Childhood Trauma Coaching for Adults
Childhood trauma shapes identity, nervous system, and relationships in ways that often aren’t recognised until adulthood — if at all. My childhood trauma coaching for adults supports you in understanding your patterns, managing triggers, setting boundaries, and gradually reconnecting with who you are beneath what you survived.
I offer childhood trauma coaching online worldwide, giving you the flexibility to work on healing wherever you are.
Who I work with — and how I show up
I work primarily with adults navigating the lasting effects of childhood trauma — including those who grew up with abuse, neglect, addiction, domestic violence, or emotional unavailability, and those who have experienced systemic harm, discrimination, or intergenerational trauma. Some had caregivers who were absent or emotionally unavailable. Others had caregivers who were overwhelmed, frightened, or frightening — creating unsafety without necessarily intending harm.
Some arrive with a clear sense of what they carry. Others come with only a suspicion — a feeling that something in their past is shaping their present, without yet having words for it.
You don’t need a diagnosis, a clear memory, or a single defining event to reach out.
Some arrive with diagnoses — depression, anxiety, chronic pain, dissociation. Others recognize themselves in patterns like disordered eating, fear of abandonment, addictive behaviours, fear of being seen, self-hatred, or chronic self-blame. These are simple labels and patterns that often describe complex experiences rooted in childhood trauma.
How I show up matters as much as the tools I bring. I follow your lead, not a protocol. I adapt to your nervous system and your pace. I am transparent about my reasoning and open to being questioned. And I bring more than 15 years of professional experience — and over 30 years of my own lived experience of trauma recovery, which shapes how I hold this work and how I hold myself accountable within it.
What become possible with childhood trauma coaching
Discover who you truly are
Childhood trauma often erodes our sense of self and activates survival parts — leaving you in a constant survival state rather than authentic experience. As it heals, something underneath begins to emerge: a reconnection with your core, with your fragmented parts, your needs, your values, and your boundaries. Not as concepts to practise, but as something you can feel.
Emotional freedom
Overwhelming emotions become easier to be with. Your triggers become less intense and you learn to respond to life’s challenges with more clarity, less reactivity, and a deeper trust in your own inner wisdom.
Relationships that feel different
Not because other people change, but because you do. You can be more present, set boundaries that hold, and build trust without abandoning yourself in the process. You learn to discern healthy love from toxic patterns — and develop the self-respect to leave behind people who continuously disrespect you.
Breaking intergenerational cycles
Trauma carries a risk of being transmitted intergenerationally — through our relationship patterns. Unresolved childhood trauma can limit your parenting or your emotional availability for your child. As you heal, you create something different: a healthier and more genuine connection with yourself and those around you.
Memories that lose their charge
Experiences that once felt stuck in the body begin to integrate. They become part of your history — something you can hold, rather than something that holds you hostage in the present.
Meet Natalie
Hi, I’m Natalie, a complex trauma coach specialising in childhood trauma recovery. I work with adults worldwide — online, wherever you are.
My understanding of this work isn’t only professional. I have over 30 years of my own lived experience of trauma recovery, including childhood trauma. I know what it costs to show up for this work — and what becomes possible when you do. That lived reality shapes how I practise and how I hold myself accountable as a coach.
My approach — the Integrative Trauma Recovery Model™ — integrates EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, and somatic approaches, always adapted to your nervous system and your pace.
Read my full story here.
Childhood Trauma Coaching rooted in the Integrative Trauma Recovery Model™
Childhood trauma is not a single event. It is woven into your nervous system, your sense of self, your relationship patterns, and the parts of you that learned to survive before you had words for what was happening. Healing it requires more than talk and positive thinking — it requires working at the level where it actually lives – an integration of body, mind and emotions.
The Integrative Trauma Recovery Model™ that I use for childhood trauma coaching brings together EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, and somatic approaches — not as a fixed protocol, but an integrative approach adapted to what happened to you, your nervous system, and where you are right now. The model was developed specifically for adults healing from childhood trauma, relational trauma and complex trauma. It is what I wish had existed when I was looking for support.
Your symptoms are not signs that something is fundamentally wrong with you. They are adaptive responses that developed for a reason. We work with them, not against them.
Healing requires showing up — especially when it gets difficult. The nervous system needs repetition. New patterns need practice. The moments that feel most uncomfortable are often the ones closest to what needs healing. If the impulse to disappear arises, that becomes part of the conversation rather than the end of it.
To go deeper into the specific approaches I use: Parts work therapy for adults with childhood trauma and EMDR for childhood trauma.
It’s your time to heal: Let’s begin
If this approach to trauma recovery resonates with you, I’d be honoured to connect. I offer a free consultation — a chance to explore your history and see whether working together makes sense. You can book through Jane App or message me at nat@brighthorizontherapies.com, whichever feels easier.
Your questions about childhood trauma coaching for adults answered
If you’re curious to learn more about trauma recovery at your own pace, you’re welcome to explore my Trauma Recovery FAQs.