Are you here because...?
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You’ve done years of “the work,” but your nervous system still feels on edge
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You understand why you react the way you do, but it just hasn’t changed much
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You're realizing that a relationship you thought was love was actually something else entirely
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You have that one person that you know you should distance yourself from, but you just can't
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You’re high-functioning on the outside and just plain exhausted on the inside
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Talking about it hasn’t been enough, and you don’t want to rehash everything again
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You’re tired of coping and want your body to finally feel safe
I help people just like you, who...
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Are insightful, self-reflective, and intelligent
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Have tried therapy before, found it helpful, but still feel stuck
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Want real nervous system change,
not endless insight
You don't need to be in crisis to be here.
Just ready for real change.
Hi, I'm Dr. Maria Niitepold
I work with insightful, capable people who are tired of talking about their reactions and want something to actually shift.
I'm a licensed psychologist specializing in EMDR, Brainspotting, and the Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM) for trauma, narcissistic abuse, and patterns that don't respond well to talk therapy alone.
My work is grounded, collaborative, and respectful of your pace, especially if you’ve learned to function well while dealing with a lot internally.
Why I do this work
MY STORY
My own life has not been a piece of cake. I came to this work because healing changed mine, the way it changes many of the people I work with.
I served as a United States Marine, and I immigrated to this country from Estonia. I know in my body what it means to leave everything familiar, to start over, and to carry things most people never see.
I have sat in the client's chair, not only the therapist's. I know what it feels like when therapy misses the mark, and what it feels like when it actually works.
That is why I practice the way I do. The freedom on the other side of real healing is something I have personally experienced.
How I work
MY STYLE
Warm and steady. Honest enough to tell you the truth; tactful enough that it won't sting.
Direct, not surface-level. I am not a vent-for-fifty-minutes therapist. If you want to see a shift in your patterns rather than just talk about them, you're in the right place.
Able to hold the weight. You won't need to worry about me flinching or spinning out, which for many of my clients, is a new experience.
Paced to your nervous system. We move at the speed your body can actually integrate, not faster. Pushing past that is how therapy fails to stick.
Respectful of what this costs. Therapy is a real investment of money, time, and courage. I want you to need me for a season, not forever.
My approach to healing
THE METHOD
Body-based and evidence-grounded. Trauma lives in the nervous system, so that is where we work.
I specialize in EMDR, Brainspotting, and the Comprehensive Resource Model. Somatic methods that reach where trauma is stored, beneath words and insight.
Insight alone rarely heals trauma. You can know exactly why you are the way you are and still feel stuck. We go deeper than understanding.
Safety and resourcing come first. Before we approach anything hard, we build the stability that lets your system process instead of flood.
Specialized, not general. This depth is the difference between therapy that destabilizes and therapy that holds.
What it's like to work with me
The trauma patterns I work with
RELATIONAL & DEVELOPMENTAL
Self-Worth, Self-Doubt, & Feeling "Not Enough"
Narcissistic Abuse & Toxic Family Systems
The Parentified Child & Eldest Daughter Syndrome
People-Pleasing & the Fawn Response
Perfectionism & Impostor Syndrome
Hyper-Independence & Chronic Over-Functioning
Attachment Wounds & Relationship Patterns
TRAUMA & NERVOUS SYSTEM
PTSD & Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
Childhood & Developmental Trauma
Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) & Incest
Chronic Nervous System Dysregulation
Shame & Self-Blame
High-Functioning Anxiety & Achiever Burnout
How we do it
Comprehensive Resource Model
CRM
We build internal stability first, which then allows you to process trauma from within your window of tolerance to prevent flooding and dissociation.
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
We use bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess stuck memories, so events from the past lose their power over the present.
EMDR
Brainspotting
BODY-BASED PROCESSING
Where you look affects how you feel. We use fixed eye positions to access and release trauma held in the body.
Find us
Trauma Therapy in Pensacola, FL & Brooklyn, NY
HOURS
Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 7 PM
GULF BREEZE, FL
Phone
Address
3000 Gulf Breeze Pkwy,
Suite 19
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
BROOKLYN, NY
Phone
Address
117 Dobbin St
#205A
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Hayfield Healing offers trauma therapy throughout Florida, including Pensacola, Miami, Boca Raton, Tampa, and New York, including Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island. We also offer telehealth therapy to clients in 44+ PsyPact states.