Healing Generational Trauma

Therapy to break intergenerational patterns and heal dysfunctional family dynamics.

Signs You Might Be Carrying

Generational Wounds

Generational trauma often lives quietly in the background of our lives—shaping how we think, feel, connect, and protect ourselves. You may not have chosen the patterns you grew up with, but you may still feel the weight of them: the silence, the pressure to be strong, the emotional distance, the fear of disappointing others, or the unspoken rules about love and belonging. When these patterns repeat across generations, they can start to feel like “just the way things are.” But they are not your destiny. I help clients understand what they inherited, how it shaped them, and how to finally break the cycles that no longer serve them. I provide secure telehealth trauma therapy across Colorado — whether you’re in Denver, Aurora, Boulder, or beyond.

How Generational Trauma Shows up

Therapist offering generational trauma therapy online in Colorado

Repeating relationship patterns.

Difficulty setting boundaries with family.

Guilt or pressure to be the “strong one.”

Emotional shutdown or over-responsibility.

People-pleasing and perfectionism.

Feeling like you’re living someone else’s life.

YOU MAY BE CARRYING GENERATIONAL TRAUMA IF YOU NOTICE:

These patterns were once survival strategies. Now they are invitations for healing.

Healing Family Dysfunction with Compassion

Family dysfunction doesn’t mean your family didn’t care—it often means they didn’t have the tools, support, or emotional modeling to give what they never received themselves.
Healing doesn’t require blaming. It requires understanding.

IN OUR WORK TOGETHER, WE EXPLORE:

Your family roles and expectations.

Unspoken rules that shaped you.

Emotional wounds passed down through generations.

Cultural narratives about strength, suffering, or silence.

aThe unmet needs you learned to hide.

This work helps you understand where your story began — and rewrite it with compassion and choice.

Woman feeling relief after trauma therapy in Colorado

What Healing Looks Like

YOU DESERVE TO LIVE A LIFE GUIDED BY CHOICE, NOT BY PATTERNS YOU HAD TO SURVIVE.

HEALING GENERATIONAL TRAUMA ALLOWS YOU TO:

  • Break unconscious patterns

  • Build healthy boundaries without guilt

  • Feel more grounded and connected

  • Rediscover your authentic self

  • Create a new emotional inheritance for future generations

This work is deep, gentle, and transformative.

Ready to break the cycle and begin your healing journey?

I’m here to support you.

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FAQs

  • Generational trauma refers to emotional wounds or behaviors passed down through your family system. These patterns can show up as anxiety, guilt, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or difficulty trusting others.

  • You might notice repeating family cycles, unresolved emotional pain, relationship struggles, or beliefs such as “I’m not enough.” Many clients say they feel “stuck” in patterns similar to their parents or caregivers.

  • Yes — generational trauma therapy helps you identify unconscious patterns, rewrite internal beliefs, and build healthier ways of relating so you don’t repeat the same emotional cycles.

  • No. Healing generational trauma focuses on your internal experience. You can heal with or without involving family members or changing those relationships.

  • I use trauma-informed approaches including parts work, attachment-focused therapy, and inner child work to help you feel safe and grounded.

  • Yes. Inherited patterns — like emotional suppression, perfectionism, or people-pleasing — often come from previous generations, even when your own childhood felt stable.