Online Therapy in North Carolina & South Carolina, Tennessee and Delaware
Therapy at The Healing Collective
We see you. You’re holding so much—clients, kids, partners, teams, communities. You’ve read the books, tried the journaling, downloaded the meditations, maybe even switched therapists or gone back to school… and still, there’s a part of you that feels unseen or unmet.
It’s time to stop performing healing and start experiencing it—gently, with someone who can hold your story without getting lost in it.
(for the ones who hold it all together)
We specialize in working with high-achieving adults — the caregivers, leaders, and cycle-breakers — who have built lives that look good on the outside but feel heavy on the inside.
It’s not that you’re doing it wrong. You’re just carrying more than most — and you’ve never had a space built for you.
- Burnout and emotional exhaustion
- Complex trauma and attachment wounds
- Relationship struggles and codependency patterns
- Numbing behaviors (overworking, overdrinking, overfunctioning)
- Disconnection from self, family, or purpose
- Healing from dysfunctional family systems
What we help with
At The Healing Collective, we're here to honor your efforts and walk with you toward healing that lasts.
Trauma
If you think you are suffering from trauma, we offer online therapy in North Carolina and South Carolina, with limited availability in Tennessee and Delaware.
At The Healing Collective, we specialize in integrative trauma therapy.
We honor the complexity of your story—because trauma doesn’t just live in the mind. It lives in the body, the nervous system, the relationships you navigate, and the inner parts of you still waiting to feel safe.
Our trauma work is rooted in a blend of psychodynamic insight, somatic wisdom, family systems theory, and spiritual integration. We don’t pathologize your symptoms—we listen to them. We help you unfreeze the parts of you that had to shut down to survive, and we support you in building safety, stability, and self-trust—slowly and compassionately.
We work with individuals who carry developmental, relational, and complex trauma—often hidden beneath high achievement, caregiving roles, or chronic self-doubt. Whether you’re healing from childhood neglect, emotional abuse, sexual trauma, or years of being the “strong one,” we’re here to help you reclaim your body, your voice, and your wholeness.
You may be experiencing these symptoms.
Behaviors
- Overworking or staying constantly busy to avoid emotions
- People-pleasing, caretaking, or codependent patterns
- Emotional outbursts or shutting down during conflict
- Avoidance of certain people, places, or situations
- Difficulty setting or maintaining boundaries
- Self-sabotage or perfectionism
- Repeated relationship patterns that leave you feeling unseen or unsafe
Feelings
- Chronic shame or guilt
- Emotional numbness or difficulty feeling joy
- Anxiety that feels out of proportion or always "on"
- Irritability, overwhelm, or restlessness
- Feeling isolated, disconnected, or unseen
- Deep sadness without a clear cause
- Startle easily or feel unsafe in everyday situations
Thoughts
- “Something’s wrong with me” or “I’m too much”
- Persistent self-doubt or inner criticism
- Hypervigilance or constant scanning for danger
- Racing thoughts or difficulty concentrating
- Black-and-white thinking ("I always mess up," "No one cares")
- Difficulty trusting others — or yourself
- Confusion about your own identity or emotions
Physical
- Muscle tension, headaches, or chronic pain
- Digestive issues or nausea
- Fatigue, low energy, or sleep disturbances
- Shortness of breath or shallow breathing
- Tight chest or lump in the throat sensation
- Feeling “frozen” or dissociated from your body
- Increased sensitivity to sound, touch, or light
Our trauma therapy work is for the strong ones—the caregivers, the leaders, the high achievers, and the cycle-breakers who’ve learned to survive by staying in control, staying busy, or staying silent.
It’s for the ones who can show up for everyone else but aren’t sure how to show up for themselves.
The ones who have done the talk therapy, read the self-help books, tried to meditate—but still feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, codependency, or disconnection.
It’s for you if:
- You’ve experienced childhood trauma, neglect, or emotional abuse and wonder why you still struggle with boundaries, worthiness, or intimacy.
