Healing From Trauma Begins With Feeling Understood.
Trauma can leave lasting effects on how you think, feel, connect with others, and experience the world around you. Healing is possible, and you don't have to face it alone. At Sunflower Radiance Counseling, we provide compassionate, personalized trauma therapy to help you process painful experiences, reconnect with your strengths, and move toward meaningful healing in a way that honors your unique needs and experiences.
You May Recognize Some of These Experiences
Trauma affects everyone differently. You don't have to fit a specific definition or have experienced a single life-changing event to benefit from trauma therapy. If any of these experiences resonate with you, know that you're not alone, and therapy may help you move toward healing.
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Always on Edge
You often feel anxious, hypervigilant, or like you're constantly waiting for something bad to happen—even when you're safe.
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Avoiding the Past
You avoid certain people, places, conversations, or memories because they bring up difficult emotions.
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Feeling Disconnected
You struggle to feel connected to yourself, others, or the things you once enjoyed.
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Difficulty Trusting Others
You find it difficult to trust people, build close relationships, or feel emotionally safe.
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Carrying Guilt or Shame
You experience guilt, shame, or self-blame related to past experiences.
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Living in Survival Mode
Even when you're no longer in danger, it feels difficult to relax, feel safe, or simply enjoy life.
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Stuck in Patterns
You notice recurring thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that feel difficult to change.
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Ready for Something More
You're ready to move beyond surviving and begin living with greater peace, confidence, and connection.
Healing From Trauma Is About More Than the Past
Trauma therapy is a personalized approach to healing that helps you understand how difficult experiences may continue to affect your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and daily life. It offers a supportive space to process what you've been through, regulate your emotions and nervous system, and reconnect with a greater sense of safety, connection, and control.
Healing isn't about forgetting what happened or pretending it didn't matter. It's about reducing the impact those experiences have on your life today and moving forward in a way that honors your experiences, needs, and goals.
What Trauma Therapy With Us Feels Like
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🌻Healing at Your Pace
Healing from trauma takes time, and there is no pressure to share more than you're ready to. Together, we'll move at a pace that feels safe, respectful, and aligned with your needs.
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🌻Your Story Matters
No two trauma stories are the same. We personalize therapy using trauma-informed, evidence-based approaches that reflect your experiences, strengths, goals, and preferences.
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🌻You Deserve to Feel Heard
Healing begins with feeling safe enough to be yourself. We strive to create an environment where you feel heard, respected, and supported without judgment.
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🌻Hope for Lasting Change
Healing isn't about erasing the past—it's about helping you reclaim your life with greater resilience, connection, confidence, and hope for the future.
Find a Therapist Who Understands You
Finding the right therapist is an important part of therapy. Our therapists bring different experiences, approaches, and areas of focus so you can find someone who feels like a good fit for your needs and goals. Not sure who to choose? Tell us a little about what you're looking for, and we'll help you find the right fit.
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Tiayra Villafane, LAPC
Teens 16+ • Adults • Couples
Areas of Focus: Trauma • Anxiety • Depression • Grief & Loss • Stress & Overwhelm • Self-Esteem • Life TransitionsA human-first, supportive, person-centered space to explore your experiences, feel understood, and move toward your goals.
💻 Pennsylvania & Florida — Online therapy
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Clay Klaus-Wade
Adults 18+
Areas of Focus: Anxiety • Depression • Trauma • Relationship Concerns • Identity & Self-Discovery • ADHD • OCD • ASDA thoughtful, supportive space to slow down, explore the patterns that shape you, and develop a deeper understanding of yourself.
📍 Delaware County, Pennsylvania — In-person therapy
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Victoria "Tori" McCollum, LCSW
Adults 18+
Areas of Focus: Depression • Anxiety & Overthinking • Grief & Loss • Trauma • Self-Esteem • Identity & Self-DiscoveryA supportive, person-centered space to explore your story, understand yourself more deeply, and build a life that feels meaningful to you.
💻 Pennsylvania, Vermont, South Carolina, Delaware, & Florida — Online therapy
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Natalie Varela, LAPC
Children 6+ • Adolescents • Adults
Areas of Focus: Trauma • Anxiety • Depression • Relationship ChallengesA warm, supportive space to explore and express yourself, reconnect with the parts of you that may need care, and discover through curiosity, creativity, and play.
📍 Delaware County, Pennsylvania — In-person therapy
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May Scholle, LCSW
Teens 14+ • Adults • Couples
Areas of Focus: Trauma • Anxiety & Overthinking • Depression • Parenting Challenges • Relationship ChallengesA compassionate space grounded in practical wisdom, where you can gain perspective, build skills, and move toward what matters most.
