Clyde Mason

Come on in. I offer harm reduction, dissociation-informed, plural-competent, genocide-informed, and gender-affirming therapy for people with intergenerational trauma. Feeling like you are not really here, connected, or alive, wanting to die, being unable to go outside, having a hard time in relationships, dealing with addictions, disordered eating, self-harm, or shame are all symptoms of trauma.

I treat trauma as survival energy in your body. Surviving trauma is made possible by parts. Trauma-related parts belong to states in your nervous system that are animal survival defense systems. These are called Fight, Flight, Freeze, Submit, and Cry-For-Help. Like other mammals, when human people feel threatened, we try to fight, we flee, we freeze and try to be invisible, we submit in humiliation, or we cry for help. Everything your trauma-related parts do is for protection.

I will help you notice your body's sensations so you can restore and maintain balance in your nervous system. I will help you learn to listen and reply to what your parts are saying so you can become the caregiver or companion you always needed. You can feel safer in your body, more stability, less pain, more compassionate self-respect, more capable, and more alive.  

If you are curious about trauma-specific therapy that is land-based, body-first and parts work, please visit my website and email me to introduce yourself. We can have a free 30 minute phone call for you to see if you feel safe enough and comfortable enough with me.