but first: what does it mean to (un)become, (un)do, (un)learn, (un)mask?
it means you’re done shrinking to be palatable.
done over-explaining to be understood.
done breaking your back to be chosen.
you’ve built the life. now it’s time to feel safe living in it.
this is where you come back to your body.
this is where you stop performing healing—and actually embody it.
trauma-focused somatic therapy for women in north carolina, florida & virginia
let’s be honest- you’ve held it together long enough
You know how to show up.
You know how to lead.
You know how to survive — even with a smile on your face.
You wear the mask so well, most people assume you’re thriving.
But here’s the question no one asks:
You’ve learned how to be strong — but do you feel safe?
You hold space for everyone else — but when was the last time you felt held?
You’ve survived so much — but are you actually living?
This is the space where you exhale.
Where your body can finally come out of defense mode.
Where you don’t have to explain the intersection of high achievement and high anxiety.
No more shrinking.
No more shape-shifting.
No more doing it alone.
Keep reading — this is where things begin to (un)do.
Does This Sound Familiar?
You’re the go-to for everyone else.
The one who’s “got it” even when you’re running on fumes.
And still…
You lie awake at night replaying every conversation, wondering if you said too much—or not enough.
You’ve got the title, the degrees, the achievements… but it still doesn’t feel like enough.
You say “I’m fine” so often it feels like a script you can’t stop performing.
You’ve done therapy before, but it didn’t go deep enough. It didn’t touch the part of you that never learned safety in the first place.
You want more—more rest, more pleasure, more softness—but don’t fully trust that it’s safe to have it.
You are brilliant, self-aware, and deeply tired.
You don’t need surface-level healing.
You need a space where you can (un)learn the performance, feel what’s real, and begin again—in your body, on your terms.
you can’t think your way to healing. you have to feel your way there.
You’ve done the therapy.
You’ve journaled, read the books, joined the webinars.
You understand your patterns — and yet the relief hasn’t followed.
You were told that if you knew better, you’d do better.
But here you are, still finding yourself in the same cycles, asking why insight hasn’t been enough.
Maybe healing isn’t about doing more.
Maybe it’s about doing things differently.
What if healing wasn’t about overanalyzing your past — but feeling safe enough to release it?
What if you could finally hear the parts of you that learned to stay quiet — and reconnect with what they’ve been trying to say?
What if peace wasn’t something to earn — but something your body could actually feel?
This is that space.
A space where your nervous system is seen.
Where grief, rage, and joy are all welcome.
Where healing doesn’t just live in your head — it lands in your body.
This is where:
your growth is prioritized
your story is honored
your softness is protected
your self-trust is rebuilt
You’ve already spent time, energy, and money trying to feel whole again.
Now it’s time for the kind of healing that actually delivers the relief you’ve been craving.
Hey there, I'm America!
I help Black women take the mask off — for good.
Not just in theory, but in practice.
Not just with words, but in the body.
I work with high-achieving Black women who are exhausted from holding everything together — even when it’s quietly breaking them apart. Women who are navigating burnout, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and emotional exhaustionrooted in trauma and nervous system survival.
As a trauma-focused therapist and somatic practitioner, I provide somatic, trauma-focused therapy to clients across North Carolina through both virtual and in-person services. My work supports women in breaking free from cycles of self-silencing, self-doubt, and overfunctioning, so they can reconnect with their bodies and finally feel safe enough to take up space.
And I get it — not just clinically, but personally.
I know what it’s like to be
– the strong Black woman who never lets it show
– the eldest daughter who learned that rest has to be earned
– the perfectionist who keeps producing even when her body is screaming to stop
– the high achiever who’s terrified to disappoint everyone else — so she disappoints herself instead
I know what it’s like to carry generations of unspoken pain, emotional responsibility, and survival patterns — and still show up like everything’s fine.
But here’s what I also know:
healing isn’t a to-do list. It’s a homecoming.
At suNu Healing Collectively, we don’t just talk about emotions.
We work with the nervous system.
We engage the body through somatic therapy and parts-based work.
We gently release what the body has been carrying for far too long.
This is where the mask drops.
This is where survival mode loosens its grip.
This is where the real you finally gets to breathe.
Trauma-Focused Therapy for the Patterns That Keep You Stuck
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Thinking your way through everything — but rarely feeling it.
If you tend to overanalyze, rationalize, and intellectualize your emotions, you likely learned early on that thinking was safer than feeling. You can name your patterns, explain your trauma, and understand why you are the way you are — yet the same emotional cycles keep repeating.
