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Treasure Talks offers thoughtful guidance on attachment trauma, childhood emotional neglect, anxiety, hyper-independence, and EMDR therapy. These articles are here to help you better understand what you are experiencing and explore what support might fit you next.
How to Find a Relational Trauma Therapist Who Gets It
Looking for a relational trauma therapist? Learn what to look for, what to ask, and how to find support for childhood emotional neglect and attachment wounds.
Why You Look Like You Have It All Together… But Still Feel Stuck Inside
That gap between knowing and feeling can be incredibly frustrating and especially for women who are used to figuring things out on their own. If you’re tired of talking about the same patterns without real change, it may not be about trying harder. It may be about having the space and support to process things more deeply
Why You're Still Triggered After Years of Therapy
Insight isn't the same as healing. Here's why you can understand your patterns completely and still feel triggered, and what actually moves the material.
When Achievement Isn’t Enough: Healing the Hustle for Worth
You’ve spent much of your life chasing the next goal, but no matter how much you achieve, peace still feels out of reach. This post explores how perfectionism, overthinking, and trauma shape our relationship with self-worth and how EMDR therapy can help you slow down, feel safe, and finally believe you’re enough.
Why Can’t I Relax, Even When Everything’s Fine?
High achieving women reflecting on her need for healing her nervous system from burnout and anxiety in California.
Breaking Free from People-Pleasing: Why It Feels So Hard and How Therapy Can Help
People-pleasing often comes from childhood wounds and the fear of letting others down. Learn how therapy in Santa Monica and online across California can help you set boundaries, heal, and reclaim your voice.
Navigating Holiday Grief: Why the Season Feels Harder & What You Can Do
Grief can feel heavier during the holidays. Discover gentle ways to cope and how grief therapy in Santa Monica and online across California can help.
What If You’re Not Broken… Just Burned Out From Being Everything for Everyone?
You’re not broken you’re just tired of holding it all. This post explores the emotional exhaustion that comes from always being the strong one, and how EMDR can help you finally feel safe enough to rest.
Anxiety Isn’t the Problem…It’s the Alarm: How EMDR Therapy Helps You Heal at the Root
I’m a trauma therapist and EMDR practitioner who helps high-achieving women release the emotional weight they’ve been carrying for years, so they can finally feel safe in their bodies, clear in their minds, and connected to who they really are. Through a warm, honest, and emotionally grounded approach, I guide clients out of survival mode and into healing that actually sticks.
EMDR Therapy for Suppressed Emotions, Trauma, and Anxiety
When you learned to suppress anger, sadness, or fear, staying composed may have helped you survive. Learn how EMDR therapy can help you process the experiences beneath anxiety, overthinking, and emotional disconnection.
What Does EMDR Feel Like? A California Therapist Walks You Through a Session
Curious about EMDR but unsure what to expect? Learn what happens before, during, and after an EMDR session, including preparation, processing, and closure.