CPTSD Therapy · Boca Raton & Delray Beach, FL
When the trauma wasn't one moment. It was years.
Therapy for women living with complex post-traumatic stress (CPTSD) in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, Florida. Paced, relational work for trauma that built up slowly, over time.
Training & supervision
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EMDR-trained
EMDRIA-approved basic training curriculum
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AEDP-trained
AEDP Institute
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IFS-informed
Internal Family Systems
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MS, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Master's level clinician
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Practicing under qualified supervision
Supervised by Karin Witte, LMHC #MH13488
Currently practicing at Genesis Counseling, Boca Raton & Delray Beach.
What is CPTSD therapy in Boca Raton?
CPTSD therapy in Boca Raton supports women living with complex post-traumatic stress, the lasting effects of prolonged or repeated trauma that often begins in early relationships. When trauma happens slowly, over years, and usually inside relationships that were supposed to be safe, it does not feel like an event you survived; it can feel like your personality - hypervigilance, shame, an inner critic that never really turns off, and losing yourself inside relationships. The order of the work matters: stabilization and a felt sense of safety come before the harder material. A formal diagnosis is not required to begin. The goal is not to relive what happened, but to help the whole self experience that it is over. Hannah Lee, RMHCI, works with women carrying complex trauma under qualified Florida supervision, integrating EMDR, AEDP, and somatic approaches at a pace that puts safety first. Available in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and via telehealth across Florida.
What complex trauma actually looks like
It feels like who you are.
Complex trauma rarely arrives with one clear story. The women I work with more often describe a feeling: that they are too much and not enough at once, that they brace for things to go wrong, that they can read a room in a second but lose track of what they themselves need, that the inner critic never really turns off.
When trauma happens slowly, over years, and usually inside relationships that were supposed to be safe, it does not feel like an event you survived. It feels like your personality. That is what makes complex trauma so disorienting, and it is exactly the layer this work reaches.
What I work with
Childhood & developmental trauma
The early relational experiences that taught a nervous system the world was not safe, and that still shape how you trust, connect, and protect yourself as an adult.
Emotional overwhelm & numbness
The swing between feeling everything too intensely and feeling nothing at all. Complex trauma keeps the nervous system stuck in survival, long after the danger has passed.
Shame & the inner critic
Not feeling bad about something you did, but feeling flawed as a person. Shame is one of complex trauma's deepest marks, and a central place this work goes.
Relational patterns
People-pleasing, hypervigilance, difficulty trusting, losing yourself inside relationships. The patterns that kept you safe once and now keep you stuck.
How I work
Safety first. Always.
Complex trauma work is not about pulling up everything that happened as fast as possible. Done that way, it overwhelms. The order matters: we build stabilization and a felt sense of safety before we touch the harder material, so your nervous system can actually hold the work.
My approach integrates EMDR for processing, AEDP for the relational safety that makes processing possible, and somatic awareness throughout. I work with people living with complex trauma, whether or not they carry a formal diagnosis.
We move at the pace your system can hold. The goal is not to relive what happened, but to help your whole self finally experience that it is over, so the patterns it left behind can begin to loosen.
What to expect
Paced, not rushed.
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01 · Free consultation
A 15-minute phone call. You share what is bringing you in. I share how I work with complex trauma. We see if it feels like a fit.
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02 · Stabilization first
Before any processing, we build resources, regulation, and safety. With complex trauma this phase is not a warm-up. It is what makes the rest of the work possible.
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03 · The processing work
When you are ready, we work with the material that keeps the patterns running, using EMDR and somatic approaches, always at a pace you can hold.
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04 · Integration
New patterns settle into daily life and relationships. We work toward you trusting yourself enough to keep going, with the inner critic quieter than it was.
Common questions about CPTSD therapy
Is CPTSD an official diagnosis?
Complex PTSD is recognized in the World Health Organization's ICD-11. In the United States it is often understood within the broader picture of trauma and PTSD. As a registered intern I work with the lasting effects of complex trauma rather than provide a formal diagnosis. You do not need a diagnosis on paper to start this work.
I've done therapy before and it stalled. Why?
That is common with complex trauma. Talk-only approaches often reach a plateau because the material lives in the body and nervous system, not just in the story you can tell about it. EMDR, AEDP, and somatic work are built to reach what insight alone cannot.
Will I have to relive everything that happened?
No. The work is paced, and safety comes first. EMDR in particular works with how memories are stored, not with how thoroughly you can describe them. You stay in control of what you share at every step.
How long does this kind of work take?
Everyone is different. Complex trauma is paced work over a longer timeframe than single-event trauma, because we build stabilization before processing. We talk through what that looks like for you during the consult.
An invitation
Worth a 15-minute call?
Complex trauma work is a long, paced relationship. The free consultation is the lowest-stakes way to feel out whether we would work well together.
No commitment. Pick a time, I'll call you.
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