- You feel fragmented—like parts of you are at war with each other—and long for integration.
- You’re a therapist, parent, or healer who’s ready to do your own deep work while holding space for others.
- You’re tired of surviving and ready to come home to your body, your voice, and your truth.
You don’t need to explain away your pain anymore.
You get to heal—with tenderness, truth, and time.
Numbing and Medicating
If you think you are suffering from numbing and medicating, we offer online therapy in North Carolina and South Carolina, with limited availability in Tennessee and Delaware.
At The Healing Collective, we treat addiction as a symptom, not an identity.
We understand that numbing, medicating, overworking, overconsuming, and even people-pleasing are often survival strategies—ways your system learned to cope with pain too big to hold alone.
Our addiction therapy is trauma-informed, relational, and deeply compassionate. We don’t just ask “What are you using?”—we ask, “What are you trying not to feel?”
Whether you’re struggling with substances, compulsive behaviors, emotional eating, codependency, or digital burnout, we help you move beyond shame and into meaningful recovery. Not by forcing sobriety—but by building safety, connection, and self-trust from the inside out.
We offer a holistic alternative to traditional addiction treatment: one that honors your story, includes your nervous system, and helps you replace numbing with nourishment.
You may be experiencing these symptoms.
Behaviors
- Reaching for alcohol, food, work, screens, or shopping to “take the edge off”
- Hiding, minimizing, or justifying how much you use or consume
- Binge-and-restrict cycles
- Skipping meals, sleep, or social plans to keep using or working
- Secret stashes, late-night scrolling, or compulsive Amazon “add-to-cart” moments
- Promising to cut back, then slipping into the same pattern tomorrow
- People-pleasing or over-functioning to avoid sitting with discomfort
Feelings
- Persistent shame or guilt after using or bingeing
- Emotional numbness, emptiness, or “flatness”
- Restlessness, agitation, or edgy irritability when you can’t access the habit
- Brief relief followed by a crash of regret or self-loathing
- Loneliness despite being surrounded by people
- Anxiety that spikes at the thought of stopping
Thoughts
- “I just need one more — then I’ll be fine.”
- Constant mental negotiation: rules, limits, secret deals with yourself
- Black-and-white thinking (“total abstinence or total chaos”)
- Harsh inner critic: “I should have more willpower”
- Rationalizations like “Everyone does it,” “I work hard, I deserve this,” or “It’s not that bad”
- Difficulty imagining coping or relaxing without the substance or behavior
Physical
- Energy swings: wired at night, exhausted by day
- Headaches, stomach issues, or hangover-like malaise
- Sleep disruption—trouble falling asleep or waking at 3 a.m. in a spiral
- Racing heart, jitters, or sweaty palms when you delay the habit
- Muscle tension, jaw clenching, or shallow breathing
- Increased tolerance (needing more to feel the same relief) or mild withdrawal (irritability, tremors, fog) when you stop
The ones who are exhausted from the cycle of numbing and promising to “do better” tomorrow.
The ones who don’t identify with labels like addict, but know they’re using something—alcohol, food, work, shopping, screens, perfectionism—to not feel what’s underneath.
We walk with you—no shame, no judgment—just a steady return to your body, your truth, and the life you were meant to feel fully.
- You find yourself reaching for something—every day—to escape, soothe, or survive.
- You’ve tried to “cut back,” white-knuckle it, or use willpower, but the cycle keeps returning.
- You feel alone in your struggle because from the outside, you seem like you’re doing just fine.
- You want to break the cycle—not through punishment, but through healing and reconnection.
Couples Therapy
If you think you are in need of couples therapy, we offer online therapy in North Carolina and South Carolina, with limited availability in Tennessee and Delaware.
At The Healing Collective, we offer couples therapy that goes far deeper than communication tips or quick-fix solutions.
