Trauma-Informed Therapy in Virginia Beach
Our specialties are just a starting point. If something’s weighing on you, we’re here to help you sort through it.
Anxiety & Depression
Anxiety and depression can make it hard to get through the day—whether you're constantly overwhelmed, feeling numb, stuck in negative thoughts, or just not feeling like yourself. At Restore Counseling & Wellness, we provide a safe, supportive space to explore what’s beneath the surface and find real, lasting relief.
Strategies that support healing
Anxiety can feel overwhelming—like your mind won’t stop racing, your body is always on edge, and peace is just out of reach. At Restore Counseling & Wellness, we use a variety of tools to help you find calm, clarity, and control again.
Here are a few practical approaches we might use together in therapy:
Grounding Techniques
Help you stay connected to the present moment when anxiety takes over. These might include breathwork, sensory exercises, or the 5-4-3-2-1 technique.Cognitive Tools
Learn to recognize and shift anxious thought patterns through practices like thought records and realistic rethinking.Body-Based Practices
Anxiety lives in the body, too. We use gentle tools like deep breathing, stretching, and muscle relaxation to help settle your nervous system.Mindfulness
Mindfulness helps you notice anxious thoughts without getting caught up in them—building inner calm over time.Parts Work (IFS-Informed)
You may have an anxious “part” trying to protect you. We’ll explore these inner voices with compassion and curiosity.Values-Based Support
When anxiety pulls you off track, we help you reconnect with what truly matters—so you can live with more purpose and less fear.
You're not broken—and you’re not alone. With the right support, anxiety becomes something you can understand, manage, and move through.
Let’s take the next step together.
Trauma & Dissociative Disorders
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can develop after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event. You might notice flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, or a sense of being stuck in the past. We provide a calm, grounded space to safely process what happened and help your nervous system find relief and regulation again.
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Complex trauma often comes from prolonged or repeated experiences—like childhood neglect, emotional abuse, or unsafe relationships. Its effects can feel woven into your sense of self. We take a gentle, relational approach that honors all parts of your story and helps you reclaim safety, connection, and self-trust over time.
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Service-related trauma can impact every aspect of life, from sleep and mood to relationships and identity. Whether you’re a veteran or an active service member, we understand the weight of what you’ve carried. Therapy offers a confidential, non-judgmental space to begin releasing that burden—one step at a time.
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Medical procedures, chronic illness, or misdiagnoses can leave lasting emotional and physiological scars. Even when the physical recovery is over, your body might still be in survival mode. We help you process what your body remembers, reconnect with trust, and move forward with more ease and self-compassion.
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Even one overwhelming experience—like an accident, assault, or natural disaster—can have a lasting impact. If something has shaken your sense of safety, you’re not alone. Therapy helps make sense of the shock, ease the emotional weight, and gently restore a sense of control and calm.
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Dissociation is the mind’s way of protecting us during overwhelming experiences. You may feel detached from your body, your memories, or even your sense of self—and it can be confusing or frightening when it happens without warning. Whether you're navigating depersonalization, dissociative amnesia, or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), we approach this work with deep compassion, patience, and respect.
You are not broken. These responses developed for a reason—and together, we’ll create a space where all parts of you are welcomed and supported. Through steady, relational work, you can begin to feel more grounded, more connected, and more whole.
At Restore Counseling & Wellness, we specialize in working with trauma and dissociative disorders with care, compassion, and deep respect for your lived experience. Whether you’ve experienced a single overwhelming event or long-term, complex trauma, we understand how it can affect every part of your life—including memory, identity, relationships, and your connection to your body. Dissociation is a protective response, not a flaw—and in therapy, we gently explore these patterns at your pace, helping you feel safer, more connected, and more whole. You don’t have to navigate this alone. With the right support, healing is not only possible—it’s within reach.
When Pain Runs Deeper: Counseling for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain doesn’t just live in the body—it affects your mind, your mood, your relationships, and your sense of hope. When you’re in pain day after day, it can be exhausting and isolating. You may feel misunderstood, dismissed, or even blamed. Over time, it can lead to anxiety, depression, grief, and a sense of disconnection from your life.
At Restore, we recognize that chronic pain is more than a physical experience. Through compassionate, trauma-informed counseling, we help you explore how pain has impacted your life, your story, and your nervous system. Using tools like Internal Family Systems (IFS), narrative therapy, and mindfulness-based approaches, we work with both the emotional and psychological layers of your experience.
You don’t have to “just live with it.” Counseling can help you build a more empowered relationship with your body, manage pain-related stress, and reconnect with moments of peace, purpose, and joy—even in the midst of what feels hard.
Listening to Your Body:
How Somatic Therapy Supports Pain Relief
When we live with chronic pain, the body often carries more than just physical tension—it holds stress, trauma, and the emotional weight of feeling unheard or unseen. Somatic therapy gently helps you reconnect with your body in a safe, supportive way, so it doesn’t feel like the enemy.
Through guided awareness, grounding exercises, breathwork, and gentle movement, somatic therapy helps release stored tension and calm the nervous system. Many people find that their pain lessens when they’re able to work through what’s stuck—not just in the mind, but in the body itself.
These tools don’t just manage pain—they invite a new kind of relationship with your body: one built on curiosity, care, and the belief that your body holds wisdom and the capacity to heal.
Grief Therapy in Virginia
Grief is a deeply personal journey—and it doesn’t follow a timeline. Whether you’re coping with the death of a loved one, a divorce, miscarriage, or another life loss, your pain is real and deserves space to be felt and honored.
At Restore Counseling & Wellness, we offer grief counseling in Virginia to support you through the waves of sadness, anger, confusion, and loneliness. We help you move forward rather than “move on.” With compassionate, trauma-informed care, we help you process your loss, find meaning in the pain, and honor the person you lost—one step at a time.
You don’t have to grieve alone. Our grief therapists are here to walk with you.
