Complex Trauma Therapy

with Friedman Family Therapy

Jeff

Wendy Friedman

Wendy

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We’re a therapy team with doctoral research focused on resilience after childhood trauma. We know how early experiences can shape your relationships, your reactions, and the patterns you keep repeating.

Do you understand what happened to you but can’t get past it?
Are you anxious, hypervigilant, or struggling to sleep?
Do you notice the same patterns showing up in your relationships even when you know you want something different?

Childhood trauma can affect the way you see yourself, relate to other people, and respond to stress. Some clients understand that an experience happened years ago, but still shut down during conflict and expect rejection even when a relationship is going well.

But what happened to you doesn't need to define your future.

Clients Come To Us When They’re

  • Hypervigilant

  • Anxious

  • Having trouble sleeping

  • Experiencing attachment issues

  • Shutting down in conflict

  • Scared to trust

  • Repeating relationship patterns

  • Feeling on guard

  • Avoiding difficult situations

You may be ready for complex trauma therapy if you’re experiencing:

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Complex Trauma Therapy With Us

We want to understand your past, but we don’t need to know everything that happened. Our focus is on reducing the symptoms and relationship patterns that are affecting your life now, while helping you develop more effective ways to respond to stress.

We'll look at the story you've developed about yourself and what happened to you, then examine whether that story still fits the person you are today. We'll use what you tell us to identify the patterns affecting your relationships, work, and day-to-day reactions.

Our approach is client-centered, trauma-informed, and focused on solutions.

We May Use:

  • Helps you examine the story you've built around your experiences and identify beliefs about yourself that may no longer fit.

  • Identifies what you want to change now and the behaviors or situations that can help you begin making that change.

  • Helps us consider how trauma affects your thoughts, reactions, relationships, and sense of safety so we can adjust the work accordingly.

  • Keeps your goals, experiences, and perspective central to treatment so the work addresses the problems you actually want to change.

We’re not interested in keeping you focused on what happened forever.
We don't need to spend every session talking about the past. We'll understand what happened, identify how it still affects you, and work on changing those patterns in your life now.

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What Happened To You Doesn't Have To Define Your Future

We can't change what happened. But we can work on how you respond to conflict, stress, relationships, and reminders of the past today.

After Complex Trauma Therapy With Us

You build resilience, develop healthier patterns, and create more room for the future.

Clients report:

  • Less anxiety

  • Better sleep

  • Fewer intrusive thoughts

  • More control during conflict

  • Less reactivity at work

  • Greater trust in relationships

  • Fewer avoidance patterns

  • More consistent daily routines

“The goal is not to erase your history. It’s to help you stop living as though the past is still deciding what happens next.”

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About Friedman Family Therapy

More about Jeff Freidman and Wendy Friedman

We’re a mother and son therapy team who bring academic training and lived experience to our work. Jeff’s doctoral research focused specifically on resilience in individuals with Adverse Childhood Experiences, giving the practice a research-based focus on how adults respond after childhood adversity.

We believe therapy should help you understand yourself without making every session about what happened years ago. We’ll explore what happened, identify the patterns that still affect you, and focus on what you can do differently now.

Our Complex Trauma Therapists

Availability: We provide in-person therapy in Coral Gables, Hallandale  and virtual therapy via telehealth for clients across Florida.

3 Steps To Get Started

  • Reach out and tell us a little about what you’re experiencing and what you hope will change.

  • We’ll talk about your concerns, answer your questions, and see if working together feels like the right fit.

  • We’ll learn more about what is happening now, understand the patterns you want to change, and begin creating a plan for moving forward.

Ready to understand your past and stop letting it decide your future?

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