Karen Corona

My Approach to Helping

My approach to healing trauma involves beginning to work with the parts of yourself that surfaced to protect the more vulnerable, wounded parts. This often shows up as distressing symptoms and emotions along with 'survival skills'. While these emerged to help you survive, these strategies are often what are keeping you stuck and blocked from creating the life you long for. The strategies are no longer serving you. We work to understand these protective parts and their roles in order to release the aspects that are creating problems for you in your life today. The outcome of this is more harmony in your inner system and space for emotional well-being and a newfound freedom to flourish. In this process I often integrate expressive arts therapy as a way to externalize the feelings and gain increased self-awareness as a catalyst for making these desired changes.

My Values as a Therapist

The combination of my own healing & recovery journey along with my clinical training equips me to effectively work with women to heal childhood trauma and restore emotional well-being. This is my passionate purpose and I'm honored to do this specific type of therapy. I believe there is tremendous value to the 12 Step Programs of both AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families) which can really compliment the therapy work. So often, a substance abuse problem shows up as a way to cope with emotional pain related to unresolved trauma. In my approach to healing family-of-origin issues, I integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Expressive Arts Therapy (EXA) for a unique and yet evidenced-based treatment for trauma therapy. I know suffering up close and recognize that the darkness can block out the light of hope, but claiming a newfound freedom and awakening to a sense of wholeness is possible with trauma resolution therapy.