Online Trauma Therapist for High-Functioning Adults
You've been holding it together for a long time.
Do you look successful on the outside while feeling like you’re barely keeping it together on the inside? Do certain situations, sounds, or moments send your body into high alert before your mind can even explain why?
Trauma Lives in the Body, Not Just the Memory
Whether you experienced a single overwhelming event or years of experiences that taught you the world wasn’t safe, trauma changes how your nervous system responds to life. That’s not weakness. It’s biology.
Your mind and body adapted to protect you. The problem is that those protections often stay switched on long after the danger has passed.
Feeling constantly on edge, irritable, or unable to relax
Intrusive memories, nightmares, or flashbacks
Emotional numbness or feeling disconnected from yourself
Avoiding people, places, or conversations that stir something up
Difficulty trusting others or letting people get close
Shame, self-blame, or a harsh inner critic that never quiets down
How I Work With Trauma
With more than 10 years of clinical experience specializing in trauma treatment, I bring a warm, structured, and evidence-based approach to this work. Healing happens at your pace. We never rush into painful material before you have the safety and grounding to process it.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), a powerful, research-supported therapy that helps the brain reprocess traumatic memories so they lose their emotional charge
Attachment-based therapy, which explores how early relationships shaped your patterns of trust, connection, and self-protection
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift the beliefs trauma left behind, like "I'm not safe" or "It was my fault"
What to Expect When We Work Together
A free 15-minute consultation. We talk by phone about what's bringing you in, and you get a feel for how I work. No pressure, no commitment.
Building safety first. Our early sessions focus on understanding your story and strengthening your grounding and coping resources. You set the pace. Nothing gets opened before you're ready to work with it.
Processing at your speed. When you're ready, we work directly with what you've been carrying, using EMDR, attachment work, CBT, or a blend, depending on what your history calls for.
Reviewing progress together. We regularly check what's shifting: sleep, reactivity, relationships, that background sense of threat. Therapy should show its work, and we make sure it does.
What Healing Can Look Like
Clients often tell me the change sneaks up on them: the memory that used to hijack their whole day becomes just a memory. They sleep through the night. They stop bracing for the worst. They feel present with the people they love.
Trauma treatment isn't about erasing the past. It's about finally putting the past where it belongs, so it stops writing your future.
Trauma Therapy at a Glance
Therapist: Ruth Alcantara-Zboinski, LCSW-QS, more than 10 years of clinical experience
Approaches: EMDR, attachment-based therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Who it helps: adults with childhood, complex, relational, or single-incident trauma, including assault
Format: secure online sessions in New York, Connecticut, and Florida
Fees: $205 per 50-minute session, with a free 15-minute consultation
Types of Trauma I Treat
Childhood and complex trauma: growing up with neglect, chaos, criticism, or a home that never felt safe.
Single-incident trauma: a frightening event such as an accident, medical crisis, or sudden loss.
Assault: physical or sexual assault, whether it happened recently or many years ago.
Relational trauma: emotional abuse, betrayal, or relationships that left you doubting yourself.
Grief and traumatic loss: losses that keep replaying instead of slowly settling.
Online Trauma Therapy in New York, Connecticut & Florida
I provide trauma therapy through secure telehealth to adults anywhere in New York, Connecticut, and Florida. Sessions are 50 minutes for $205, with 90-minute EMDR intensives for $250 and a free 15-minute consultation. See my Fees page for insurance and payment details.
Trauma Therapy FAQs
How do I know if what I went through counts as trauma?
If something still affects how you feel, react, or relate to people, it's worth exploring. Trauma isn't defined by how big the event looks from the outside. It's defined by how it lives in you now.
Do I have to talk about everything that happened?
No. We go at your pace, and you decide what to share. EMDR in particular doesn't require you to describe every detail out loud.
How long does trauma therapy take?
It depends on your history. Some people with a single event notice real change in a few months. Complex or childhood trauma usually takes longer. We review progress together regularly so you always know where things stand.
Does trauma therapy work online?
Yes. Trauma therapy, including EMDR, can be done effectively through secure video. Many clients find it easier to feel safe in their own space.
How is trauma therapy different from regular talk therapy?
Talk therapy helps you understand what happened. Trauma therapy also works with how your nervous system still reacts to it, so the memory loses its charge instead of just making more sense.
Trauma often shows up as anxiety or as painful relationship patterns. Learn more about anxiety therapy and relationship and attachment therapy.
Have more questions? See my full FAQ page or learn more about my background.
Written by Ruth Alcantara-Zboinski, LCSW-QS. Last updated October 2026.
Ready to Stop Carrying It Alone?
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