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Trauma Therapy in Colchester, CT & Falls Church, VA

Online Trauma Therapy in Colchester, CT & Falls Church, VA

For adults and anxious teens who are ready to LET GO of everyone else’s “too much” and “not good enough”

And BECOME their confident, true, authentic selves

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When clients first come in, they are overwhelmed, confused and (if they dare) FURIOUS.

The relationships that they thought were picture perfect are crumbling.

They have been ON for so long: straddling the expectations of their families, cultures, and relationships.

They have been taking care of everyone else.

Trying to be perfect for everyone else.

Worried about being “good enough” for everyone else.

Through it all, they have found themselves shrinking.

And on the inside? They are exhausted and ready to SCREAM.

But they have also had enough. And so have you.

If you are ready to shed fear and feeling stuck and, instead, heal your past and lean into your full self, I would love to help you get there.

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Despite being caring, empathetic, and investing energy into their relationships, they feel isolated, empty and unimportant.

You deserve to feel joy, worth, and connection.

My clients struggle like you do.

And you are ready to start trauma therapy or teen therapy for anxiety in Colchester, CT or Falls Church, VA

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Hi, I’m Alice Zic!

I am a trauma therapist and daughter of Bosnian immigrants. I grew up in a bilingual and multigenerational household—tethered between worlds.

Right now, you feel like no matter how hard you work and how hard you try, it’s never enough. You just want that one person to care enough.

See you enough.

Be proud of you enough.

I get it.

I know you are exhausted. And confused. It’s hard to trust yourself sometimes. It’s hard to trust other people sometimes too.

You grew up too fast. You are always taking care of someone else’s needs. You keep wondering how you are constantly the emotional caregiver in every relationship. And you are getting tired and burnt out.

Isn’t it time to take care of you too?

I believe that trauma therapy and teen therapy for anxiety create a space to develop safety and empowerment. Therapy unlocks the pathway to feel seen, to learn how to love and nurture yourself, and to learn when enough is enough so that moments of visibility in the world can feel tolerable and enjoyable.

In trauma therapy and teen therapy with me, you can:

  • Find your peace

  • Stop hiding under a convenient veneer of what someone else wants to see

  • Let go of symptoms of complex trauma that have haunted you

  • Enter into narcissistic abuse recovery and find your freedom

  • Quiet your high-functioning anxiety and find the slow, softness you’ve been searching for

  • Recapture your sense of power and capability

  • Let go of people-pleasing and perfectionism

  • Increase your confidence and self-love

  • Emerge as your true, authentic self

Ready to start working together? I can’t wait to meet you!

Trauma Therapy and Teen Therapy for Anxiety in Connecticut and Virginia

Online Therapy in Colchester, CT & Falls Church, VA

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Simple. Convenient. Online.

My virtual practice is located in Colchester, CT and I provide online therapy to adults and teens located in Connecticut and Virginia. No commute, no unpredictable weather, no hassle. All you need is a private space and access to Wifi for us to meet.

What I Help With:

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    Parentification Trauma

    You grew up fast, sacrificing your childhood in a world that was tough on your family and where you were not seen. Release the masks you needed to protect yourself. Slowly and gently heal the younger you who did not have the support and safety you needed.

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    Childhood Trauma

    You felt “too much” and “not good enough” for your own mother, and this story kept you stuck in shame and people pleasing. Heal and reparent your mother wound so the person you are can emerge and thrive.

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    Teen Anxiety

    You have been watching your teen grow, but suddenly, they are shutting down and a shell of who they used to be. Let’s boost their confidence, grow their self-worth, and enable them to become the capable, deserving individual you know they can be.

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A Trauma Therapist’s 5 Tips for Reparenting Yourself
A Trauma Therapist’s 5 Tips for Reparenting Yourself

Reparenting is an important part of healing in trauma therapy and recovery. During childhood, if you felt powerless and your needs were unmet and under-valued, reparenting offers you the opportunity to take back your power. In reparenting, you as the capable, choice-making adult get to use your capacities to witness and honor the needs and safety that the younger and past versions of you did not have access to. You are able to create that very safety, nurture, and wisdom now. You get to become your own internal parent and compass. So what are some steps you can take to reparent yourself?

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But She’s Your Mom! Unpacking 5 Signs of Mother Wounds
But She’s Your Mom! Unpacking 5 Signs of Mother Wounds

It sends chills up your spine—when someone doesn’t get it and keeps urging you to get in touch with your mom. Your relationship with her is…complicated. One moment you feel like you “should” be best friends with her and confide everything in her. But the next minute? You feel betrayed, guilty, and horrible. Sometimes being around her does not feel good at all. You just don’t get it! Could it be that there is more to your relationship with her than you have explored before?

Let’s dive into the complexities and signs of mother wounding.

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What is Childhood Trauma? Understanding the Signs and Impact
What is Childhood Trauma? Understanding the Signs and Impact

Childhood trauma usually can’t be isolated to one specific event. Instead, it’s a mishmash of multiple confusing, insidious, and murky overwhelming moments. That’s because the experiences that fall under the category of childhood trauma are both relational (happening between people) and systemic (created by external, oppressive forces).

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What is Parentification Trauma? How it Happens & How to Heal
What is Parentification Trauma? How it Happens & How to Heal

Parentification trauma is the impact of continued, ongoing relational and external stressors by not having access to developmentally appropriate experiences in childhood (safety, nurture, protection, free play, guidance) and feeling pressure and necessity to assume an adult role during childhood. When adults in a family have high external stress and unmet internal needs, they are less able to look to their children as their children. This means that the skills and space to offer guidance, protection, and nurture are not as present.

When you needed something, what happened? Chances are, someone was too busy or got annoyed with you for asking. If you did not show up as the parent for the adults around you, chaos ensued. Now, the repeated exhaustion, terror/panic over making a mistake, people pleasing, hyper-independence, and difficulty with feeling taken care of is telling you something. The impact of parentification trauma is hitting you, mind and body.

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