We help partners understand what’s really happening beneath the surface—because most conflict isn’t about the dishes or the tone of voice. It’s about old wounds, unmet needs, attachment ruptures, and unspoken fears.
We specialize in trauma-informed couples therapy that honors each partner’s story, explores generational patterns, and holds space for both accountability and compassion.
Whether you’re stuck in painful cycles, struggling with emotional distance, rebuilding after betrayal, or longing to reconnect, our work helps you repair at the root—so you’re not just coexisting, but actually healing together.
We blend evidence-based modalities with somatic, experiential, and integrative approaches to help couples move from protection to connection, from power struggles to partnership.
Because real intimacy isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence, honesty, and repair.
You may be experiencing these symptoms.
Behaviors
- Repeating the same argument (or avoiding any conflict at all)
- Stonewalling, silent treatments, or one-word answers
- Walking on eggshells, over-apologizing, or keeping secrets
- Turning to work, screens, alcohol, or parenting tasks to dodge intimacy
- Score-keeping or “tit for tat” exchanges
- Micro-criticisms about chores, tone, or timing that mask bigger hurts
Feelings
- Loneliness even when you’re together
- Resentment that builds with every small slight
- Sudden floods of anger or tears over “little things”
- Anxiety before difficult conversations—or dread of having any
- Numbness: feeling more like roommates than partners
- Grief over the loss of closeness you once had
Thoughts
- “I’m never heard,” or “Nothing I do is enough.”
- “If I bring this up, it will just start another fight.”
- Black-and-white thinking: “They’re always/never that way.”
- Mental lists of past offenses or betrayals
- Worry that the relationship can’t survive another blow
- Fantasizing about escape or comparing your bond to “happier” couples
Physical
- Tight chest or upset stomach before seeing or texting your partner
- Shallow breathing or rapid heartbeat during conflict
- Sleep issues: lying awake replaying conversations
- Headaches, jaw clenching, or muscle tension around one another
- Loss of appetite—or stress eating—after arguments
- Decreased libido or feeling unsafe with physical closeness
For those who keep having the same fight, or who haven’t fought in months because the silence feels safer.
It’s for couples navigating trauma, parenting, codependency, emotional shutdown, or unmet needs they don’t know how to name.
This is for couples who are ready to stop surviving the relationship—and start co-creating one that heals.
- You long to be understood, not just heard.
- You feel like you're walking on eggshells—or like you’ve become roommates instead of partners.
- You’re recovering from betrayal, addiction, burnout, or grief and don’t want to lose the relationship in the process.
- You want a guide who won’t take sides, but will hold the whole system with clarity and care.
EMDR
If you think you are in need of therapy for trauma recovery and nervous system relief, we offer online EMDR North Carolina and South Carolina, with limited availability in Tennessee and Delaware.
At The Healing Collective, we offer EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy as part of a holistic, trauma-informed healing process.
EMDR helps the brain and body reprocess traumatic memories without having to relive the pain. It’s not about talking through the trauma over and over—it’s about finally resolving it.
Using bilateral stimulation and carefully guided protocols, EMDR allows you to safely access stored trauma, desensitize emotional charge, and rewire the way your brain and body respond to old experiences.
We integrate EMDR with somatic awareness, parts work, and our Soul Journey model to ensure that the healing is not just cognitive—but embodied.
This is nervous system care at the deepest level. Not just symptom relief, but true recalibration.
You may be experiencing these symptoms.
Behaviors
- Repeating the same argument (or avoiding any conflict at all)
- Stonewalling, silent treatments, or one-word answers
- Walking on eggshells, over-apologizing, or keeping secrets
- Turning to work, screens, alcohol, or parenting tasks to dodge intimacy
- Score-keeping or “tit for tat” exchanges
- Micro-criticisms about chores, tone, or timing that mask bigger hurts
Feelings
- Loneliness even when you’re together
- Resentment that builds with every small slight
- Sudden floods of anger or tears over “little things”
- Anxiety before difficult conversations—or dread of having any
- Numbness: feeling more like roommates than partners
- Grief over the loss of closeness you once had
Thoughts
- “I’m never heard,” or “Nothing I do is enough.”
