Sometimes life can be really, really hard. But I’m here to tell you it can get better. Yes, really.
You might be facing challenges right now—whether it's dealing with trauma, anxiety, addiction, attachment wounds, grief, or navigating major life changes.
Maybe you feel overwhelmed and want change, but you aren’t sure how to achieve it.
Or you want to finally heal “that thing that is weighing on you” once and for all, but therapy hasn’t seemed to make a difference.
Centered Self Trauma Therapy can help you cultivate resilience and return to yourself.
Centered Self Trauma Therapy offers Online EMDR, IFS, Somatic and Attachment-Focused therapies for adults and teens to help you overcome anxiety, depression, addiction, and past traumas. Together we will explore strategies and skills to cultivate change and create the life you want to live.
You’re worth it.
IFS THERAPY
EMDR THERAPY
ATTACHMENT FOCUS
Hi! I’m Victoria Anderson (she/her), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and the founder of Centered Self Trauma Therapy. Most of my clients are based in Los Angeles, but as an online therapist I can work with anyone in California, Florida, South Carolina, and Virginia!
Whether you’re navigating anxiety, addiction, or attachment issues, my trauma-focused therapy offers a supportive and effective approach.
In therapy, I’m a real person in the room. I’m like the friend you wish you could confide in about your problems. I listen without judgement, and best of all, I have the training, insight and life experience to help you uncover the thoughts and core beliefs beneath what you’re saying. Together, we’ll figure out how to transform them. I am deeply invested in my client's growth and achieving their goals. Sometimes it takes someone outside of ourselves to point out how well we’re actually doing. I love being a cheerleader for my clients and reminding them of their progress.
In session, I’m a bit quirky and love using references from pop culture, TV, movies, and TikTok during our sessions - whatever helps make the point. Oh yeah, and I love a good metaphor! In fact, I like to think of myself as “The Queen of Metaphors,” if I do say so myself.
I specialize in trauma, addiction and attachment issues because I’ve been there myself. I’ve done my own healing work using the same approach I use with my clients. These therapies might sound a little esoteric, but from personal experience, I know how powerful they are and how it feels to be transformed by them.
In addition to my personal experience with sobriety, I started my journey as a therapist in the recovery industry. In a short time, I realized that the underlying pervasive thread with my clients was unresolved trauma. Since then, I have focused on trauma in my therapy practice.
It might be hard to believe, but IFS and EMDR can help unravel the underlying causes and symptoms related to addiction, insecure attachment, anxiety, and depression to help prevent relapse and cultivate real change.
Clients come to me for broken relationships who are seeking to understand why their relationship(s) didn't work out. I can help you find answers, understand your attachment wounds, and we’ll come up with a strategy, so you can approach relationships feeling more confident, capable, and clear-headed in the future.
I work with clients who have anxiety, especially social anxiety. I can help you become more patient with yourself, maintain the hope that brought you to therapy, and begin to accept and love who you authentically are.
I can help people in the midst of difficult life choices and transitions, as well as business professionals navigating business aspirations and insecurities, processing workplace issues, or presentation anxiety.
I also see clients who have suffered from a "single incident trauma” like a car accident or assault. I can help you find relief from your PTSD symptoms and take back your life.
I also love working with Highly Sensitive People (HSP), who often feel overwhelmed by things that don’t seem to bother other people. I can help you accept these tender parts of yourself and help you navigate your experience of the world.
If you're an adult dealing with the impact of Emotionally Immature Parents (EIP) or navigating relationships with EIP individuals, I hear you, and I’ve got your back. We’ll explore what it means to have an EIP parent, how it has shaped some of the patterns and parts you're working to resolve, and learn ways to manage the challenging traits of these personalities.
While I help clients navigate trauma and addiction, I also see clients from all walks of life. If you’re dealing with any of these tough situations — I get it and I’ve got you.
You might also be wondering by now, “What’s up with the bee?”
That’s a great question!
In my work as a trauma therapist, I’ve noticed that many clients need more social support to feel heard, seen, and understood on their healing journey. Simply put, they need a sense of community.
Bees are great representations for community. After all, they live in a colony and work together for the greatest interest of their hive. Each bee knows its purpose and what its job is to the community to keep it healthy and thriving. They work together, they come to the aid of their members who are struggling, and they are masters at communication. They’re also great dancers. . . and c’mon who doesn’t love a great dancer?!
Bees are naturally drawn to the center of the flower. As a metaphor for finding the center for your SELF, I think the bee is a perfect reminder to look within to tap into your strength and purpose. When we are centered, we find our community, and our world thrives.
Whoever you are and whatever you’ve been through,
you CAN feel better in your own skin and have more genuinely positive thoughts and emotions.
You CAN heal your trauma.
You CAN gain clarity and move forward toward your goals.
So let me ask — are you ready to take that first step?
