Generational Trauma Therapy for Immigrant Children in the
Greater Orlando Area (serving all of Florida)
Support for immigrant children and young adults carrying generational trauma whose minds are stuck in “survive and perform” mode even when life looks “fine” on the outside
Does it feel like you’re carrying the weight of generational patterns as a child of immigrants, always striving to survive expectations and pressures that weren’t yours to inherit?
Maybe it wasn’t one single event—just a slow accumulation of generational pressure, expectations, and inherited patterns that built up over time.
Or maybe there was a tipping point: you lashed out at your parents or siblings in a way that shocked you, shut down completely at night, or found yourself thinking, “I can’t keep carrying this,” more often than you’d like to admit.
You might be:
getting through your day trying to meet everyone else’s expectations, then feeling completely drained at night,
holding it together at school, work, or family obligations, but crying alone in your room,
saying yes to responsibilities you didn’t choose, then drowning in guilt and resentment.
Or maybe it’s quieter than that.
Maybe you’re just feeling numb, disconnected, and like the person you inherited so much from is the one running your life.
Generational trauma therapy can help.
It may feel impossible right now, but you can start to release the weight of inherited pressures. You can feel more present in your body and your life. You can show up for your family, your community, and yourself without carrying every expectation and “what-if” from the past. And I can help you get there.
Whatever it looks like on the surface, you’re starting to notice how carrying generational patterns and survival roles is affecting every part of your life.
At work or school: Overthinking everything, zoning out, procrastinating, then pushing yourself to overperform so you don’t feel like you’re failing or letting anyone down.
At home or with family: Feeling easily irritated, shutting down or snapping over small things, holding resentment about expectations placed on you, then feeling guilty for even noticing it.
In your body: A tight chest, heavy shoulders, knots in your stomach, trouble sleeping, a nervous system that stays alert even when nothing is happening.
In your relationship with yourself: Calling yourself ungrateful, weak, or “too sensitive,” questioning your choices, and wondering when life started to feel this heavy.
I’ll help guide you through this process at a pace that respects your history and your nervous system. My approach to trauma and stress therapy is grounded, compassionate, and practical. You’ll learn that what you’re experiencing isn’t who you are. It’s how your body learned to survive, and it can change.
✓Constant hypervigilance and inherited stress don’t have to be your story.
✓You don’t have to live life feeling responsible for everyone and everything while still feeling like you’re falling short.
✓It’s possible to soften, exhale, and finally feel safe and grounded in your own skin..
You don’t have to live life feeling constantly on edge, stretched thin, and weighed down by guilt for never doing enough.
It’s time to stop surviving on autopilot and start feeling steady, present, and at home in your own body and your own life.
I can help you get there.
Common questions about Generational Trauma Therapy
faqs
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Sessions with me are a mix of real conversation, nervous system support, and practical guidance. Yes, we talk, but it’s not just telling your story over and over while nothing changes.
We’ll:
name what’s actually happening beneath the surface, inherited patterns, family roles, survival strategies, and stress responses,
notice how your body holds all of this in real time, tension, shutdown, restlessness, or emotional numbness,
and practice simple, realistic tools you can use between sessions, grounding, boundary language with family, pacing, and small shifts that create relief.
You can expect a grounded, culturally aware, non judgmental space where you don’t have to explain or minimize your experience. I’ll ask thoughtful questions, reflect patterns I notice, and offer concrete steps, not just “how does that make you feel?”
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It depends on what you’re carrying and what you want to shift. Some clients come in for a few months to move out of survival mode, reduce overwhelm, and learn ways to calm their nervous system and navigate family stress. Others choose to stay longer to work through deeper generational patterns around identity, boundaries, responsibility, and self worth.
We’ll talk about your goals early on and revisit them along the way. There’s no set timeline and no pressure to stay longer than feels right for you. My role is to help you feel more grounded, supported, and able to move through life with greater ease, not to keep you in therapy longer than you need.
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DWhile I can’t promise specific outcomes, you’re likely a good fit if you’re a child of immigrants or from a collectivist family system who is:
constantly on edge or bracing for something to go wrong,
carrying responsibility for family, expectations, or emotional caretaking,
feeling resentful about inherited roles and obligations, then guilty for feeling that way,
functioning on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck inside.
My approach tends to work well for people who:
want a therapist who is honest, direct, and warm without minimizing culture or family dynamics,
Curious about how their nervous system, trauma history, and generational patterns show up in the body, not just the mind,
Ready to make small, realistic shifts rather than feeling pressured to “heal everything” at once.
If you’ve tried pushing through, reframing, or telling yourself to be grateful and it hasn’t touched the deeper weight you’re carrying, this kind of therapy may be a better fit.
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The first step is to schedule a consultation, a short, no pressure phone call. In that conversation, we’ll:
talk about what’s been coming up for you, generational stress, family patterns, anxiety, or the feeling of always being on,
I’ll share how I approach this work and answer any questions you have about therapy with me,
and together we’ll decide whether moving forward feels like a good fit.
If we’re a match, we’ll schedule your first full session and I’ll walk you through the simple intake steps. If not, I’m happy to help point you toward other supportive options. The goal of that first contact is for you to leave with more clarity and ease, not more pressure.
