Somatic Trauma Therapy in Camas, Washington
Stop feeling like you have to hold it all together. Start feeling held.
Trauma therapy for women and moms who were never meant to do it alone.
Serving clients throughout Washington and Idaho states
You Know the Pattern.
You’re Ready for Something to Change.
Everyone thinks I’ve got it all together, but really, I’m exhausted.
You can name the pattern. You can probably tell me where it came from, which side of the family it runs on, and how old you were when you learned it.
And still, you catch yourself asking: Why am I still doing this?
You've done the work. Years of therapy, a stack of books, enough podcasts to count as continuing education. And it has helped. The progress is real.
But then there's a hard conversation. Or someone's disappointment. Or a meltdown (a kid's, a partner's, occasionally your own). Before you can think, you're back in the old moves: fix it, shut down, push harder, or decide it's all your fault.
Being this aware and still getting caught up in it is its own kind of exhausting.
From the looks of it, you’re doing fine. Meanwhile, there's a running list that never ends and a body that hasn't fully unclenched since the year you had to grow up too fast, the time when things fell apart, or long before you had the words for it. Underneath it all is a gut-level belief that if you drop one thing, someone will be let down. Even sitting still can feel like something you're getting away with.
Then it spills out with the people closest to you. Your patience is gone by 5 p.m. Connection starts to feel like one more thing you don't have the energy for. Later, the replay starts:
"Why did I say that?"
"Why do I keep doing the thing I know I'll regret later?"
"Am I turning into exactly who I swore I'd never be?"
"Why am I so tired all the time?"
"When did everyone else's feelings start mattering more than mine?"
You Don’t Have to Keep Carrying It All
It hurts to care this much and still feel far from the woman you want to be.
At home, at work, and in your relationships.
Maybe you’ve started to wonder what’s wrong with you. Why you can’t seem to handle what everyone else manages just fine.
But nobody gets this tired from doing too little.
Look at what you’ve been carrying. The decisions, the people, the details nobody else even notices. Feeling this depleted isn’t proof that you’re weak. It’s proof of how much you’ve been holding, and for how long, often feeling like it’s all on you.
Your strength isn’t what’s wearing you down. Believing you have to carry it all on your own is.
The strength that got you through is real. You don’t have to give it up. You get to use it differently now, in a way that fills you up and empowers you, instead of wearing you down.
Noticing painful family patterns, questioning what used to feel normal, and choosing differently than what you were shown is lonely work. It's lonelier when you're the one everyone leans on and nobody thinks to ask who's holding you.
That effort counts. So does how tired you are of feeling like change is one more thing you have to get right.
You learned this pattern for a reason, and you learned it young. That also means it can be unlearned.
In our work together, there's room for all of it. The love and the resentment. The progress and the frustration. The part of you that keeps pushing, and the part that’s tired of being strong all by herself.
I blend talk therapy with somatic, body-based work. We get curious about what your body does as stress builds: the clenched jaw, the tight chest, the "yes" that's out of your mouth before you've thought about it. Then we practice responding with more choice, at a pace that respects what it took to get you here.
The goal isn't a calmer, more perfect version of you. It's more practical than that:
Saying what you need before you hit the wall.
Resting without earning it first.
Feeling closer to the people you love, with room to be a person who has needs, feelings, and hopes of her own.
Every family has patterns. You get to be the one who changes the story.
What Becomes Possible
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Healing doesn’t mean becoming a different person. It means your nervous system no longer has to run the show. As the work settles in, many women begin to notice:
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A pause before you react
You catch yourself before snapping, and when you don’t, repair comes more easily.
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Rest without guilt
Your body begins to recognize that slowing down is safe, not lazy or selfish.
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More choice in your life
You decide what you say yes to, what you say no to, which relationships get your energy, and what you show up for.
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Feeling good in your body
Less tension and bracing, steadier energy, and more ease in how you move through your day.
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More of who you really are
You become the version of yourself you want to be, living by your own values instead of old patterns, with room for the joy that’s been buried under holding it all together.
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Change at your own pace
Change happens at the pace your body can hold, and it adds up.
Hi, I’m Gina
I’m a trauma therapist and somatic practitioner with 20 years of experience helping women understand how patterns shaped by their families, relationships, and life experiences affect how they feel, connect, care for themselves, and relate to the world around them.
Earlier in my own life, anxiety, burnout, and old family patterns shaped how I moved through the world. I was responsible, capable, and outwardly functional while feeling tense, depleted, and disconnected underneath. What helped wasn’t trying harder or thinking my way out of it. It was learning to work with my nervous system, not against it.
That journey fuels my mission: to help women and moms become the ones who change the story. When old patterns lose their grip, you get to choose how you care for yourself, how you show up in relationships, and how you parent, from a place of strength instead of survival.
I don’t believe in pushing people past their capacity or rushing insight before the body feels safe. I believe in steady, sustainable change that helps you reconnect with yourself and move through life with greater clarity, confidence, and choice.
Somatic Therapy Services in Camas, WA:
Support for Where You Are Right Now
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Trauma Therapy
Gently process what your body still carries, at a pace that feels safe.
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Anxiety Therapy
For the overthinking, the bracing, and the mind that won’t switch off.
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Burnout Therapy
When you’re carrying everything and starting to wonder, what about me?
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Therapy for Moms
Support for the mental load, motherhood stress, and old patterns showing up.
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Therapy for Adoptive Moms
Care for the unique layers of adoptive motherhood and attachment.
How We Work Together in Camas, WA
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1. A free consultation
We start with a free 20-minute call to talk about what’s bringing you in, answer your questions, and see if we’re a good fit.
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2. Building safety first
Early sessions focus on helping your nervous system settle, so you have more capacity before we explore anything painful.
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3. Change you can feel
Over time, we work with the patterns themselves, so you can respond differently at home, at work, and in your relationships.