💻 Pennsylvania, Delaware, Vermont, & Florida — Online therapy
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Erica Zervanos, LPC, NCC
Adults 21+ • Couples
Areas of Focus: Chronic Illness & Pain • Anxiety & Overthinking • Depression • Trauma • RelationshipsA supportive, affirming space where you don't have to mask or minimize your experiences, and can explore what it means to live more authentically.
💻 Pennsylvania & Florida — Online therapy
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Jennifer Prost, LCSW
Adults 22+
Areas of Focus: Trauma • Grief & Loss • Anxiety • OCD • Parenting Challenges • Life Transitions • Self-Understanding & GrowthA warm, supportive space to slow down, make sense of what you're experiencing, and find a path forward that feels right for you.
💻 Delaware & New Jersey — Online therapy
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Shannon Kilroy, LPC, NCC
Teens 16+ • Adults
Areas of Focus: Trauma • Anxiety • Stress & Overwhelm • Life Transitions • Relationship ChallengesA supportive, relational space where you don't have to navigate difficult experiences alone—we'll journey through them together.
💻 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, South Carolina, Delaware, & Florida — Online therapy
Different Paths Toward Healing
Your therapist will work with you to determine which approaches best support your needs, goals, and stage of healing.
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EMDR Therapy
Uses guided bilateral stimulation to help the brain process traumatic memories, reducing their emotional impact and supporting healing.
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Parts Work & IFS-Informed Therapy
Encourages curiosity toward different parts of yourself to better understand protective patterns, inner conflicts, and emotional needs.
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CPT Therapy
Helps individuals process trauma by identifying and changing unhelpful beliefs, reducing PTSD symptoms, and fostering healthier ways of thinking.
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Emotional Freedom Technique
Uses gentle tapping techniques to help regulate emotions, reduce distress, and process difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
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The Flash Technique
Helps reduce the emotional intensity of distressing memories in a gentle way, often without needing to talk in detail about the traumatic experience.
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Brainspotting
Uses focused eye positions to help the brain process trauma, anxiety, and emotional distress, supporting deeper healing and emotional regulation.
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Polyvagal Techniques
Help regulate the nervous system, increasing feelings of safety, connection, and emotional balance while reducing the effects of chronic stress.
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DBT Therapy
Builds practical skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and healthy relationships to help you navigate life's challenges with greater confidence.
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Integrative Therapy
Brings together different therapeutic approaches based on your experiences, needs, and goals, allowing therapy to be thoughtfully shaped around you.
FAQs
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Many people question whether what they've experienced "counts" as trauma. You don't need to have experienced a single catastrophic event to benefit from trauma therapy. If past experiences continue to affect your emotions, relationships, or daily life, trauma therapy may help.
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Trauma therapy can help with many experiences that continue to affect how you feel, think, relate to others, or experience daily life. This may include childhood or developmental trauma, abuse, neglect, accidents, medical trauma, relationship trauma, loss, or other overwhelming experiences. What matters most is how the experience continues to affect you—not whether it fits a particular label.
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No. Trauma therapy moves at a pace that feels safe for you. Building trust and developing coping skills are often important first steps before processing difficult experiences.
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You don't need to remember everything or have a complete story before beginning trauma therapy. Sometimes memories can be unclear, fragmented, or difficult to access, especially when experiences were overwhelming. Your therapist can work with what you do remember and help you explore what you're experiencing now without pressuring you to recall or share more than you're ready for.
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Yes. Our therapists participate with a variety of insurance plans. Your cost will depend on your individual insurance benefits and the therapist you choose. We also offer self-pay options for clients who are not using insurance.
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There is no set timeline for trauma therapy because every person's experiences, goals, and healing journey are unique. Some individuals find relief in a relatively short period of time, while others benefit from longer-term support. Together, you and your therapist will regularly assess your progress and tailor treatment to meet your evolving needs, helping you move toward meaningful and lasting healing at a pace that feels right for you.
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Yes. We offer secure online therapy, allowing you to meet with your therapist from a private, comfortable location. Virtual availability varies by therapist and the states where they are licensed.
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Step 1: Connect With Us
Take the first step by contacting us. We're here to answer your questions and help you get started.
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Step 2: We'll Guide You
Together, we'll help you find the therapist who is the best fit for your needs, goals, and preferences.
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Step 3: Begin Healing Together
Meet your therapist, build a trusting relationship, and begin working toward meaningful growth and lasting change.