Work with Me!

LOOKING FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE? WORK WITH ME!

“Work with me” sounds very serious and while yes, trauma recovery is work, I have an aversion to calling the healing process “work”. Really, this is not all work. This is play, a team effort where I help you uncover your own power that you’ve had with you this entire time. This requires us to team up with each other, which, if we are a good fit, it can actually be fun, and not something to dread.

My name is Serena Kelley (BA, CHC, CTRC), and I’m a writer and Trauma Recovery Coach, educated by the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaches.

I’m here to help you heal from past traumas, rewrite your story, and find peace and meaning in your life that will lead you to your life’s purpose.

My Trauma Recovery sessions specifically focus on survivors of child abuse/trafficking/neglect, brainwashing, domestic violence, sexual trauma, witness of traumatic events, and extreme organized religion. I have this niche because I lived it. I know what it's like to feel lost, angry, confused, and unable to climb out of the downward spirals you constantly find yourself in. I know it’s hard to find the right kind of help when you feel no one can relate to your life or provide you with the guidance you need. I know what it’s like to carry a shameful, traumatic experience around with you in life, not know who to talk to or how to get help.

I've gone from therapist to therapist, taking one step forward then two steps back. Learning, yes, but not fully healing or finding the purpose or joy that makes life meaningful.

That's why I created the help I wished I would have received.

I understand why your life is chaos. Why things keep happening again and again. I understand how the wounds of the past keep showing up in the present and how it’s dominating your thoughts and actions. Your trauma does not define you. It is a shadow of the past, that is still affecting your life in the present. My work is about changing the relationship to your past, helping you see what’s available to you now and realizing that you are fully capable of making different choices to change your life for the better.

Session Information

I provide individual one-hour sessions. I do not provide coaching packages for months at a time, as I know that you cannot put a time frame on healing. It is not linear, and each person progresses at their own time.

These sessions are confidential, between you and me, where you are free to tell me as much or as little as you want to. You DO NOT HAVE TO TALK OR RELIVE THE TRAUMA TO HEAL. This a common misconception that you must go back to talk about trauma. You do not if you don’t want to. You simply need to release your stuck emotions and reactions to that trauma, and that’s what I help you do.

I also help you uncover the patterns in your life that no matter how hard you try to break, they keep popping up, again and again. We work to remove these patterns and replace them with new ones by changing the negative thought stories you believe about yourself based on your past experiences.

Additional Information:

• Sessions are one hour long, one call every other week

• Sessions held in person, on Facetime, Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp, phone and other platforms​

Clients who work with me have direct access to me at any time via text, Skype, and/or email. Throughout this time together I become your best friend, your confidant and someone who walks this road of healing with you to help get you where you want to be. I am your support system!

Cost:
I work with clients on a sliding scale, from $99 per hour to $135.