LITD Trauma Counseling

LITD Trauma Counseling Light in the Darkness (LITD) Trauma Counseling provides individual, couple, and family counseling services. There's light in the darkest places...

We specialize in the integration of trauma treatment with ethical faith-based care and support.

If you've spent time navigating high-pressure systems — intense workplaces, survival situations, institutions that wore ...
03/09/2026

If you've spent time navigating high-pressure systems — intense workplaces, survival situations, institutions that wore you down — and you're finally ready to process what that's done to your nervous system, Gates is who you want in your corner.

Gates has a rare gift: she creates space where people feel safe enough to exhale — sometimes for the first time in a long while.

She specializes in adults carrying the weight of prolonged stress, systemic adversity, and high-responsibility roles.

She is now accepting new clients. 💙

📩 Free consultation to get started

International Women's Day is a celebration.And at LITD, we also want to acknowledge what it sometimes costs to be a woma...
03/08/2026

International Women's Day is a celebration.

And at LITD, we also want to acknowledge what it sometimes costs to be a woman in high-demand spaces — in systems that ask you to give more than you have, in roles that require strength 24 hours a day, in seasons where you held others together while quietly carrying your own weight alone.
You are not just strong. You are also human. And that humanity — your nervous system, your mind, your grief, your exhaustion, your joy — deserves care.

Today we celebrate the women who show up. Who lead. Who heal. Who try. Who keep going.

And we remind you: the bravest thing you can do is let someone help carry what you've been carrying alone.

💜 We walk alongside women doing exactly that, every day.

This verse doesn't say strength goes to the people who have it all together.It goes to the weary.If March already feels ...
03/08/2026

This verse doesn't say strength goes to the people who have it all together.

It goes to the weary.

If March already feels like a lot — the pressure, the pace, the weight of holding things together — that's not disqualifying you from something. That's describing exactly who this promise was written for.

You don't have to manufacture energy you don't have. You just have to show up honest.

He meets people there. Every time. 💙

If you served, you already know how to carry weight that others can’t see.The news right now is stirring things up for a...
03/06/2026

If you served, you already know how to carry weight that others can’t see.

The news right now is stirring things up for a lot of veterans — and for the families who love them. Old memories. Hypervigilance. Trouble sleeping. Feeling like part of you is somewhere far away again.

That’s not weakness. That’s a nervous system that remembers what you’ve been through.

And to the spouses, kids, parents, and siblings watching someone they love struggle right now — you’re carrying something too. Your experience matters. You don’t have to figure this out alone either.

At LITD, we walk alongside veterans and their families with trauma-specialized care that honors your service, your story, and your faith. There is still light in the darkest places. 💙

📩 Free consultation available

This is one of the most important things we tell our clients at LITD. Trauma isn't just a memory stored in your brain. I...
03/06/2026

This is one of the most important things we tell our clients at LITD.

Trauma isn't just a memory stored in your brain. It lives in your body… in your nervous system, your muscles, your breath patterns, your startle response.

You're not overreacting. You're not broken. You're wired for survival, and sometimes that wiring gets stuck in protection mode.

Healing helps it find its way home.

📍 Curious about what this could look like for you? Free consultations available.

Which one are you neglecting?Self-care isn't a spa day. At LITD, we call it stewardship — tending to the whole self you'...
03/05/2026

Which one are you neglecting?

Self-care isn't a spa day. At LITD, we call it stewardship — tending to the whole self you've been entrusted with.

We work in 5 domains: physical, emotional, mental, relational, and spiritual. When even one or two go untended, you feel it everywhere.

This week's check-in 👇

🌿 Physical — Sleep, movement, nutrition. Your nervous system lives in your body. Is it getting what it needs?

💛 Emotional — Are you naming what you feel, savoring those favs, or just white-knuckling through? Even 5 honest minutes can release enormous pressure.

Start with the one you've been avoiding.

Rest never feels safe. You love hard but trust slowly. Your body braces before your mind catches up. You've been strong ...
03/04/2026

Rest never feels safe. You love hard but trust slowly. Your body braces before your mind catches up.

You've been strong for so long, you forgot what it feels like not to be. You long to feel close to God again, but something blocks the way.

You're not too far gone. You're not too broken. You're just carrying something you were never meant to carry alone.

There's light in the darkest places. We'll show you.

Free consultations available.

March rolls in and everyone's talking about fresh starts and spring energy.But if you're someone who holds it together a...
03/03/2026

March rolls in and everyone's talking about fresh starts and spring energy.

But if you're someone who holds it together at work, at home, in the system, under pressure — your nervous system doesn't get a seasonal reset just because the calendar flipped.

Burnout in high-stress roles isn't a character flaw. It's a physiological response to prolonged demand without enough recovery built in.

You deserve more than grinding through it.

📍 Free consultations available

March brings longer days, fuller calendars, and the subtle pressure to “get it together.”But if your nervous system is a...
03/02/2026

March brings longer days, fuller calendars, and the subtle pressure to “get it together.”

But if your nervous system is already tired, more daylight doesn’t automatically mean more capacity.

At LITD, we teach self-care as stewardship of your internal and external resources.

Stewardship of your:
• Physical energy
• Emotional reserves
• Mental focus
• Relational boundaries
• Spiritual grounding

If one domain is depleted, the others feel it.

Gates is currently accepting new clients and works especially well with individuals carrying chronic stress — the kind that builds quietly in responsible, high-capacity people.

If someone in your life seems stretched thin, feel free to share this post.

940.239.9169
light@litdtrauma.com

Spring can stir activity.Lent invites stillness.Jesus’ invitation to rest was not given to the idle. It was given to the...
03/01/2026

Spring can stir activity.

Lent invites stillness.

Jesus’ invitation to rest was not given to the idle. It was given to the weary.

Rest is not irresponsibility.
It is stewardship.

Physical rest.
Emotional honesty.
Mental quiet.
Relational repair.
Spiritual alignment.

If this season feels heavy, you are not failing.

You may simply be tired.

May this Sunday create room to breathe again.

Spring is busy.Schedules tighten. Patience thins. Small conflicts escalate faster.Emotional safety isn’t about staying c...
02/28/2026

Spring is busy.

Schedules tighten. Patience thins. Small conflicts escalate faster.

Emotional safety isn’t about staying calm all the time.

It’s about repair.

Can you say:
“I misunderstood you.”
“I was defensive.”
“That wasn’t fair.”

Relationships don’t fail because of conflict.
They fracture when repair is absent.

If your relationship feels reactive instead of steady, therapy can help build repair skills that last beyond the season.

940.239.9169
light@litdtrauma.com

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900 8th Street, Suite 600
Wichita Falls, TX
76301

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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