative, and built on consent. You will never be pushed to retell details before you feel ready, and stabilizing skills come before deeper processing. Safety — emotional and physical — is treated as the foundation, not an afterthought.

Healing from trauma is not about forgetting. It is about your mind and body learning, gradually, that the danger has passed — and that you are allowed to live again.

You do not have to wait until everything becomes unbearable.

Reaching out does not mean you have failed to cope. Your initial consultation is free, and it can be the first step toward having a place where you no longer have to carry everything by yourself.

Ruby Dobry, APCC

Associate Professional Clinical Counselor, APCC #20110, supervised by Cameda T Jackson, LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor #14116.

Serving clients located in California

rubyd@landdwellness.com

415-933-9986

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If you are in crisis

This practice does not provide emergency or crisis services through this website. If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. In the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

This website provides general information and is not a substitute for mental health treatment, medical care, or emergency services.

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