Trauma therapy and counseling in Redding, CA, and by California telehealth
Trauma isn’t only what happened. It’s what your body keeps doing to protect you, long after the danger is over.
Trauma counseling in Redding can help you feel safe in your own skin again, without forcing you to tell a story you’re not ready to tell.
Yvette Brown, trauma therapist and Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee at Attune Center for Healing in Redding. Supervised by Christina Whitney, LMFT #111050.
You might notice that you
- Scan every room you walk into
- Feel braced in your body, even on a good day
- Go blank or freeze during conflict
- Keep the whole family running while feeling far away from yourself
- Can’t turn your brain off at night
It’s not what’s wrong with you. It’s what’s happened to you. These are your body’s ways of keeping you safe, and they made sense once.
Curious why your body keeps reacting this way? Read how trauma affects the body, in plain language.
How I treat trauma
We go in a careful order, and you set the pace the whole way through.
Safety first
Sleep, grounding, choice, and a clear plan for what to do if feelings get too big or you shut down.
Get to know your parts
We get curious about the parts of you that still carry the old threat, instead of fighting them.
Heal what’s underneath
We work with what your body hasn’t finished, so the old wound can finally rest.
Parts work (IFS)
Internal Family Systems, or IFS, is a way of working with the different parts of yourself. It gives you words for the parts that protect you, the parts that hurt, and the calm center in you that can care for both.
Brainspotting
A body-based way of healing that uses where you look to reach what talking alone often can’t.
Talk therapy
Our relationship holds all of it, so you’re never doing this work alone.
Want to go deeper in less time? I also offer Brainspotting and trauma therapy intensives in Redding: about four hours a day over a 3-day weekend, or 4 or 5 days.
What a trauma counseling session is like
A lot of women picture trauma counseling as reliving the worst moments of their lives. That’s not how it works here. A typical 50-minute session looks more like this:
- Check in. How your week went, how you slept, and what feels most important today.
- Get steady. A minute or two of grounding, so your body feels safe enough to do the work.
- The work itself. Some days that’s Brainspotting, some days it’s getting to know a part of you that’s been running the show, and some days it’s simply talking.
- Land softly. We leave time at the end so you walk out feeling settled, not raw.
You’re in charge of the pace. You can pause, slow down, or change direction at any point.
What women often bring
- PTSD and complex PTSD (C-PTSD), from trauma that happened over and over, often in childhood or close relationships
- Childhood and relationship trauma
- Grief that no one ever witnessed
- The aftereffects of controlling or narcissistic relationships
- Feeling numb, checked out, frozen, or stuck in people-pleasing
- Always being on alert, in a way that looks like being “the capable one”
- Burnout from years of holding everything together
Meet your trauma therapist in Redding
I’m Yvette Brown, a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee at Attune Center for Healing. My focus is midlife women who have spent years being the strong one: women living with complex trauma, PTSD, burnout, or the aftermath of a controlling or narcissistic relationship.
I came to this work through my own healing, including caregiving, chronic illness, and years of trauma-informed peer support. I’m trained in Brainspotting (Phase 2, plus training in Brainspotting intensives), and my work is informed by Internal Family Systems. I’m pursuing my Master’s in Counseling Psychology through Simpson University.
Read more about Yvette, or read what to look for in a trauma therapist.
Yvette Brown is a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee at Attune Center for Healing and supervised by Christina Whitney, LMFT #111050.
What the first month can look like
Sessions 1 to 3: we talk about your history, at your pace. We agree on goals, and you learn a few tools you can use between sessions.
Around sessions 6 to 8: we check in together. Are the grounding tools helping? Are you a little less hard on yourself after something sets you off? Do you have a clearer sense of which parts take over? If not, we revisit your goals and our fit.
This isn’t a promise of a timeline. It’s a way to make sure the work is actually helping you.
What I won’t do
- Promise you a quick fix
- Make you share every detail in your first session
- Treat any one method, belief, or supplement as the only path
Trauma work here is collaborative and paced. If you are in crisis, we focus on helping you feel safe and steady first.
If you are in immediate danger, call 911. If you are in crisis, call or text 988. In Shasta County, the 24-hour mental health line is (530) 225-5252.
Questions people ask
Do I have to talk about everything that happened?
No. We work with what’s showing up now. Details are optional, and you decide when and how much to share.
What if I get overwhelmed or shut down in session?
We plan for that from the start. If it becomes too much, we slow down, help you feel steady again, and stop the deeper work for that day.
Is this EMDR?
No. I use Brainspotting and parts work (IFS), not EMDR. If you want EMDR specifically, I’m happy to help you think through referral options.
Can trauma therapy be done by video?
Yes, as long as you’re in California and we have a plan for staying safe and steady. Some people prefer the Redding office for body-based work.
Is faith part of therapy?
Faith is welcome, but not required. I’m a Christian, and if you want your faith to be part of your healing, we can include it. If you don’t, we leave it out completely.
How long does trauma therapy take?
It depends on what you’re carrying. Some women feel noticeably steadier within a few months. Trauma that started in childhood or went on for years usually takes longer. We check in together along the way so you always know whether it’s helping. If you want to go deeper in less time, an intensive may be a good fit.
How is trauma counseling different from regular talk therapy?
Talk therapy helps you understand what happened. Trauma counseling also works with how your body and nervous system are still reacting to it, like the bracing, the freezing, or the mind that won’t turn off. Understanding is a good start. Feeling safe again is the goal.
Does insurance cover trauma counseling?
Attune Center for Healing accepts Aetna, Health Net, L.A. Care, Magellan, UnitedHealthcare, Partnership, and Medi-Cal. The self-pay rate is $100 per session, and Attune Center for Healing provides superbills upon request. Confirm coverage with your insurance plan for therapy with a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee prior to service. More details are on the insurance and cost page.
Do you see clients outside of Redding?
Yes. Women come to the Redding office from Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, Cottonwood, Red Bluff, and across Shasta County. Telehealth is available anywhere in California, and women travel from Chico, Sacramento, and Roseville for intensives.
How do I get started?
Book a free 15-minute consult or call (530) 444-1522. We’ll talk about what’s going on and whether we’re a good fit, with no pressure either way. If you’re curious, here’s what to expect in your first session.
Good to know
Where we meet
In person at Attune Center for Healing, 2395 Bechelli Ln., Ste. B, Redding, or by secure video anywhere in California. Clients come from Redding, Anderson, Shasta Lake, Palo Cedro, Cottonwood, and across Shasta County.
Cost and insurance
Attune Center for Healing accepts Aetna, Health Net, L.A. Care, Magellan, UnitedHealthcare, Partnership, and Medi-Cal.
Attune Center for Healing’s self-pay rate is $100 per session.
Confirm coverage with your insurance plan for therapy with a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee prior to service.
Keep exploring
Thinking about what to look for in a therapist? Read Finding the right trauma therapist, or the free guide to parts work and Brainspotting.
This page is education, not therapy. It’s not medical advice, and it doesn’t create a therapist-client relationship.
You don’t have to figure this out alone.
Whatever brought you here, it makes sense. Let’s talk about what you’re carrying.