Trauma Therapy in Nashville | Julia Langner, LPC-MHSP(t)

Therapy for Trauma & Abuse Recovery in Nashville, Tennessee

Trauma is the Greek word for “wound.” Clients often come to me undermining their experiences of trauma because it doesn’t look as visible or sound as bad as someone else’s. We all have wounds, and as a trauma therapy practice in Nashville, I am here to help you heal the ones you’ve been carrying for too long.

Trauma therapy might be right for you if you want to restore a sense of safety, connection and empowerment in your relationship to yourself and the world around you.

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Cozy therapy space for trauma and abuse recovery counseling in Nashville Tennessee.

Trauma doesn’t always look the way we expect. You might be experiencing:

Numbness, disconnection, or feeling like you’re going through the motions
A constant sense of hyper-vigilance or feeling like you always need to be on guard
Flashbacks, nightmares, or intrusive memories
Physical symptoms like tension, insomnia, fatigue, stomach issues or chronic pain
Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe in relationships
Patterns of people-pleasing, over-functioning, or shrinking yourself to feel safe
Avoidance that creates challenges in your daily rhythms and relationships
Irritability, low mood or trouble feeling in control of your emotions

If any of these feel familiar, you’re not broken; you’re someone whose nervous system learned to adapt and survive.

Types of Trauma I Help With

I provide trauma therapy in Nashville for women and music industry professionals navigating a range of experiences, including:

Childhood Trauma

The wounds we carry from childhood are deeply impactful. They shape our attachment patterns, our self-worth, our idea of who we are and how we show up in our relationships as adults.

PTSD & Complex PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder can develop after a single overwhelming event, in the case of complex PTSD (C-PTSD), after prolonged or repeated trauma over time, like childhood abuse and neglect.

Sexual Abuse & Assault

Healing from sexual trauma takes courage, safety-building, and a holistic, mind-body approach. Most essentially, it takes a trauma-informed therapist you can trust.

Physical, Emotional & Psychological Abuse

All forms of abuse leave wounds, not just physical abuse. Gaslighting, manipulation, and chronic criticism can leave deep pain and webs of confusion that need untangling.

The Trauma Therapy Process With Julia

I work from a trauma-focused lens, which compassionately shifts the guiding question of therapy from “what is wrong with you?” to “what happened to you?” This process involves three key phases:

Stabilization

We will spend our early sessions getting to know each other and building the trust and grounding tools needed to prepare your nervous system for the often uncomfortable experience of processing trauma.

Processing

With a foundation of safety and trust in place, we can help you reprocess traumatic experiences using evidence-based techniques like EMDR, Brainspotting, Narrative Therapy (Story Work) and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy.

Integration

During and after processing trauma, we will integrate new insights and emotional shifts that have emerged to strengthen your post-traumatic growth and help your mind and body settle into this new, empowered way of carrying what happened to you.

EMDR with Julia

Brainspotting with Julia

You don’t have to carry this alone.

Whether you’re just beginning to name what happened to you or you’ve tried trauma therapy in Nashville before without finding the right fit, I’d be honored to walk alongside you. Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation call and let’s talk about what trauma healing could look like for you.

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