Trauma therapy for adults who are tired of managing symptoms and ready to work with what is underneath them. Attachment-focused, body-aware, and grounded in nearly two decades of EMDR practice, in a quiet office on Delaware Avenue.
Trauma is not a character flaw or a lack of willpower. It is what happens when an experience was too much, too fast, or went on too long for the nervous system to finish processing it. Trauma therapy is the careful, paced work of helping that processing complete, so the past stops running the present.
A note on availability. New clients are currently being accepted for ketamine-focused services, including Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and integration support. Trauma therapy is at the heart of that work. If you are looking for trauma therapy on its own, please still reach out. We will let you know about openings and whether KAP might be a fit for you.
Many people arrive at trauma therapy after years of good talk therapy. They understand their history. They can explain their patterns. And the body still braces, the mind still goes blank, the same reactions still arrive uninvited. Trauma therapy works at that level. Rather than analyzing the past, it helps the nervous system complete what it could not complete at the time. Insight is welcome, but it is not the engine of change. Safety, pacing, and a trusted relationship are.
Clinical Perspective
The work is never about reliving what happened. It is about helping your system learn, in real time and in a safe room, that it is over.
No two people carry trauma the same way, so I do not use a single protocol. The work draws on four threads, woven differently for each person:
Much trauma happens inside relationships, and it heals inside one. The therapy relationship itself becomes a place to practice trust, boundaries, and repair.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps the brain reprocess memories that got stuck, so they lose their charge. Seaghan is an EMDR-certified therapist and EMDRIA-Approved Consultant.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Buddhist psychology help you meet the protective parts of yourself with curiosity instead of shame.
Trauma lives in the body: in breath, posture, tension, and the impulse to fight, flee, or shut down. We work with the body directly, not only with words.
I work exclusively with adults in individual therapy. People who come to me are often living with:
My clinical focus includes complex PTSD and dissociative presentations, and I have taught and consulted on this work for therapists across the United States and Canada.
We begin with a careful intake. That means understanding your history at the pace you set, learning how your nervous system responds under stress, and building the skills you need to stay grounded before any deeper processing begins. From there, we build a plan together. For some people, EMDR is the primary modality. For others, parts work or somatic work comes first. The plan is never fixed. It changes as you change.
For some people, especially those with complex trauma or dissociation, the usual doors stay closed. The mind protects itself so well that even EMDR cannot reach what needs to be reached. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) can open that door. Used in a therapeutic frame, with your therapist in the room, ketamine can soften rigid defenses and allow access to material that is otherwise out of reach. At Samadhi Healing Collective, KAP is never a standalone treatment. It is trauma therapy with an additional tool, integrated with EMDR, somatic work, and attachment repair.
Seaghan is a psychotherapist, clinical trainer, EMDR-certified therapist, and EMDRIA-Approved Consultant with nearly two decades of clinical experience. He co-founded the Buffalo EMDR Training Institute, spent five years teaching graduate-level EMDR therapy at the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, and has delivered more than 650 hours of trauma therapy training to clinicians across the United States and Canada. His approach integrates EMDR, IFS, somatic therapy, Buddhist psychology, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
Seaghan is in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield (multiple plans), Independent Health, Univera, Aetna, United Healthcare, and Fidelis. Private pay sessions are $250 per hour. Payment plans and sliding scale are available in certain cases. Please ask.
If you are considering trauma therapy, the first step is a conversation. We offer a brief consultation to talk through what is bringing you in, answer your questions, and decide together whether this is a fit.
Schedule a ConsultationTrauma therapy starts from the understanding that trauma lives in the nervous system and the body, not only in thoughts. Talking about what happened is part of the work, but the goal is to help the brain and body finish processing experiences that got stuck. That is why trauma therapy at Samadhi Healing Collective draws on EMDR, somatic awareness, parts work, and attachment repair rather than insight alone. Sessions are paced carefully so you are never pushed past what your system can handle.
No. You never have to describe an experience in detail for the work to help. EMDR in particular can process a memory without narrating it, and somatic work follows what the body is holding rather than the story. You decide what you share and when. Building enough safety and trust comes first, and everything else follows from there.
Adults living with PTSD, complex trauma from childhood or long-term relationships, dissociation, grief, or a persistent sense of being stuck that talk therapy alone has not shifted. Seaghan works exclusively with adults in individual therapy and has a particular focus on complex trauma and dissociative presentations.
At this time, new clients are being accepted for ketamine-focused services, including ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) and integration support. Trauma therapy is woven into that work. If you are looking for EMDR or trauma therapy on its own, you are still welcome to reach out. We will let you know about openings and whether KAP might be a fit for what you are carrying.
Often, yes. Seaghan is in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Independent Health, Univera, Aetna, United Healthcare, and Fidelis. Private pay sessions are $250 per hour, and payment plans or sliding scale may be available in certain cases. We will confirm your coverage before you begin.
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