The journey of fighting breast cancer is often long, scary, and stressful.

Many women finish treatment feeling confusing emotions about what the heck they just went through, what Erin now calls the “false summit” of cancer recovery, because it feels like the journey is supposed to be over, even though its not. This false summit is actually the PTSD, or PTS symptoms, that many women experience.

Getting help from someone who gets it AND specializes in trauma is where Erin comes in.

Health professionals don’t always understand what is going on from a mental health perspective when it comes to cancer treatment, and survivors are often left to figure it out on their own since there is no real roadmap to healing from breast cancer treatment trauma. No one knows exactly why there is trauma, just that it happens.

The truth is that only when treatment is over can the healing finally begin. “Breast Cancer Warriors” must move out of fight mode (survival mode) and into a new place, where (maybe) she can finally rest and heal, ultimately making peace with her “new normal” and thrive.

Studies show that up to 80% of women who go through breast cancer treatment struggle with PTSD or symptoms related to trauma for at least one year after treatment ends.

This means that many women will need PTSD specific therapy, or trauma-informed therapy at a minimum. Once they understand this, they can throw away the idea that they should “just be grateful to have survived and that it’s all over.” As a breast cancer survivor and thriver, Erin knows firsthand this difficult journey. Through a combination of research-driven trauma treatments, earth based therapy, somatic therapy, and a little “cancer humor,” she walks women home through the journey of healing.