Healing is Possible
Don't Settle for Less
Welcome to Well Aware! We provide trauma-informed mental health therapy and psychiatry services in Eugene, Oregon. There’s no getting around it: we evolved to avoid pain. The difficult things we’ve been through, feelings like sadness and anxiety, judgmental thoughts we have about ourselves, and relational challenges we face are often exhausting and overwhelming. We get it.
But what if the very act of avoiding these painful realities is serving to keep you stuck and prolonging your suffering? Everything you’ve been through, good and bad, has shaped the person you are today. Although it can be difficult, improving the relationship you have with yourself is the key to discove new possibilities. Are you motivated to get down to the root of what’s going on? We want to help.
3 Steps to Healing
1 Face It
Healing can be intimidating and difficult. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts and ignoring it won’t make it go away. But you’ve made it this far on your own which means you’re probably more resilient than you realize. Having someone who cares in your corner cheering you on can make a huge difference.
2 Do The Work
You don’t have to put it off any longer. We can help you navigate challenging thoughts and feelings by providing a supportive space and guiding you through them with compassion. Our goal is to help you feel safe to explore what’s real and to empower yourself.
3 Take Charge
We will always have difficulties in this life; no one can prevent that. But it is possible to resolve pain from the past, relate to others in new ways, and develop skills to cope more effectively with all that life throws at us. Every accomplishment is meaningful, no matter how small.
What Sets Us Apart
Research has demonstrated that fallout from the difficulties we face in life becomes stored physically in our bodies in the form of emotions, sensations, and reactions. Traumatic experiences, especially those experienced during childhood, have also been linked to an increase in negative health outcomes. Thankfully, researchers have also discovered that we can heal the survival patterns associated with trauma and modify the neural networks built up around them by dispelling symptoms at their roots with evidence-based interventions including Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and Somatic Experiencing.
Our services are trauma-informed and focused on your recovery and wellbeing. In addition to professional training to understand how to resolve emotional blockages in the brain-body system, we are motivated to use our expertise to help you reach the next level on your healing journey. This is not just a job for us, it’s a life passion because we have seen the power of transformation directly. There are plenty of options when it comes to your mental health and we encourage you not to settle for good enough.