Licensed Therapy for Women & Mothers in Charlotte, NC
EMDR & Trauma Therapy
Helping women & mothers live with less guilt about choosing themselves.
Anxiety. Burnout. Over Functioning. Trauma. Postpartum & Motherhood
You’re trying to balance it all, but find yourself thinking, “it shouldn’t be this hard”.
You’re always trying so hard, but find yourself over functioning, burnt out, anxious and feeling stressed and unfulfilled in your relationships. What once began out of necessity, leaves you feeling resentful, exhausted, disconnected and invisible. Underneath the constant busyness, there's a quiet grief that no one really sees how much you carry.
You don’t need more coping skills. You need clarity, a second to breathe and a therapist who can hold complexity, move gently, and still help you make tangible progress.
Well, you can take a breath … you’re in the right place.
Liminal Psych provides trauma informed therapy for women and mothers in Charlotte, North Carolina, with virtual session available across NC. I help women untangle the deeper patterns beneath burnout, over functioning, chronic anxiety, relationship stress, and postpartum or motherhood challenges.
How I Help
My goal in therapy is to help you make sense of your inner defenses, develop insight into what you’re needing, and increase clarity and confidence in your ability to meet those needs.
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You're constantly thinking, planning, managing.
You appear calm and capable, but inside you're wired, tense, and exhausted. It’s the kind of anxiety that lives in your body like a motor propelling you through the day.Therapy can help you understand what anxiety is attempting to do for you, and learn new ways to gain a sense of safety and calm.
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You do more than your share—in your relationship, at work, in your family.
You anticipate needs, avoid conflict, and take care of everything… except yourself. This kind of over functioning often begins in childhood, where love was earned through self-sacrifice.We’ll explore how those patterns formed, how they show up now, and how to begin setting boundaries without losing connection. It’s possible to stop over-giving and still have value and worth.
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Your story may not seem “traumatic” on paper, but your body remembers otherwise.
You may have learned to minimize, push through, or stay strong, but inside, there are parts of you still waiting to be seen, soothed, and understood.We’ll gently explore your story through relational safety, nervous system awareness, and inner parts work. We’ll get to know what you needed then and now to feel safe, so you can live fully in the present.
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Motherhood changes everything—and no one prepares you for the emotional unraveling that can come with it. You may feel anxious, numb, resentful, or like you’ve lost pieces of yourself.
Whether you’re pregnant, postpartum, or years into motherhood, we create space for your full emotional reality. Together, we make sense of your experience, reconnect with your identity, and help you feel less alone in the complexity of it all.
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When you’ve been living at such a fast pace, you might not even know you’re stuck in fight and flight. Since safety is essential in this work, we’ll work towards helping you slow down, listen inward, and start to feel again, safely and gently.
This might look like:
Recognizing when you're in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn
Building body awareness and self-trust through somatic practices
Releasing long-held tension from chronic stress or trauma
Learning to regulate without numbing, avoiding, or over-functioning
Because you can be highly capable and exhausted. Both deserve care.
Liminal Psych is a space to slow down, make sense of what you’re carrying, and reconnect with your inner voice, your needs, and your sense of self. You do not need to keep pushing through alone.
In therapy, I use parts work (IFS), attachment-based therapy, EMDR, and nervous system support so we can work at the level the problem lives, gently, clearly, and at a pace that feels safe to you.
My approach is depth-oriented and interactive, offering insight and support to help get to the root of what you’re struggling with.
Individual and group therapy for women and mothers trying to balance it all.
For more information on specialties and specific approaches, click here.
Therapy Services
Individual therapy at Liminal Psych is a focused, supportive space to slow down, make sense of what you’re carrying, and shift the patterns that keep you stuck.
Sessions blend depth-oriented conversation with trauma-informed approaches (EMDR, parts work, attachment-based therapy and nervous system support), so you can feel safer in your body, clearer in your choices, and more like yourself again.
Groups at Liminal Psych are designed to be a supportive, expertly guided space for women who are tired of carrying everything alone. You’ll get psychoeducation, connection, perspective, practical tools, and depth work that helps patterns shift with the support of women doing the same kind of work.
EMDR offers a scientifically validated path to healing, helping you break free from the emotional reactive patterns caused by past trauma and attachment injuries. This provides you with a sense of relief in your body & a moment to pause with your emotions and choose your response.
Therapy intensives are a deeper, more focused way to work. ideal when you want meaningful movement in a condensed, but focused amount of time. These extended sessions blend IFS/parts work and EMDR to help you get to the root of what’s keeping you stuck, create nervous-system safety, and leave with real relief, insight, and integration.
Intensives | Coming Soon
In Person and Virtual Sessions
Our office is conveniently located in the South Park area of Charlotte, North Carolina, in the Cameron Valley Psychotherapy Buildings. Centrally located with easy access to many amenities in the area.
In person sessions for psychotherapy & EMDR are available and virtual sessions are offered statewide.
Meet Your Therapist
Hi, I’m Shaunna and I’m so glad you’re here!
I’m the operating clinical therapist and founder of Liminal Psych, PLLC. I'm a Board Certified & Nationally Certified Counselor who specializes in women's mental wellness & maternal mental health. I hold master’s degrees in elementary education & clinical mental health counseling, with additional training in advanced perinatal psychotherapy and adult’s with childhood trauma
I work with women who are struggling with anxiety, burnout, relationship stress, trauma and in any stage of motherhood. My approach is trauma-informed, blending EMDR, parts work (IFS), attachment-based therapy and nervous system support.
Warm, steady, and depth-oriented, my approach helps bring compassion to all parts of you, helps you feel safer in your body, and clearer in your choices - and more like yourself again.
Learn more about Shaunna here.