SECOND GENERATION THERAPY™

A soul-centered path for those who inherited silence, shame, or self-abandonment—
and are ready to pass forward something different.

This is not where the story ends. It’s where your voice begins.

What Is Second Generation Therapy?

Second Generation Therapy™ is a trauma-informed, soul-centered approach to healing the emotional patterns you inherited—and reclaiming the truth you want to pass forward.

It was created for the ones who...

• Grew up walking on eggshells, managing chaos,
 or shrinking themselves to stay safe.


• Were told to be “good,” “quiet,” “easy,” or “grateful”
 even when it cost them their voice.


• Are now realizing they were never broken—
 they were just surviving.

This work honors the ache of what you never got.
And it dares to ask:

What if your healing becomes the legacy?

This page shares a therapeutic framework for reflection and inspiration.

It is not a substitute for therapy.

If you're interested in working together, please visit the Reclaiming Your Voice or Contact page for more information.

What Makes It Different?

Unlike traditional therapy that focuses on managing symptoms or “fixing” the self,
Second Generation Therapy™ begins with a different truth:

You are not a problem to solve.
You are a soul remembering its voice.

This work blends deep emotional healing with soul-attunement.


It invites you to:

  • Reclaim your story without shame

  • Explore what safety feels like in your nervous system

  • Reconnect with the self that has always been waiting underneath the conditioning

  • Discover who you are beyond the roles you played to survive

It’s not about “going back” to who you were.
It’s about becoming who you were always meant to be.

Is This for You?

Second Generation Therapy™ might be a fit if you…

  • Feel like you inherited emotional burdens you can’t fully name

  • Struggle with self-trust, people-pleasing, or shrinking in relationships

  • Are ready to move from survival mode into soulful, intentional living

  • Know there’s more for you—but fear reclaiming it will cost you your relationships

 

This is for the cycle-breakers.
The gentle rebels.
The seekers who want something deeper than symptom reduction.

 

For the ones who are ready to whisper—or roar:

“The patterns stop with me. And so does the silence.”

What Healing Looks Like

Healing through this framework often feels like:

  • Feeling the ground beneath you for the first time

  • Having a truth rise in your throat—and finally letting it speak

  • Holding your past self with compassion instead of blame

  • Naming what hurt, so you can stop carrying it in secret

  • Learning to breathe again—not just in your lungs, but in your life

 

This isn’t quick-fix healing.
It’s slow, sacred reclamation.

And the beauty of it?
Every choice you make in truth ripples forward.

Want to Go Deeper?



[Join Our Inner Sage Reflections] (coming soon)

 

Free Reflection PDF: Breaking the Pattern

Download your free guide:
Breaking the Pattern: A Soul-Centered Reflection on Second Generation Healing

Inside:
— Gentle journaling prompts
Tiny Things entries that speak to legacy and voice
— A guided breath practice for grounding when the work feels big

Coming Soon!

 

A Final Core Truth

You are not the wounds you inherited.
You are the one who gets to choose what lives on.

Let that truth echo. Let it be your trail marker home.

For Therapists, Healers & Space Holders

If you’re a therapist, coach, or healing practitioner who resonates with the soul of this work—
you’re not alone.

Second Generation Therapy™ offers a trauma-informed, soul-centered framework
for working with clients who:

  • Carry inherited emotional patterns they can’t quite name

  • Struggle with self-trust, voice, or legacy

  • Are seeking more than just symptom reduction—they’re seeking reclamation

Whether you're deep in your own healing or holding space for others, this approach can help you:

  • Integrate legacy and lineage into the therapeutic process

  • Hold space for shame, silence, and survival stories with compassion

  • Invite clients into transformation through story, nervous system wisdom, and soul-attunement

Want to Bring This Work Into Your Practice?

Join the Waitlist for upcoming offerings:


Clinician workshops
One-on-one consultation
Licensing opportunities for the full SGT framework

[Button: Join the Waitlist]

We heal through presence, not performance.
And when therapists reclaim their voice,
they make it safer for others to do the same.

 

Second Generation Therapy™ is a protected framework created by Trista Galvin, LAC, for personal and professional use. All rights reserved.

Guided by myth. Rooted in soul.

Patron of Return.

Guardian of Chosen Legacy.

Fortuna turns the wheel.

In this space, we learn to turn the wheel with her—
not toward what was handed to us,
but toward what we now choose to pass forward.

This is the work of turning the wheel with consciousness.
As Jung reminds us: “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”