You were never shown how to settle your nervous system.
Today, we change that.
A calm, compassionate space to feel safer in your body and your relationships.
This work may support you if…
You feel calm on the outside but unsettled inside.
You find yourself overthinking, pleasing others, withdrawing, or shutting down.
You have experienced relational trauma, attachment wounds, or emotional neglect.
You feel disconnected from your body or unsure what you need.
You are highly functioning but privately exhausted.
You want therapy that respects pace, choice, and nervous system safety.
A therapeutic space where healing is held, not forced.
At Trauma Release Centre, therapy is offered with respect for the nervous system, the body, and the protective strategies that helped you survive. The work is gentle, paced, and relational. You do not have to explain everything at once, revisit painful memories before you are ready, or push yourself into change. The focus is on building safety, understanding your inner world, and supporting meaningful, lasting change.
How we work
Understanding your inner world
Most of us were never taught to understand why we do the things we do, why we react the way we react, or why certain patterns keep repeating. This work helps you get to know the different parts of yourself with curiosity rather than judgment. Not to fix them, but to understand what they have been trying to do for you.
Learning to listen to your body
Stress, overwhelm and old pain do not just live in our thoughts. They live in the body too, in the tightness in your chest, the way you go flat when things get too hard, the exhaustion that sleep does not seem to touch. Therapy here includes gentle attention to what your body is telling you, at a pace that feels manageable and safe.
Healing through relationship
Many of the things that hurt us happened in relationship. And so much of the healing happens there too. This is a space where you can experience what it feels like to be truly heard, to have your responses made sense of rather than judged, and to slowly build trust in yourself and in connection with others.
Meet Angela M Carter
I know what it is to be the woman who holds everything together. Capable, accomplished, and completely exhausted by your own competence. Smiling through it, managing through it, and lying awake wondering why something still feels missing.
That lived experience is what brought me to this work. And it is what keeps me in it.
I am a trauma therapist, author, and founder of Trauma Release Centre. Over 30 years of clinical practice, combined with a first career as a systems analyst, has shaped an approach that goes deeper than most. It is also how I built the Settle and Source app, a therapeutic tool designed for the woman who wants support that meets her where she is.
If you have found your way here, something in you already knows it is time.
What clients say
"Working with Angela helped me feel safe in my own body for the first time in years. She met every part of me with such warmth and patience, and I slowly began to trust myself again."
Client, Marlborough
"Angela has a rare gift for creating a space where nothing feels rushed or judged. I came in carrying so much and left each session feeling steadier and more whole."
Client, Nelson
"I had tried many things before, but this was the first approach that reached the parts of me I had kept hidden. Angela's calm, compassionate presence changed how I relate to myself and to the people I love."
Client, Wellington
Informed by advanced professional training
Angela M Carter has trained with the IFS Institute, Trauma Research Foundation, HeartMath, and the Unyte / Safe and Sound Protocol, and is registered with the SWRB and ACC.
What happens next
Make an enquiry
Send a brief message through the contact form so we can understand what kind of support you are looking for.
Find the right fit
We will consider whether individual therapy, a group programme, or another resource may be the most appropriate next step.
Begin at a steady pace
Therapy begins gently, with attention to safety, choice, and what your system is ready for.
Support available through Trauma Release Centre
Individual therapy
One to one trauma informed therapy for adults seeking support with relational trauma, attachment wounds, stress, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, burnout, and nervous system dysregulation.
ACC funded therapeutic groups
Structured, trauma informed group programmes supporting nervous system regulation, internal awareness, relational safety, and body based healing.
TRC is the home of
Settle and Source App
A therapeutic support app created to help people pause in the moments when stress, overwhelm, or protective patterns begin to take over.
The app offers guided reflections, soothing audio, pattern tracking, and gentle prompts to support nervous system awareness and self leadership between therapy sessions or in everyday life.
Beyond the therapy room
More Ways to Access Your Inner Wisdom
Wherever you are on your journey, Angela's voice meets you there. Explore her writings, meditations, and reflections across the platforms you already love.
You do not have to arrive with everything neatly explained. You can begin from exactly where you are.
Many people come to therapy feeling unsure, overwhelmed, or unable to put words around what has happened. That is welcome here. The work begins with slowing down, listening carefully, and creating enough safety for the next step to become clear.
Get in touch
If you would like to enquire about therapy, groups, or resources, you are welcome to make contact.