Sound familiar?
If you nod even once, you’re in the right place.
Trust Wounds
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Trust wrecked by betrayal
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Boundaries that collapse on impact
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Church hurt and spiritual wounds still echoing in places that were supposed to be safe
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Feeling like "people don’t want me around"
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Carrying shame so deep it impacts every relationship
Internal Battles
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Thought loops that never shut off
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Anxiety like a second heartbeat
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Emotions you can’t outrun
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Expectations breaking your back: "I have to be perfect — nothing can go wrong"
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Wondering, "Am I broken?" or "Why don’t people love me? What am I doing wrong?"
Survival Patterns
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Pleasing everyone but yourself: "I'm easy to compromise, go with the flow"
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Dodging conflict — and yourself
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Feeling like "if I don’t do it, it doesn’t get done"
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Controlling everything because letting go feels too dangerous
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Living as the "bad guy" in your own story
Deep Fears
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Fear of abandonment, being forgotten, or alone forever
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Fear of passing down the hurt you swore you'd never repeat
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Fear that letting people see the real you will destroy everything
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Fear that every milestone your child reaches reopens wounds you barely survived
Worn-out Coping
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Substances and vices to numb the ache: "I don't know who that person is who came out of me"
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Burnout so deep even rest feels like failure
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Perfectionism eating you alive from the inside out
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Emotional shutdown: "I should be feeling, but I don't"
It doesn’t have to stay this way.
You don’t have to be perfect.
You don’t have to have a plan.
You just have to show up — messy, human, and real.
Healing begins when you stop trying to earn your worth — and start remembering it was never lost.
Relief for the strong in Colorado

Hi, I’m Rachel Hansen, LCSW — a trauma therapist licensed in Colorado. I offer EMDR therapy and online trauma counseling across the state, serving clients in Denver, Boulder, and throughout Colorado.
I've spent years helping people heal the parts of themselves they thought were too messy, too broken, or too far gone.
I specialize in EMDR therapy (with mindfulness and somatic approaches) and provide psilocybin integration therapy in Colorado. If you’re exploring psilocybin through legal or personal avenues, I can help you prepare, process what arises, and turn insights into lasting change.
You don't have to believe you can heal yet — I’ll hold that hope for you until you can.
You can learn more about me here.
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