Dynamic trauma integration
Awakening-Informed Trauma Therapy
“There’s something of the unexpected in a kaleidoscope. You never know what patterns and beauty you will see within.” Noelle Vignola
Message of gratitude from the founder - Sunyata Kopriva
This work is possible because brave, powerful, vulnerable people share their lives and stories with me. They open up without knowing what will come of it — exposing their honesty, hospitality, trust, fear, grief, courage, desperation, and endurance. Healing is a leap of faith, and I am humbled you choose to leap with me. I am because you are.
I am shaped by the heartbreaking realities of childhood abuse, trauma, poverty, oppression, racism, suicide, homicide, cultural humiliation, and environmental degradation. Pain crosses all boundaries. After 36 years of working with people, what have I learned? Many who carry this pain choose to do good — they are the true heroes, walking a hero’s journey. With love, wisdom, and will, I have seen darkness transformed.
To my teachers — those who share their stories — your path matters to you and to all beings. If you are exploring healing, I would be honored to take the leap with you.
services
I specialize in helping people cross over from dissociation into presence.
Therapy can trap you in the delusion of self-improvement if you treat yourself as separate and solid from anything else in life. Ego development has its place in becoming whole. At a certain place, though, it gets in the way. Focusing only on the ego can harden identity, cause suffering, and block natural growth. People need both a healthy ego and a secure attachment with the larger world, with life.
I created Dynamic Trauma Integration and the Dynamic Processing Method to help people develop presence on four different levels: Me/We/Between/Beyond. I can help you build a secure, organized, grounded sense of self while also restoring a trusting, embodied relationship with the environment, others, and broader consciousness.
Welcome home. Welcome to awakening.
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Culturally appropriate psychological development for individuals, relationships (romantic partners, parent/child, siblings, friends, business partners, etc), and communities
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An opportunity to practice the Dynamic Processing Method in a group with others. This helps build new relational attunement skills and neuropathways.
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Opportunities for professional consultation, trainings, workshops, presentations, and partnerships.
who am i?
Trauma is not the end, it is a doorway home.
Psychology began with the question, “What’s wrong with you?” Trauma psychology started asking the question, “What happened to you?”
To awaken back to innate wholeness, one of the most important questions becomes, “Who are you?”
Life is precious and deserves to be honored. In these fast-paced, modern times, it can be easy to dissociate into technology and forget about the rarity of what life is offering. Humans need real life presence.
Self-improvement has it’s place in becoming whole. It is a grain of sand on the beach. However, chasing self-improvement, like a dog chases its tail, will not help you feel more “real.” You must take the leap beyond yourself to know your true nature. Use thoughts, feelings, and body sensations as clues to deeper truth.
Understand and make sense of important life experiences — big and small. Go deeper than your current beliefs and identity. Find the life underneath those patterns and turn insights into felt, lasting change.
Your worst moments can teach and help you. Stop fighting pain, running from fear, or judging failures. Stop avoiding uncertainty and living in extremes. Let go of vague, unnuanced ideas about yourself and others. Face reality, alchemize, transform, and begin a new chapter—maybe a new life.
As we grow, our relationships change — and when relationships change, we change. Relationships are essential and often complex, with different rhythms and needs. No two are the same and each one evolves over time. Learn how to be present and attuned with one another over time and situations by getting to the true nature of your relationship.
Humans have known for thousands of years that our relational attachment system isn’t limited to just other humans. Humans were never meant to live separately from the rest of life. Reconnect with life beyond humans and discover unimaginable aliveness, creativity, companionship, and guidance. Connection is all around, lean in. Incredible intimacy can be nurtured with breath, plants, water, silence, fire, energy, soil, sound, space, movement, time, animals, color, light, darkness, spirit, infinity…
