May You Find Peace

Why is trauma treatment considered a system-wide experience rather than single-modality care?

Healing from trauma and emotional pain cannot be isolated to a single modality. May You Find Peace takes an integrated treatment approach, bringing multiple methods together to address trauma as a system-wide experience.

This philosophy guides May You Find Peace in helping patients build resilience and create emotional safety. The practice has centers in Connecticut (Middlebury and Southbury) and offers specialized mental health treatment through a mixture of evidence-based and holistic methods. The central principle is trauma-informed, integrated care. The team combines complementary approaches within a shared framework. Whether through eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness-based strategies, psychiatric medication evaluations or nutrition consultations, all services operate collaboratively. Clinicians, medical providers and support staff regularly reflect on client progress to ensure coordinated, responsive care.

How are EMDR and complementary therapies integrated to support trauma processing and safety?

In this integrated model, EMDR serves as the primary trauma-processing method due to its strong evidence base and consistent outcomes, helping reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories. It is combined with IFS to address protective parts associated with fear, shame and self-protection. Supported by DBT regulation skills and mindfulness grounding, this approach enables deeper trauma processing while maintaining safety and a sense of empowerment.

“We genuinely believe that healing is possible. Not managed. Not coped with. Not merely survived. Actually possible,” says Laura Manderino, CEO.

Trauma-Informed Care Under One Coordinated Framework

What assessment and preparation steps ensure clients are ready for trauma-focused therapy work?

Treatment starts with a thorough assessment, taking into account various aspects of an individual’s life besides just the symptoms. Therapists listen to the person’s story, look for signs of resilience, stability, emotional regulation capacity and readiness for trauma work. This groundwork ensures that the clients have the necessary resources and capabilities prior to engaging in EMDR. Frequently, other models, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and DBT skills training are incorporated to teach clients emotion regulation skills, lessen distress and broaden their window of tolerance.

Safety and stabilization are priorities at each step of the treatment journey. Clinicians focus on developing coping skills and helping clients connect with their inner experiences. The goal is to ensure that the tools they build in therapy become resources that clients can access both during sessions and in their everyday lives. To educate clients on the impact of trauma on their brain and nervous system, therapists regularly embed explanations into the therapeutic process so that patients can anticipate and be informed about their journey.

The team checks in consistently, adjusts the pace to each client’s needs and ensures they feel grounded and supported. Beyond psychotherapy, the practice integrates psychiatric medication management, including GeneSight genetic testing to guide informed prescribing. Nutrition services address the gut-brain connection, recognizing the link between physical and emotional health.

Stability, Skills and Neuro Insight

How does the practice ensure accessibility and continuity across in-person and telehealth care delivery?

May You Find Peace is grounded in accessibility and continuity of care. To accommodate client needs, it offers both in-person and secure telehealth sessions that provide flexibility for individuals with busy schedules, limited mobility or geographic barriers. Telehealth has been a successful medium for facilitating meaningful trauma processing through techniques such as EMDR and keeps therapy sessions going when real-life situations cause interruptions.

At its core, May You Find Peace was built as a cohesive clinical system rather than a patchwork of services. Trauma treatment combines psychotherapy, psychiatric oversight and nutritional consultation, all carried out within a unified treatment framework. The clinic synchronizes psychological processing, nervous system stabilization and genetic-informed medication management to reduce fragmentation and promote robust and measurable recovery outcomes.