- “If I bring this up, it will just start another fight.”
- Black-and-white thinking: “They’re always/never that way.”
- Mental lists of past offenses or betrayals
- Worry that the relationship can’t survive another blow
- Fantasizing about escape or comparing your bond to “happier” couples
Physical
- Tight chest or upset stomach before seeing or texting your partner
- Shallow breathing or rapid heartbeat during conflict
- Sleep issues: lying awake replaying conversations
- Headaches, jaw clenching, or muscle tension around one another
- Loss of appetite—or stress eating—after arguments
- Decreased libido or feeling unsafe with physical closeness
EMDR can help with trauma, PTSD, anxiety, phobias, medical trauma, grief, childhood abuse, and more.
It’s for the ones ready to release the pain without losing the wisdom.
We’re here to walk you through it—gently, safely, and with your whole system in mind.
- You’ve been through something overwhelming—recently or long ago—and it still affects your body, your relationships, or your self-worth.
- You’ve done therapy before but can’t seem to “move on.”
- You get triggered easily, shut down emotionally, or feel stuck in anxiety, hypervigilance, or shame.
- You want a research-backed, trauma-informed approach that works beneath the surface—without having to talk through every detail.
Codependency
If you think you are in need of therapy for codependency and people pleasing, we offer online therapy in North Carolina and South Carolina, with limited availability in Tennessee and Delaware.
At The Healing Collective, we understand codependency not as a flaw—but as a brilliant survival strategy.
One that was born from love, fear, trauma, and the belief that you had to earn connection by disappearing parts of yourself.
Our trauma-informed therapy for codependency helps you unlearn the patterns of people-pleasing, perfectionism, over-functioning, and self-neglect. We help you reconnect to your needs, your voice, and your body—so that love no longer requires self-abandonment.
This work is not about becoming selfish. It’s about becoming so rooted in self-trust that your relationships become places of reciprocity, not rescue.
We blend attachment healing, inner child work, somatic therapy, and boundary re-education to help you shift from performance to presence—and finally feel safe choosing you.
You may be experiencing these symptoms.
Behaviors
- Saying “yes” when you’re already overwhelmed
- Fixing, rescuing, or giving advice before it’s asked for
- Monitoring a partner’s moods and adjusting your own actions to keep the peace
- Apologizing for things you didn’t do just to smooth things over
- Dropping personal goals or hobbies to accommodate someone else
- Checking texts, social media, or schedules to feel reassured you’re “needed”
- Working, caretaking, or perfecting to earn worthiness
Feelings
- Guilt or anxiety when you set—or even think about—boundaries
- Fear of being “too much,” “too needy,” or “too selfish”
- Chronic exhaustion from over-giving and under-receiving
- Resentment that bubbles up after you’ve said yes (again)
- Emptiness or loss of identity when you’re not actively helping someone
- Hyper-alertness to others’ moods; relief only when they’re okay
Thoughts
- “If they’re upset, it must be my fault.”
- “I can’t say no—they need me.”
- Equating love with sacrifice: “Real love means putting them first.”
- Inner critic claiming you’re lazy or selfish when you rest
- Mental tally of all you’ve done for others versus what you get back
- Catastrophic thinking: “If I don’t help, they’ll fall apart—and so will I.”
Physical
- Tension headaches, tight jaw, or clenched fists after people-pleasing
- Shallow breathing or elevated heart rate when contemplating a boundary
- Fatigue and burnout from constant caretaking
- Digestive issues tied to stress or unspoken resentment
- Restless sleep, replaying conversations or rehearsing future ones
- Adrenal “crashes” (energy spikes followed by deep exhaustion)
It’s for you if:
- You struggle to say no—even when you’re drowning.
