Unfurl. Untangle. Thrive.
At Velvet & Vine, we honor the quiet courage it takes to face trauma. Whether your wounds come from the past or are still unfolding in the present, you deserve a space that offers compassion, curiosity, and deep restoration. Our trauma recovery services are attuned to the intricate patterns of the nervous system, the stories stored in the body, and the healing power of relationship.
We draw from evidence-based and somatic modalities to support your journey toward wholeness.
EMDR is a powerful, research-backed approach for working through traumatic memories that feel stuck or overwhelming. Using bilateral stimulation (often through eye movements or tapping), EMDR helps the brain reprocess distressing events, so that what once felt paralyzing can become integrated and less charged.
At Velvet & Vine, EMDR is offered in a slow, titrated way—especially for those with complex trauma or dissociation. We work gently, with deep respect for your pace and boundaries.
Polyvagal Theory teaches us that safety is not just a thought—it’s a physiological experience. This approach helps you understand your autonomic nervous system and how it shapes your responses to stress, disconnection, and threat.
In sessions, we focus on cultivating regulation, tracking nervous system cues, and building pathways toward safety and connection. This work can be especially supportive for LGBTQ+ folks whose environments have not always affirmed their safety.
Trauma lives in the body—and healing often begins there. Through gentle movement, breath and awareness practices, we invite the body to release what it no longer needs to carry.
Our somatic work is relational and intuitive, creating space for new experiences of presence, empowerment, and peace. You do not need to have the “right words” here—just a willingness to listen inward.
Trauma can leave us feeling disjointed, like parts of ourselves are missing or scattered. Integration work helps bring coherence and meaning to those fractured places.
This process may involve storytelling, parts work, expressive arts, and reflection. Together, we tend to the tender intersections of past and present, weaving resilience and meaning from your lived experience.
Attachment models focus on healing developmental, relational, and attachment trauma. Instead of focusing on the past, these models help uncover the unconscious survival patterns that are still active today—patterns that often show up in the form of shame, disconnection, or self-sabotage.
These models gently explore your core identity, support emotional regulation, reparent, and restore access to authenticity and connection. They are deeply respectful, client-led processes rooted in presence and possibility.
Trauma disrupts our sense of connection to ourselves, to others, and to the communities we long to belong to. Relational Cultural Therapy helps restore those connections by centering empathy, mutual respect, and healing through relationship.
Together, we explore how disconnection has shaped your story and gently create new patterns of trust and belonging. This is care that honors your identities and lived experience, and helps you root again in relationships that feel safe and real.
