Reclaim Therapy

04/06/2026

If your brain won’t shut off, sometimes the answer isn’t thinking harder.

It’s working with the body.

A lot of trauma recovery conversations focus on insight and understanding your past. And that matters. But many people are surprised to learn how much healing also happens through small, body-based practices.

Things like noticing sensation, grounding through movement, or helping your nervous system settle when it starts to spiral.

These tools aren’t about “fixing” yourself.

They’re about giving your nervous system new experiences of safety.

Our team at Reclaim Therapy put together a list of some of our favorite somatic healing tools that we regularly share with clients working through trauma and nervous system dysregulation.

You can read the full list here: https://f.mtr.cool/pmbasgdlhg

04/01/2026

Meet Bayley 🧡

Bayley is one of the trauma therapists on our team at Reclaim Therapy. She works with people navigating trauma, betrayal trauma, anxiety, and relationship patterns that can feel confusing or hard to shift on your own.

A lot of the people Bayley works with are the ones who have been trying to keep it together for a long time, the overthinkers, the people-pleasers, the ones asking themselves, why is this still affecting me?

Her work helps people start understanding the deeper story behind those responses so they can move forward with more clarity and self-trust.

If you’re looking for a trauma and EMDR therapist in Pennsylvania, Bayley would love to support you.

Learn more about her through the link in our bio.

03/30/2026

One of the most common questions people ask about EMDR therapy is, "Why do I feel so tired after a session?”

It can be surprising.

You might walk out of the appointment feeling mentally drained, emotionally heavy, or like your brain just ran a marathon.

But that exhaustion actually tells us something important about what your nervous system is doing during EMDR.

We wrote a blog explaining why EMDR can leave you feeling tired and what’s happening in the brain during trauma processing.

You can read the full post here: https://f.mtr.cool/vvwrxmzhye

03/26/2026

OCD and eating disorders often look like completely different conditions.

But clinically, they share a lot of the same underlying patterns.

Intrusive thoughts.
Compulsive behaviors.
Anxiety that only settles temporarily after performing a ritual.

For some people that ritual looks like checking or counting.

For others it looks like restricting food, bingeing, purging, or rigid eating rules.

Both conditions can become ways the brain tries to manage overwhelming anxiety.

And when trauma or chronic nervous system dysregulation is underneath, those patterns can become even more entrenched.

That’s why treatment that only focuses on stopping behaviors sometimes isn’t enough.

Approaches that work with the nervous system, trauma memories, and protective parts of the psyche can help address the root of what’s driving the cycle.

I wrote a deeper breakdown of the connection between OCD and eating disorders and how trauma-focused therapy can help.

You can read the full blog at the link our my bio.

03/25/2026

Meet Erin 🧡

Erin is one of the trauma and EMDR therapists on our team at Reclaim Therapy. She works with people navigating trauma, anxiety, and relationship patterns that can feel confusing or exhausting to carry on your own.

A lot of the people Erin supports are used to pushing through things and trying to “figure it out” themselves.

Her work helps people slow down, understand their nervous system responses, and begin responding to themselves with more compassion.

If you’ve ever wondered why certain reactions feel so hard to change… you’re not alone.

And Erin helps people start making sense of those patterns in a way that actually feels supportive.

Learn more about Erin through the link in our bio.

03/24/2026

If you live with both obsessive thoughts and disordered eating, it can feel like your brain never turns off.

The food rules.
The rumination after meals.
The rituals that feel impossible to break.

A lot of people assume eating disorders are only about body image.

But for many people, anxiety and obsessive thinking are driving the cycle.

The brain learns that certain behaviors reduce anxiety… at least for a moment.

Restricting.
Counting.
Avoiding foods.
Bingeing.
Purging.

The relief is temporary, so the loop keeps repeating.

What often gets missed is that OCD and eating disorders frequently overlap, which can make recovery feel even harder if only one piece is being addressed.

I wrote a full blog explaining the connection between OCD and eating disorders, and how trauma-informed treatment can help address the nervous system patterns underneath both.

You can read the full blog at the link in our bio.

03/23/2026

OCD and eating disorders often live in the same neighborhood in the brain.