This work supports people who feel stuck despite years of insight. Together, we move beyond understanding your emotions and into safely experiencing and integrating them in the body.
Using EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS), therapy focuses on:
noticing when analysis replaces feeling
processing emotions through the nervous system, not just the mind
building self-trust without needing certainty or control
releasing the pressure to figure everything out before healing can happen
This approach is especially supportive for high-achieving thinkers who are tired of managing their emotions instead of actually moving through them.
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When being everything for everyone is quietly exhausting you.
People-pleasing and perfectionism often look like strengths — until they lead to chronic burnout, resentment, and emotional exhaustion. You may feel responsible for others’ comfort, struggle to say no, or keep pushing past your limits even when your body is asking for rest.
This therapy supports clients who are tired of overgiving, overfunctioning, and holding it all together at their own expense.
Through trauma-focused and somatic therapy, we work to:
understand people-pleasing and perfectionism as survival responses
address burnout as a nervous system issue, not a personal failure
reconnect with your needs, boundaries, and internal signals
build safety around rest, saying no, and taking up space
This work is especially helpful for high-achieving women who feel depleted, emotionally drained, and stuck in cycles of overdoing.
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When relationships trigger anxiety, shutdown, or self-abandonment.
If relationships feel overwhelming, unpredictable, or emotionally activating, attachment trauma may be at play. You might struggle with closeness, fear abandonment, shut down during conflict, or lose yourself in relationships trying to maintain connection.
This work supports clients navigating relationship patterns rooted in early attachment experiences and relational trauma.
Using IFS, EMDR, and somatic therapy, we focus on:
understanding attachment patterns without blame or shame
working with the nervous system responses that show up in relationships
increasing emotional safety, capacity, and self-trust
learning how to stay connected without self-abandoning
This therapy is well-suited for those who want healthier relationships — not just insight into why relationships feel hard.
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Trauma-focused therapy that goes beyond talking.
EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy support healing at the level where trauma lives — in the nervous system and the body. This approach helps process distressing experiences, negative beliefs, and emotional blocks without requiring you to relive everything verbally.
This work is especially helpful for:
unresolved trauma
chronic stress and emotional overwhelm
negative self-beliefs and internal conflict
feeling stuck despite years of talk therapy
Together, we focus on helping your nervous system experience safety, resolution, and integration — not just understanding.
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When confidence is shaky and self-doubt runs the show.
Low self-worth often develops in environments where you had to earn love, approval, or safety. You may second-guess yourself, struggle to trust your decisions, or rely on external validation to feel okay.
This therapy supports clients who want to rebuild a grounded sense of self-worth and internal trust.
Through trauma-focused and somatic work, we focus on:
unlearning internalized shame and self-criticism
strengthening self-trust and internal authority
reconnecting with your intuition and inner knowing
developing a more compassionate relationship with yourself
This work is especially supportive for those ready to stop outsourcing their worth.
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Support during pregnancy and after birth — without minimizing your experience.
Pregnancy and postpartum can bring anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, identity shifts, and emotional overwhelm. These experiences are more common than people admit — and they deserve real, attuned support.
I provide trauma-informed therapy for:
prenatal and postpartum anxiety
postpartum depression
intrusive thoughts
identity and relational shifts around motherhood
This work centers emotional safety, nervous system regulation, and compassion — without judgment or pressure to “just enjoy it.”
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When anxiety or low mood feels constant, overwhelming, or hard to explain.
Anxiety and mood disorders often show up as racing thoughts, tension in the body, irritability, emotional numbness, or persistent worry. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, this work looks at how your nervous system has learned to stay on high alert.
Using a trauma-focused, somatic approach, therapy focuses on:
regulating the nervous system
reducing chronic anxiety and emotional overwhelm
building internal safety and emotional capacity
understanding symptoms as adaptive responses, not failures
This approach is especially helpful for clients who want more than symptom management.
“You don’t need to fix yourself. You were never broken. Healing is about shedding the weight of expectations, old narratives, and survival strategies so you can finally live as your fullest, freest self.”
— A Message from America
Healing in Their Own Words
i’m based In Durham, North Carolina & therapy happens 100% online. Our sessions take place using a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform that allows you the flexibility to have therapy from the comfort of your own space.
No commute. no waiting room. No added germs. You don't need to get dressed or take off your bonnet.
Just the support you need so you can show up as you are.