Trauma, PTSD, & C-PTSD Therapy in NYC
Trauma is not defined only by the events you lived through. It is shaped by how your nervous system adapted in order to survive. You may know that something is “in the past” and still find that your body reacts as if it is happening now. You might feel on edge, numb, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure why certain situations affect you so strongly.
Are You Struggling to Heal from the Past?
At Queens Integrative, we offer trauma-informed therapy to support you through the healing process, whether you're coping with a single event or the long-term effects of complex, relational, or systemic trauma.
Grounded in a relational and mind-body framework, our approach prioritizes safety, trust, and collaboration. We help you process traumatic memories and sensory memories to understand their emotional and mental impact, and gently reconnect with parts of yourself that may feel disconnected or overwhelmed.
Types Of Trauma I Specialize In:
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PTSD develops after a specific, identifiable event: an accident, an assault, a loss, a moment where your safety was genuinely threatened.
If you’ve been asking:
“Why can’t I stop thinking about what happened?”
“Why do I still feel anxious or on edge?”
You’re not alone. Even brief moments of crisis can disrupt your sense of safety and trust in the world.
The nervous system holds onto that moment long after it's over, showing up as flashbacks, hypervigilance, or a body that stays braced for something that already happened. This work helps you process the event itself and reconnect with a sense of safety in the present.
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C-PTSD isn't rooted in one event. It comes from prolonged or repeated exposure to unsafe conditions, often over years, often in relationships where you had no way out. It can shape how you see yourself as much as how you respond to the world: chronic self-doubt, difficulty trusting, a nervous system that learned to stay on guard as a way of life.
If you find yourself wondering:
“Why do I struggle with relationships, boundaries, or self-worth?”
“Why do I feel stuck in emotional patterns that don’t make sense?”
You may be navigating developmental trauma or complex PTSD which is often rooted in childhood experiences such as emotional neglect, inconsistent caregiving, abuse, or chronic stress.
This work moves slower by necessity, building safety and self-trust alongside processing what happened.
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Some trauma lives specifically in how connection itself was learned through a parent, a partner, a family system where closeness came with conditions or harm. It often shows up not as a memory but as a pattern: pulling away right when things get close, reading danger into ordinary conflict, struggling to feel safe even in relationships that are actually safe. This work traces those patterns and release them, so they stop running your closest relationships today.