Coaching for Trauma Survivors

You survived.
Now you're figuring out who you are after

There is support for the crisis. Almost none for what comes after. Many survivors are left trying to rebuild safety, identity, relationships, and trust in themselves long after the immediate crisis has passed.

Held & Seen Coaching offers one on one support for trauma survivors navigating what comes next with greater clarity, safety, and self trust.

No commitment. No pressure. Just a conversation.

Built for the Work That Comes After Survival

This work is designed for people navigating the longer term impact of trauma: hypervigilance, emotional exhaustion, disrupted trust, fear based self protection, relationship changes, and the difficult process of rebuilding a life after surviving something overwhelming.

You do not need to be in immediate crisis for your experience to deserve support.

Something shifted. You're still finding out what

  • The people around you think you are fine. Some days you do too. Other days, you know something is still unfinished.

  • You notice yourself making decisions from fear or self protection, in relationships, at work, in everyday moments, in ways you never used to.

  • You do not want to keep retelling the story. You want to build something forward, but you're not sure how to get there from here.

  • You want structured, private, one on one support that helps you move forward without having to relive everything again.

You want structured, private, one on one support that helps you move forward without having to relive everything again.

Yoyce Geronimo Galvan

M.A in Clinical and Counseling Psychology

Portrait of Yoyce Geronimo Galvan Founder of Held & Seen Coaching
Portrait of Yoyce Geronimo Galvan Founder of Held & Seen Coaching

My clinical training was completed at Rutgers University's Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, a program dedicated specifically to survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, and gender-based trauma. I have sat with people navigating exactly what brings you here: the self-blame that persists even when you intellectually know it isn't yours to carry, the hypervigilance that never fully switches off, the exhaustion of surviving something the people around you couldn't fully hold.

That work shaped how I understand trauma, not from the outside, but from having been trusted with it directly.

✓ M.A. in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, with graduate research focused on trauma and gender-based violence

✓ Clinical training with survivors of sexual and domestic violence

✓ 10+ years in behavioral health systems, including national program leadership

✓ Bilingual: English and Spanish, with deep cultural understanding built into the work

Next Step

You don't have to start from what happened.

A free 30-minute conversation about where you are right now and whether this work is right for where you want to go. You set the pace. You decide what to share.

Limited spots available each month