I'm Bridget Kuzma, founder of Women's Trauma Therapy. Many of the people who find their way to my practice are thoughtful, capable, and self-aware, yet still feel stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or like they're working much harder than others just to get through everyday life. They've often spent years trying to understand themselves through therapy, books, or personal reflection, but still don't feel the lasting change they're looking for.

Together, we work to reconnect with parts of yourself that may have become difficult to access, so healing becomes something you can not only understand, but begin to feel and live. I maintain a limited caseload so that I can provide each client with individualized, depth-oriented care.

My approach integrates Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, expressive arts therapy, and traditional talk therapy. Trauma often affects both the nervous system and our sense of safety, connection, and self. By working with both body and mind, therapy can create opportunities for change that insight alone doesn't always reach.

I have advanced training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a body-based approach to trauma developed by Pat Ogden. My work is informed by current research in trauma, attachment, and neuroscience while remaining grounded in warmth, curiosity, creativity, and genuine human connection.

I believe each person has an innate capacity for healing and a unique path toward it. Therapy is collaborative, thoughtfully paced, and tailored to your individual needs. Together, we'll create a space where you can deepen self-understanding, strengthen nervous system regulation, build greater self-trust, and gently shift patterns that may have developed over many years.

My background includes more than a decade of clinical work with adults, children, and families in medical, community, educational, and outpatient settings across New York, Washington, DC, and Maryland.

I earned my master's degree in Art Therapy from Pratt Institute and completed my clinical training at Mount Sinai Hospital, specializing in palliative care and medical settings. Earlier in my career, I spent five years at the National Institutes of Health, supporting children and families navigating serious medical illness—an experience that continues to shape my respect for compassionate, whole-person care.

Throughout my career, I've supported clients navigating complex trauma, attachment wounds, medical experiences and chronic illness, grief and bereavement, and significant life transitions.