Trauma therapy in Wisconsin for women who have not told anyone
Something happened to you. You have been carrying it.
A FREE GUIDE FROM BLOOMING HAVEN COUNSELING
You may not call it by it's clinical name...You may not call it by its legal name. You may not have told anyone, or you have told one person, or you have only told the people who needed to know. You have been carrying it on your own, and you have gotten good at carrying it.
Maybe it was sexual assault. Maybe it was something inside a relationship that did not feel safe. Maybe it started when you were too young to name it. Maybe it was a situation you were in for longer than you want to think about. Maybe you are still working out what to call it.
Whatever it was, it is still affecting your life. The way your body responds. The way you read other people. The way certain moments pull you out of the present without warning. The relationships that should feel safe but you brace against anyway. The sleep that does not settle. The sense that something inside you has not turned off.
If you have been thinking about therapy, you have likely been thinking about it for a long time. And you have likely been talking yourself out of it for almost as long. The fear of having to tell the whole story. The fear that what happened was not bad enough. The fear that the therapist will not understand.
This guide is for the moment before you reach out. It names the specific things keeping you from making the call, and tells you what is true on the other side of each one. Ten minutes of reading. Five specific fears. One conversation at the end, smaller than you think it is.
Download "Before You Make the Call"
A guide for women considering trauma therapy after something they have carried for a long time.
What you will find inside.
The guide walks through five specific fears that keep women from starting trauma therapy: the fear of having to tell the whole story, the fear that what happened was not bad enough, the fear of falling apart, the fear that the therapist will not understand, and the fear that this is not the right moment to reach out. For each fear, the guide tells you what is actually true on the other side. The piece closes with a clear walk-through of what the free fifteen-minute consultation actually looks like, so the unknown becomes known.
Who this is for.
Women across Wisconsin who are considering trauma therapy after experiences including sexual assault, intimate partner violence, childhood abuse, trafficking, or experiences that do not yet have a clean name. Adult women, ages 18 and up. You do not have to identify with any specific clinical or legal label to read the guide. It will meet you where you are.
Who I am.
I am Jada LaBounty, LPC-IT. I am a trauma therapist serving women across Wisconsin through virtual sessions. My practice specializes in survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, childhood abuse, and trafficking, with EMDR therapy as the core of my clinical approach.
I came to this work because I have lived close to it. If you want to learn more about how I work before downloading the guide, you can read more on the About page or on the EMDR Therapy page.