Guest Post: Online Trauma Healing Course for Nervous System Regulation and EMDR Preparation: Tea With a Trauma Therapist
I have the pleasure of knowing Charity through a peer consultation group made up of incredibly skilled EMDR intensive therapists, and she is someone I deeply trust and respect in this field of trauma therapy. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania, where she’s created an adorably cozy, grounding space for the EMDR intensives she offers. I’ve also shared mutual clients with her over time, and I consistently hear about the meaningful, lasting shifts they experience in her care. There’s something about her presence (and truly, the idea of “tea with a trauma therapist”) that speaks directly to a nervous system that’s been holding too much overwhelm for too long.
She’s also created a beautiful, Tea With a Trauma Therapist online course that I’ve personally taken and frequently recommend to clients, friends, and professionals alike. It’s a powerful resource for those just beginning their trauma healing journey, as well as for those who have spent years in therapy and still feel stuck despite understanding their patterns, triggers, and past. The course is illuminating, validating, and deeply educational, offering insight into how trauma lives in the body while also teaching practical tools for nervous system regulation. It provides gentle, accessible ways to begin working with and releasing stuck trauma energy at a pace that truly supports lasting healing.
Pull Up a Chair: Welcome to the Tea With a Trauma Therapist Online Course
Written by Charity O’Reilly- Original post here
The work of healing trauma can be difficult and intense. I specialize in trauma therapy intensives, after all. But we make the work gentle by being prepared for it. EMDR therapists call this preparation "resourcing", and I designed a resourcing course just for you: the Tea With a Trauma Therapist Online Course. It starts your trauma healing journey in a way that feels like sitting down with a warm, soothing cup of tea.
A Different Way to Heal
If you’ve ever felt like your brain understands your past, but your body is still stuck in "survival mode," you aren’t alone. You can read every self-help book on the shelf, but if your nervous system doesn't feel safe, those ideas have nowhere to land.
That is why I created the Tea With a Trauma Therapist Online Course. This isn’t a clinical lecture or a high-pressure boot camp. It is a self-paced, gentle, and nervous-system-friendly journey designed to help you move from a state of constant "doing" into a state of safe "being."
What We Are Building Together in the Tea With a Trauma Therapist Online Course
In this course, we move through four intentional modules designed to lay a foundation that actually holds. We focus on:
Establishing Your Foundation: Learning how to orient yourself to the present moment when the world feels like too much.
The Information: Understanding the "why" behind your trauma responses without the weight of shame.
The Integration: Moving from theory to practice, slowly inviting your "parts" back into a space of compassion.
The Movement: Using trauma-informed movement and visualization practices to help your body process what words sometimes cannot reach.
Why "Tea" With a Trauma Therapist?
Well, first of all, tea is my favorite thing! Tea requires a few specific things: heat, time, and stillness. You can’t rush a good steep. Healing is the same way. In our sessions together, we prioritize micro-moments of regulation...small, manageable shifts that respect your capacity rather than pushing past it.
Is This Online Course the Right Space for You?
The Tea With a Trauma Therapist Online Course was designed for the person who feels "frazzled," the person who feels "checked out," and the person who is simply tired of feeling like their own body is an unpredictable place to live.
There is no "right" way to move through these modules. You can take a week on one lesson or a month. You can pause, breathe, and come back when you’re ready. The goal isn't to reach a finish line; it’s to build a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Once you're in the course, it's yours as long as you need it. You can revisit key learnings or visualizations you loved over and over. Listen to my recorded meditations to fall asleep or help you re-ground after a difficult day. Take the trauma sensitive movement class as many times as you'd like.
And this part is important: I am always happy to offer a sliding scale for the course to anyone who needs it. Just reach out through my website and I'll make you a discount code. Everyone deserves to heal from trauma, without financial barriers in the way!
Ready to take a sip? If you’re feeling called to explore your nervous system in a way that feels supportive and grounded, I invite you to join us.
About Charity:
Charity is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in trauma therapy for PTSD and complex PTSD (C-PTSD), with a particular focus on adults who feel stuck in their healing journey despite significant insight into their trauma responses, triggers, and behavioral patterns. She provides EMDR intensives in Pennsylvania, offering a structured yet deeply supportive approach to intensive trauma therapy for clients seeking meaningful, accelerated change outside of traditional weekly therapy.
Her work is grounded in a whole-person, trauma-informed approach that integrates EMDR therapy with somatic-based trauma healing and nervous system regulation. Charity emphasizes body-based awareness as a core component of trauma recovery, helping clients reconnect with physical cues, emotional states, and internal safety. She incorporates gentle, evidence-based somatic practices and trauma-sensitive movement approaches within a clear clinical framework, supporting clients in building capacity for emotional regulation and embodied healing in a sustainable way.