- You feel responsible for other people’s emotions, reactions, or happiness.
- You lose yourself in relationships, caregiving, or fixing.
- You’re exhausted from over-giving but afraid of being “too much” or “too selfish” if you stop.
- You’re ready to break the cycle—without breaking your relationships.
Because healing codependency isn’t about detaching from love.
It’s about learning how to love without losing yourself.
Nervous System Healing & Regulation
If you think you are in need of Nervous System Healing & Regulation, we offer online therapy in North Carolina and South Carolina, with limited availability in Tennessee and Delaware.
At The Healing Collective, we know that true healing isn’t just about insight—it’s about safety.
That’s why nervous system regulation is at the heart of everything we do.
When your body is stuck in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, even the most loving relationships, well-intentioned boundaries, or brilliant coping tools can feel out of reach. We help you tune into your body’s signals, repair your stress response, and build the capacity to feel without flooding.
Using somatic therapy, breathwork, polyvagal-informed care, and experiential practices, we support you in creating a felt sense of safety—not just thinking your way to calm, but living your way into it.
You may be experiencing these symptoms.
Behaviors
- Saying “yes” when you’re already overwhelmed
- Fixing, rescuing, or giving advice before it’s asked for
- Monitoring a partner’s moods and adjusting your own actions to keep the peace
- Apologizing for things you didn’t do just to smooth things over
- Dropping personal goals or hobbies to accommodate someone else
- Checking texts, social media, or schedules to feel reassured you’re “needed”
- Working, caretaking, or perfecting to earn worthiness
Feelings
- Guilt or anxiety when you set—or even think about—boundaries
- Fear of being “too much,” “too needy,” or “too selfish”
- Chronic exhaustion from over-giving and under-receiving
- Resentment that bubbles up after you’ve said yes (again)
- Emptiness or loss of identity when you’re not actively helping someone
- Hyper-alertness to others’ moods; relief only when they’re okay
Thoughts
- “If they’re upset, it must be my fault.”
- “I can’t say no—they need me.”
- Equating love with sacrifice: “Real love means putting them first.”
- Inner critic claiming you’re lazy or selfish when you rest
- Mental tally of all you’ve done for others versus what you get back
- Catastrophic thinking: “If I don’t help, they’ll fall apart—and so will I.”
Physical
- Tension headaches, tight jaw, or clenched fists after people-pleasing
- Shallow breathing or elevated heart rate when contemplating a boundary
- Fatigue and burnout from constant caretaking
- Digestive issues tied to stress or unspoken resentment
- Restless sleep, replaying conversations or rehearsing future ones
- Adrenal “crashes” (energy spikes followed by deep exhaustion)
- Feel anxious or hypervigilant even when “everything is fine”
- Struggle with shutdown, dissociation, or emotional numbness
- Swing between burnout and overdrive, restlessness and fatigue
- Can’t relax unless everything is perfect (and it never is)
- Are tired of trying to talk themselves out of their body's survival responses
This is for you if you’ve been told to “just breathe” or “just let it go”—but your body doesn’t believe it’s safe to do so.
Together, we’ll build a new relationship with your nervous system—one rooted in trust, tenderness, and choice.
The goal isn’t to stay calm all the time… It’s to know you’re safe, even when you’re not.
Each stage honors a specific part of your process, weaving together clinical integrity and soulful care.
This work is for anyone who’s ready to stop performing healing—and start embodying it.
Joining, Stability, Reparenting, and Integration.
Through our signature Soul Journey Model, we guide clients through four stages of healing:
online Group Healing for Trauma Recovery, Numbing, and Medicating
8 Week Therapeutic Group Opportunities
Virtual support that feels personal—because healing is better together.
Our group therapy offerings are designed for those ready to deepen their recovery in a safe, supported, and soul-centered space. These 8-week virtual experiences blend trauma-informed care, community connection, and guided self-discovery. Whether you're exploring reparenting, working through codependency, or navigating numbing behaviors, you'll be met with compassion, clinical expertise, and peers who truly get it. Each group is led by experienced therapists and offered on a waitlist basis—because real transformation can’t be rushed.