Both involve:

• intrusive thoughts that won’t quiet down
• compulsive behaviors that temporarily reduce anxiety
• cycles that keep repeating even when you desperately want them to stop

For some people that compulsion looks like checking or counting.

For others it looks like restricting food, bingeing, purging, or rigid eating rules.

The overlap between OCD and eating disorders is surprisingly common, which can make recovery feel even more complicated if only one piece is being addressed.

We wrote a new blog explaining why these two conditions often show up together and how trauma-informed therapy can help address the nervous system patterns underneath both.

Read the full post here: https://f.mtr.cool/ntpzmmotlo

03/19/2026

Attachment trauma doesn’t just live in thoughts.

It lives in the nervous system.

So when someone pulls away, your brain might logically know everything is probably fine…

…but your body reacts like connection is about to disappear.

Suddenly you’re overanalyzing texts.
Feeling anxious after small conflicts.
Wanting reassurance but also feeling embarrassed for needing it.

This isn’t because you’re needy.

It’s because your nervous system learned early on that connection wasn’t always predictable or safe.

And when that learning happens in childhood, those patterns can follow us into adult relationships.

The good news?

Attachment patterns aren’t permanent parts of your personality.
They’re adaptations.

And with enough experiences of safety, repair, and consistent connection, your system can slowly learn something different.

If you want a deeper breakdown of how attachment trauma forms and how healing actually happens, we wrote a full blog on it.

Comment Attachment to read the whole blog diving into Attachment Trauma🧡

03/18/2026

Meet Ashley 🧡

Ashley is one of the trauma and eating disorder therapists on our team at Reclaim Therapy.

She works with people who are navigating trauma, ARFID, body image struggles, and complicated relationships with food.

Ashley brings a really steady, compassionate presence to therapy. The kind where you don’t have to perform or have everything figured out before you show up.

If you’ve ever felt like your relationship with food or your body is connected to deeper things you’ve been carrying for a long time… you’re not alone.

Ashley helps people untangle that.

To learn more about working with Ashley, head to the Meet Our Team link in our bio!

03/17/2026

A lot of people discover attachment trauma later in life and think:

Wait… this explains so much.

The relationship anxiety.
The overthinking.
The feeling like you're somehow both “too much” and “not enough.”

And the confusing part? Many people with attachment trauma didn’t grow up in homes that looked obviously traumatic.

You might have had parents who loved you.
You might have had your physical needs met.

But emotional attunement was inconsistent.
Your feelings were too big.
Or you learned early that needing people didn’t go very well.

So your nervous system adapted.

You became hyperaware of relational cues.
You learned to manage everyone else’s emotions.
You became the independent one. The easy one. The overachiever.

Those strategies made sense then.

They just start to feel exhausting in adult relationships.

If some of these patterns feel familiar, you’re not alone in unpacking them.

We wrote a full blog breaking down what attachment trauma is, how it forms, and how healing actually happens.

Comment Attachment read the full post on Attachment Trauma. 🧡

03/16/2026

Ever notice how relationships can feel… confusing?

You want closeness, but sometimes it feels overwhelming when someone actually gets close.
You overanalyze texts.
Conflict makes your stomach drop.
You feel both “too much” and “not enough” at the same time.

A lot of people assume this means something is wrong with them.

But often, it’s attachment trauma.

Attachment trauma forms when the people we depended on for safety and emotional connection were inconsistent, unavailable, or emotionally immature. Not always abusive. Sometimes things looked completely normal from the outside.

But inside, your nervous system learned that connection wasn’t always safe.

I wrote a new blog breaking down:
• what attachment trauma actually is
• how it shows up in adult relationships
• and what healing really looks like

Read the full post here: https://f.mtr.cool/qikxssqlyf

12/17/2025

New on the blog!
30 Overlooked Traumatic Childhood Experiences (and how they shape us as adults)

I put all 30 days from my TikTok series into a blog for you to skim through. Head to IG or TikTok to watch the full series with a lot more context!

Many people don’t realize these experiences count as trauma. A therapist explains 30 overlooked childhood trauma experiences and their long term impact.