Melissa sarTorius lsw

My work centers on helping clients heal the deep impacts of trauma, including how it shapes attachment, identity, worldview, and even patterns carried across generations.

I specialize in PTSD and complex PTSD, supporting clients through symptoms such as hypervigilance, difficulties with safety and trust, triggers, flashbacks, disrupted sleep, and moral injury.

I help clients untangle patterns like trauma bonding and conflict cycles, while also exploring challenges around emotional and physical intimacy, boundaries, as well as repairing and strengthening relational connection.

 I support clients struggling with both high-functioning depression and more overwhelming symptoms, creating space to explore what feels heavy, isolating, or stuck.  

I work with clients experiencing generalized anxiety, performance anxiety, and anxiety within relationships, helping them understand triggers and patterns while building healthier ways to cope.