Free Virtual Support Groups for Clients
Ongoing care, connection, and community—at no cost to you.
As a client of The Healing Collective, you gain access to weekly virtual support groups designed to complement your therapy journey. These free groups offer a safe, judgment-free space to share, connect, and receive guidance in real time. Whether you're navigating neurodivergence, exploring inner child work, or simply craving connection in your recovery, there's a place for you here. Led by experienced clinicians, each group is rooted in compassion, empowerment, and shared healing.
We are wounded in private but heal in connection
At The Healing Collective, we don’t just assign you to the next available therapist — we take the time to truly understand your needs, preferences, and goals.
Through a thoughtful matching process, we pair you with a therapist whose style and specialization align with what you're looking for — so you can begin your healing journey feeling supported from the very first session.
Because when you feel safe, seen, and understood, real healing can happen.
Effective therapy starts with the right connection.
Here's how to start the matching process:
Complete the Client Inquiry Form
Tell us a bit about yourself. Our Intake Coordinator, Liza, will review your form and reach out within 24 hours to guide you through the next steps.
Step One
Review
After reviewing your information, Liza will offer you the opportunity to schedule your first appointment with the perfect therapist for you. Not sure if you’re ready to proceed with your first appointment? Liza can also offer a 30 minute consult with one of our licensed clinicians.
Step two
Begin Your Healing Journey
Once you’ve decided which path you want to take to move foward, Liza will support you on your way to your first appointment. From there, you’ll embark on a personalized path toward healing, supported by our dedicated team.
Step three
All therapy is fully virtual, accessible from anywhere in North Carolina & South Carolina, Tennessee and Delaware — offering you expert care, privacy, and flexibility.
- Evidence-based therapies like EMDR, Inner Child Healing, and attachment work
- Somatic practices for nervous system regulation and trauma release
- Recovery frameworks for sustainable emotional healing
- Soul-rooted integration to help you feel whole again — not just functional
We use a proven, four-stage model that blends:
Healing isn’t about pushing harder.
It’s about slowing down, tuning in, and finally addressing the parts of you that have been carrying too much, for too long.
“It's hard to imagine where my life would be without recovery at this point as I'm certain it's saved my marriage, relationship with my children, and my life. I've learned how to feel, love myself, have more grace and compassion, and break the cycle of dysfunction.”
“My life feels more fulfilled. I have tools to help regulate emotions and triggers. I have started to use my voice and implement boundaries to keep me and my little girl safe.”
“There is a way out and it is through the pain, something I avoided for decades, and couldn't do alone. I had no idea how freeing feeling and walking through the pain with others who know that pain could be.”
“Be patient with yourself; you didn't get here in a day, or a week, or even a year. It's not your fault. Be open and honest...to thine own self be true. Recovery really isn't a journey, its a lifestyle and it has its ups and downs but its a helluva lot better than where you're coming from - it is for me.”
“The work may seem exhausting at times but it's totally worth the healing and connections you build as a result of working with The HC.”
“I know that I didn't know where to start; I just knew that I needed help. And I'm so grateful and thankful for Amber and The Healing Collective for guiding me through this journey. I have continued to challenge myself more and more over the past 8+ years and while it's the hardest work I have ever done, it's so worth it. When I'm not sure what to do next, I trust the process.”
“Lives are being saved at Healing Collective - and I love how my mind has been changed just from knowing/interacting with the team/other clients.”
We understand that starting therapy can bring up a lot of questions.
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You don’t have to know exactly what you need — you just have to know you're ready for things to feel different.
Therapy doesn’t have to start with commitment.
It can start with a conversation.
Not quite sure if you’re ready to become a client ?
Book a 30-min consult to discuss your needs, ask questions, and determine if our services align with your healing goals.
