Chronic Illness Healing in Waxhaw, NC

Do you experience “mystery” symptoms that don’t seem to have a clear medical explanation?

Have you tried countless treatments, protocols, or specialists—yet still don’t feel like yourself?

Do you feel like your body is stuck in survival mode, no matter how hard you try to heal?

Have you been told it’s “all in your head” while knowing deep down that something real is going on in your body?

Do you live with chronic fatigue, pain, brain fog, or autoimmunity that seems to flare without warning?

Have you experienced trauma, stress, or emotional overwhelm—and wonder if it could be connected to your physical health?

If you’re nodding “yes” to any of these, you’re not alone.

My Specialization in Chronic Illness Support

I specialize in helping individuals in Waxhaw, NC, and beyond understand and heal the deep and often invisible roots of chronic illness. Many of my clients come to me after years of searching for answers to physical symptoms—chronic fatigue, autoimmune issues, digestive distress, brain fog, or pain—without meaningful resolution. What they often don’t realize is that these chronic symptoms may be linked to something deeper: unresolved trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and the body’s long-term cellular stress response.

I offer a trauma-informed, integrative psychotherapy approach that supports healing not just at the emotional level, but within the nervous system, immune system, and even the cellular pathways of the body. If you've been told "it's all in your head," yet you still feel unwell, Embodied Wholeness in Waxhaw, NC is for you.

How Trauma Creates a Foundation for Chronic Illness

Trauma is not just about what happened—it’s about how your nervous system and body responded, and whether there was enough support to help you process and integrate the experience. When emotional trauma or early life stress isn’t fully resolved, the body may remain in chronic states of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, even decades later.

This chronic activation of the autonomic nervous system disrupts nearly every physiological function in the body. Immune regulation, hormone balance, gut health, cellular energy production, and detoxification all depend on a regulated nervous system. Over time, chronic stress can lead to inflammation, immune dysfunction, digestive issues, and pain—creating the conditions for chronic illness to take root.

Somatic therapy for chronic illness helps us gently work with the body to release these stress patterns and create the felt sense of safety required for deep repair.

The Nervous System's Role in Chronic Stress and Illness

The nervous system is the command center for our physical and emotional experience. When it perceives danger—whether physical, emotional, relational, or environmental—it activates stress responses to protect us. These short-term survival responses are adaptive, but when they become chronic, they create wear and tear on the body over time.

Many individuals living with chronic illness are unknowingly stuck in dysregulated nervous system states:

• Sympathetic overdrive (anxiety, insomnia, inflammation, panic)

• Dorsal vagal shutdown (fatigue, depression, disconnection, brain fog)

• Fluctuating between both (a hallmark of trauma-based patterns)

I use trauma-informed psychotherapy, Transforming Touch®, and polyvagal-informed somatic therapy to support nervous system regulation. As the body shifts out of survival mode, the systems responsible for detoxification, immunity, and repair begin to function again.

Understanding the Cell Danger Response

One of the missing pieces in many chronic illness treatment models is the Cell Danger Response (CDR)—a cellular-level freeze pattern that happens when the body perceives a threat. When this response is activated, cells stop communicating, slow metabolism, and shift into survival mode, preventing healing from taking place.

This biological shutdown can be triggered by trauma, infection, toxins, or chronic stress—and if not resolved, it keeps the body in a loop of dysfunction, no matter how many supplements, diets, or treatments are tried.

You can be healing your nervous system, but if your cells still perceive danger, full recovery remains out of reach. That’s why I work with clients in Waxhaw, NC, and virtually across North Carolina to support both nervous system regulation and cellular safety, creating the internal conditions where deep healing can occur.

The Hidden Role of Environmental Toxins and Infections

In my integrative approach to psychotherapy and somatic healing, I often find that chronic illness is exacerbated—or even initiated—by environmental toxins and pathogens, including:

• Mold and mycotoxins

• Lyme disease and co-infections (Bartonella, Borellia, Babesia)

• Heavy metals

• Viruses (like Epstein-Barr and herpes)

• Parasites and bacterial overgrowth

• Pesticides, plastics, and other industrial chemicals

For individuals with trauma histories or high levels of chronic stress, the body’s natural detoxification pathways often become constricted or impaired. Nervous system dysregulation creates patterns of muscular tension, lymphatic stagnation, vagal nerve compression, and cellular freeze that block the body’s ability to eliminate toxins and pathogens.

This is why many people feel worse during detox protocols—or can’t seem to detox at all. At Embodied Wholeness in Waxhaw, NC, I offer trauma-informed detox support that honors the body’s capacity and emphasizes nervous system safety as the foundation for all physical healing.

An Integrative, Somatic Approach to Chronic Illness

My work is rooted in the belief that healing must happen at every level—emotional, physical, and spiritual. At Embodied Wholeness, I offer a unique blend of:

Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy

I create a compassionate space to process emotional wounds, attachment trauma, medical trauma, and the mental health impact of chronic illness. This allows clients to integrate painful experiences and reclaim agency.

Somatic Therapy for Chronic Illness

Using body-based modalities like Transforming Touch® and the Safe and Sound Protocol, I support nervous system regulation, emotional release, and reconnection with the body. This helps unwind trauma patterns that keep the body stuck in illness.

Mind Body Spirit Release™

This energy-based technique helps identify and clear subconscious beliefs, ancestral patterns, and emotional imprints that keep the system locked in stress or illness loops.

Muscle Testing and Bioenergetic Assessments

We assess for mold, Lyme, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and heavy metals, as well as nutritional imbalances and emotional blockages. Protocols are gentle, individualized, and aligned with the body’s readiness.

Why Addressing Trauma Is Essential for Healing Chronic Illness

Healing chronic illness isn’t just about the physical body—it’s about the story held in the body. Emotional trauma, childhood neglect, relationship wounds, or even high-functioning perfectionism all contribute to chronic stress and nervous system activation. When we ignore the emotional and energetic layers, healing remains incomplete.

At Embodied Wholeness in Waxhaw, NC, I help you address the root causes gently, compassionately, and in partnership with your body.

I Support Clients Who Are:

1. Struggling with chronic illness and exhausted by conventional treatment paths

2. Dealing with autoimmune conditions, chronic fatigue, or mysterious symptoms

3. Facing Lyme, mold illness, or long-term viral infections

4. Seeking integrative psychotherapy that connects trauma and physical health

5. Wanting a mind–body–spirit approach to healing

Healing Is Possible

Your symptoms are not a sign of failure, they are signals from a wise body doing its best to protect you. When we approach illness through a trauma-informed, integrative lens, we see the resilience underneath the pain. Healing happens not by force, but by creating the conditions for safety, connection, and release.

You don’t have to carry this alone. I’m here in Waxhaw, NC, to walk with you gently, skillfully, and with deep respect for your lived experience.

Ready to begin your healing journey?