Patrick Wood

I am dedicated to helping you work to rebuild a You that will function in life the way you want it to. Imagine being able to: work again; stop snapping at loved ones; drive again; trust your own judgement; understand your own head; relax; sleep without constant nightmares. Imagine accepting yourself for who you are instead of hating or ridiculing yourself. I use trauma informed methods to help people find the emotional blocks that may be preventing them from using skills that other therapists may have taught them. I use ego state based therapies like Internal Family Systems therapy. They are designed to help us better understand the parts of ourselves that we are scared of, that we don’t like, or that confuse us. In understanding those undesirable parts better, they often become much less intense and can become strengths.

Early in my life, I came to feel that no one should be forced to experience the nightmare of trauma. I understand the pain of feeling crazy on the inside, not being able to trust others, being confused in relationships, always and constantly being on edge… because I have experienced these things myself. Going through my own journey of suffering and then healing has taught me something about people… about you: that you are not ‘crazy’ and that there are perfect reasons for why you feel what you feel and why you sometimes do the things that you do. I fully believe that you can recover from the suffering you have experienced. Through total commitment to your future and working through the hardships life never should have burdened you with, you can walk the path of recovery and experience being able to function. I have found that hard work is always worth the effort and I believe this will be true for you as well.