TraumAnonTraumAnonI created TraumAnon for a reason. After undergoing my own trauma therapy, I discovered I needed something more. Something extra to support me after therapy. Trauma leaves us feeling alone. Alone in our pain. Alone in our sadness. Alone to figure a way out. It is the feeling of being alone that has the greatest impact on our ability to function and, more importantly, to overcome our past.
TraumAnon is the answer to that need. In this group, we find others who understand our despair. Although our stories vary, our feelings, thoughts and realities are often exactly the same. In our group, we find companionship, sister/brotherhood, encouragement, and support often for the first time in our lives. We learn to trust again, by the fellowship this group offers.
Our group is sacred. Aggressiveness and harshness are simply not acceptable in these rooms and in our posts. Whether intentional or not, we must speak to each other with kindness and dignity, disallowing hurtfulness. As we grow, please keep this in mind. Respond to each other. Be attentive. Treat others as you would be treated and use this space to heal.
Much love,
Shawn
MA, LPC, CCTP, EMDR-II, CAADC, NCC, CPS
Founder and Owner of TraumAnon
Professional Experience:
Shawn received her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a psychoanalytic discipline from Northwestern University and an LPC. She holds a Certification as an Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC), is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), is a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS), and her NCC. Shawn speaks throughout Georgia on the neurological effects of the traumatized brain and innovative techniques on trauma treatment. Specifically, Shawn has been trained in Level Two EMDR techniques and utilizes this in her practice. She is active in the LGBT community and in the ALGBTIC professional organization. Shawn has worked with various treatment centers to include holding an advisory seat with The Ranch Recovery Center and has worked within correctional institutions in Georgia, including Community Supervision and Substance Abuse Aftercare. Her passion lies in crisis triage, trauma recovery, and addiction.
Approach:
Shawn’s counseling approach is based on acceptance, safety, and nonjudgment. She believes in allowing clients the space to take life’s challenges and turn them into opportunities for growth and personal development. Through complete acceptance, Shawn is able to relate and walk with clients as they become self-aware and strengthen as individuals. Her goal is to help clients identify what is working well and build upon strength and courage.
TraumAnon is a group of individuals who identify as being affected by trauma who meet on a regular basis. We are a peer-led private support group for individuals who have experienced trauma. We offer group meetings and 12 Step meetings in the Atlanta Metro area.
Change lives one day at a time by empowering individuals to overcome their hurts and their trauma. Reconnecting individuals to their strength, voice, and self-worth by living in their own truth. By learning to trust themselves, and others, and by finding purpose in their pain.