Trauma therapist, online worldwide
Trauma isn't only what happened to you. It's what your nervous system learned to expect afterwards. I'm Shagoon Maurya, a registered counsellor and psychotherapist (ACA Level 2, PACFA), and as a trauma therapist I help you unlearn it, gently, at a pace your system can actually tolerate.
Some trauma is a single shattering event. Much of it, especially family trauma, is slower: years of criticism, unpredictability, emotional absence or control that taught you to stay small, scan for danger and distrust calm. Both kinds are real. Both respond to therapy.
My approach is safety-first and consent-based: we never force the retelling of painful memories to 'get them out'. We build stability and resources first, then work with the old material only as far and as fast as serves your healing, drawing on IFS parts work, DBT skills and CBT as your system needs.
How I work with trauma
Safety before story
Grounding, stabilisation and trust come first, processing only when you're resourced for it.
Family trauma expertise
Enmeshment, parentification, criticism, control, the wounds that come from the people meant to protect you.
Parts-informed healing
IFS lets us work with protective patterns respectfully instead of bulldozing them.
Reclaim the present
The goal isn't erasing the past, it's your nervous system learning that now is not then.
Signs old trauma is still running
Overreacting to small triggers and not knowing why, hypervigilance and exhaustion, difficulty trusting or being close, harsh inner criticism, people-pleasing you can't switch off, or feeling numb where feelings should be. If that list reads like your biography, therapy can genuinely change it, and my articles on healing a toxic childhood and narcissistic mothers are a gentle place to start.
Healing doesn't mean the past stops mattering. It means it stops deciding.
If your trauma is severe or you're in crisis, a trauma-specialist psychologist or psychiatrist may be the right first step, and I'll always tell you honestly and help you get there. For everything else, we start with a free 15-minute consultation.
Trauma counselling FAQs
Yes, I'm Shagoon Maurya, a registered counsellor and psychotherapist (ACA Level 2, PACFA), working extensively with childhood and family trauma using trauma-informed, paced methods including IFS, DBT skills and CBT.
No. Good trauma therapy never forces retelling. We build safety and resources first, and any processing happens at a pace you control.
The cumulative impact of growing up with criticism, chaos, control, enmeshment or emotional absence. It's often invisible because it was 'normal', and it responds well to therapy.
Yes, with proper pacing and grounding skills, online trauma work is safe and effective, and being in your own space helps many people feel safer.
Ready for now to stop feeling like then?
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