I grew up in an alcoholic home and was given the role of the black sheep/scapegoat. In my mid-thirties, my husband and I had a fabulous trip to Europe (work-related). We saw beautiful works of art, landscapes, architecture, and fashion. After our wonderful trip, the traumas from my childhood came pouring out of me. I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

My world turned upside down with flashbacks of being severely abused as a child. The sexual abuse started when I was about three years old. Home, school and Catholic church were not safe for me as these were the places I was assaulted. As I spoke up later in life, I was outcasted and discarded for telling the truth. I wasn’t believed. It took my siblings eighteen years to believe the truth and I was still outcasted. 

As I was healing, I had a calling to help others who were treated like me; estranged from my family with church leaders covering up for their criminal acts, treating me as the problem and trying to silence me. Also, there were several church leaders and a female therapist from a Mega Church who covered up for a Counseling pastor who sexually harassed me when my husband and I went for marital counseling. 

I know what it feels like to have travelled the road of betrayals, being treated inhumane, suffering with cPTSD, being thrown under the bus to ’protect the abusers at all costs’. I also know what it’s like integrating traumas. Moreover, I know the liberation of no longer being in bondage to the aftereffects of trauma, predators, and enablers. My purpose and justice is in helping trauma survivors be set free. To help them manage the aftereffects from trauma that altered their lives—to living a beautiful life.

My favorite part of the morning is getting up early before the sun comes out and journaling to God. I love writing, learning, fresh flowers, and experiencing the beauty of nature, with all the scents and sounds. I also enjoy shopping, Thai Yoga massages combined with Swedish massage, hiking and taking pictures. I prefer being barefoot over wearing shoes. I’ve been married for over 34 years. My husband has been by my side through it all.

EDUCATION

Arizona Trauma Institute: 

• Certified Trauma & Resilience Life Coach

• Certificate of Health and Wellness for Trauma; Sleep, Nutrition, Movement and Stress Management

• Certificate of Clinical Trauma Specialist Individuals CCTS-I

• Certificate of Advanced Clinical Trauma Specialist

• Certificate of Trauma Support Specialist CTSS

• Certificate of Treating the Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Incest

     

David Kessler Training:

• Certified Grief Educator

     

Collectively Rooted:

• Certificate Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies

IAOTRC

• Certified Trauma Recovery Coach

Cal State Fullerton

• BA Psychology