Candice Craft

I'm Candice. I work with folks who are looking to rebuild nervous system stability after enduring prolonged traumatic, stressful or adverse experiences. Could your hyper-sensitivity, "people pleasing", social withdrawal or sensory overwhelm be rooted in trauma? Let's talk about it! Our nervous system is what responds to danger or stress, and sometimes in instances of complex PTSD or prolonged distress, our nervous system primarily shifts to sympathetic dominance (fight or flight) or dorsal vagal shutdown (freeze or "fawn") at baseline. This can lead to chronic experiences of profound anxiety, hypervigilance, hyper-sensitivity, "people pleasing", chronic pain and tension, insomnia, profound fatigue, relational insecurity or dissociation. Most of all, clients living with (C)PTSD often feel disconnected from their body, their voice and their innate sense of self. This is where I come in. I meet you in this therapeutic space with compassionate curiosity, an integrative toolbox, and a deep belief in your resilience. I utilize Polyvagal Theory, Brainspotting and Internal Family Systems parts work to support you in processing the imprints of experiences you have endured, and to begin to craft a new baseline of embodied regulation, discernment, trust and self esteem. For clients who have endured adverse childhood experiences, medical trauma, sexual assault or relational harm, I see this as a reclamation of Self. Together, we'll also develop tools for nervous system regulation that meet your unique needs, as well as skills for discerning anxiety from intuition, danger from discomfort, and your voice vs. the internalization of the voice of others. We'll break through "fight" responses (i.e. bracing for impact), flight responses (i.e. social withdrawal), freeze responses (i.e. dissociation) and "fawn" responses (i.e. people pleasing), to identify your own wants, needs, boundaries and joys. In this space, all facets of you, your identity and your history are embraced here. I'm queer affirming, neuro-affirming, medical trauma sensitive and I've honed additional skills in navigating attachment in expansive or open relationship structures. If this resonates, let's chat. I'd love to join you, know you, and walk alongside you in reconnecting to Self and re-crafting your lived experience.