When the Story Got Interrupted

Supporting children who’ve experienced trauma, overwhelm, or regression—and helping their nervous systems feel safe enough to begin again.

Sometimes a child who once seemed to be thriving suddenly loses skills, becomes more reactive, or withdraws from connection. Sometimes they never seemed to fully land in their development at all. What looks like “regression” is often the nervous system’s way of saying: this is too much.

I support children who:

• Have experienced early medical or relational trauma

• Show signs of developmental regression after stress or life transitions

• Have difficulty accessing skills they previously had (language, motor, sleep, toileting)

• Display extreme emotional shifts or shutdown

• Can’t seem to “catch up” developmentally despite therapy or support

In this work, we slow down and listen to what the child’s system is communicating. Trauma is not just something that happened—it’s something that’s still living in the body, shaping how safety, connection, and expression are experienced.

This approach gently supports:

• Restoring a sense of safety through co-regulation and body-based work

• Rebuilding motor and communication patterns from the nervous system outward

• Creating space for emotional processing without forcing verbalization

• Reconnecting the child with a stable inner sense of “I am here, I am safe”

• Helping parents understand the regressions not as failures—but as invitations for repair

This is tender work. It’s not about fixing what’s broken, but about helping the child return to themselves—gently, slowly, and in relationship.