When we’ve experienced trauma, the wounds we carry run deep and wide and often impact our ability to be in a relationship.

Deep down we wonder why it’s so hard to form close bonds with others.

We struggle to trust anyone.

Here at Reclaim Therapy we view trauma symptoms as adaptive strategies that were once necessary for survival.

The strategies that were most helpful are the ones that often stick with us and show up in the present.

Navigating urges to restrict can be one of the most challenging aspects of eating disorder recovery.

As eating disorder therapists, we 💯 get it.

Perfectionism, while not always stemming from trauma, involves a persistent state of stress and heightened alertness that can dysregulate the nervous system in a way similar to traumatic stress.