🌿Why I Do This Work: My Trauma Healing Journey from Wounds to Wisdom

Jennifer Starlight
Jul 16
3 min read

Updated: Sep 28

# From Surviving to Thriving: A Journey Through Trauma Therapy

Trauma healing journey from wounds to wisdom — Your healing journey begins with one step.

By Jennifer Starlight, LMFT | Mended Heart Family Counseling & Trauma Recovery Center

🌿 Specializing in EMDR Therapy, Complex Trauma, and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

🌟 How It All Began

People often ask me, “How did you get into trauma therapy?”

The answer is simple and deeply personal.

Because I have lived it.

Because I have walked through darkness, betrayal, spiritual crisis, abandonment, and emotional abuse.

Because I know what it feels like to lose yourself and what it takes to find your way back home.

🌪️ Trauma Healing Journey: From Pain to Awakening

I didn’t choose to become a trauma therapist because it sounded interesting on paper. I chose this path because I know firsthand what it means to feel unseen, unheard, and unsafe, sometimes even in your own body.

I grew up in a dysfunctional home, witnessed abuse, and spent time in and out of the foster care system. These experiences left deep wounds around safety, love, and identity.

As an adult, I faced divorce, single parenting, and periods of complete emotional and spiritual disconnection. I also experienced betrayal, infidelity, and gaslighting wrapped in excuses and manipulation.

These were not just painful moments. They were soul-fracturing. Yet each one became part of my awakening and part of the reason I now guide others on their own trauma healing journey.

✨ Trauma Healing Isn’t Linear, But It Is Possible

What I know now is this: Trauma affects so much more than the mind. It touches the nervous system, emotions, spirit, and the way we see ourselves in the world.

For years, I searched for peace in external roles - caregiver, partner, achiever. But that peace never lasted.

True healing began only when I went inward through EMDR therapy, energy work, and spiritual practices like A Course in Miracles. That was when I discovered that healing is messy, sacred, and transformational. It may take time, but it is always possible.

💛 From Wounds to Wisdom

Today, I specialize in helping women and trauma survivors, especially those with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or recovering from narcissistic abuse. I guide them in navigating their own healing journey with compassion and clarity.

What makes my work unique is that I blend clinical tools like EMDR, CBT, and positive psychology with intuitive, spiritual insight. This approach is always grounded in safety and client-centered care.

In my sessions, you’ll never be rushed. You won’t be pathologized. You’ll be welcomed as a whole person, even if you’re still remembering what that means. Your pain isn’t who you are. It’s what happened. Healing is how you remember your true Self.

🕊️ If You're Reading This...

You’re not broken, you’re becoming.

You deserve a space where therapy doesn’t feel clinical. It feels sacred, intentional, and transformational.

At Mended Heart Family Counseling & Trauma Recovery Center, I offer trauma-informed therapy that honors your story and supports your awakening. Whether you’re healing from abuse, dissociation, spiritual trauma, or just feeling lost, I’m here to walk with you, at your pace.