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DayOne Therapy Amber Gonzalez NJ Trauma Therapist & Author 🏆 2026 Literature Award Winner | Trauma Therapist
đź“š ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch Creator
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Start healing. NJ couples + trauma therapy ↓ www.dayonetherapynj.com This website is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace professional psychological care. Qualifications:
Years in Practice: 11 Years
License: New Jersey /37AC00325300 & Georgia : LPC013499
School: Wilmington University
Year Graduated: 2011
Certified Nurtured Heart Trainer
Certified Trauma Therapist

09/15/2026

How quick can innocent fun turn unsafe?

Would your child tell you?The honest answer depends entirely on the culture you have built in your home around safety, t...
09/10/2026

Would your child tell you?

The honest answer depends entirely on the culture you have built in your home around safety, truth, and telling.

Save this. Build that culture starting today. đź’›

💛 DM me READY — therapy openings now

09/09/2026

You can be a GREAT parent and still have a child who doesn’t tell you they’re being SA’d.

That’s the part nobody wants to hear.

Because sometimes the person hurting them has already convinced them:

Nobody will believe you.
You’ll get in trouble.
Your family will fall apart.
Something bad will happen if you tell.

That pressure is REAL for a child.

So when survivors finally disclose at 25, 35, 45—or never disclose at all—please stop asking, “Why didn’t you just tell somebody?”

Start asking: “What made you feel like you couldn’t?”

This is exactly why I wrote ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch. đź“š I want these conversations happening BEFORE a child ever needs the words. Body autonomy. Safe and unsafe touch. Trusted adults. No secrets.

And if you’re an adult realizing that what happened to you as a child is STILL showing up in your relationships, marriage, boundaries, or the way you parent—you don’t have to keep carrying it quietly.

I’m a trauma therapist. This is the work I do every day.

đź“š Parents: my child-safety books are available through the link in my bio.
❤️ Adults ready to process their own childhood trauma: limited new-client availability is open at DayOne Therapy.

Prevent. Protect. Process.

SAVE this for the parent who thinks, “My child would definitely tell me.”
And SHARE it with somebody raising children.

I said what I said: a good therapist should want you to stop needing them.The goal is not to keep you in therapy forever...
09/06/2026

I said what I said: a good therapist should want you to stop needing them.

The goal is not to keep you in therapy forever. The goal is to help you heal, grow and eventually use the tools without me.

3 clients successfully completed therapy this month. They came carrying pain that was running their lives—and left stronger, healthier and thriving.

Their success created 3 openings for people who are ready to do the real work.

New individual clients: $197 per 60-minute session with twice-monthly participation.

Virtual throughout New Jersey
Limited in-person availability in Woodbury

Serious inquiries only. DM “THERAPY” or use the link in my bio before the spots are filled.

Do you think therapy should have an ending—or should it continue forever? 👀

This is why I say: BREAK CYCLES, NOT CHILDREN. 💔Childhood SA doesn’t automatically create an offender—and trauma NEVER e...
09/04/2026

This is why I say: BREAK CYCLES, NOT CHILDREN. đź’”

Childhood SA doesn’t automatically create an offender—and trauma NEVER excuses harming someone else. But when a child is harmed, ignored, shamed, or never given the help they need, that trauma doesn’t simply disappear because they grow up.

Protect the child who was harmed. Get help for the child displaying harmful sexual behaviors. Stop the cycle EARLY.

And parents, prevention matters too. đź“š ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch was created to help families start body-safety conversations BEFORE something happens.

đź”– SAVE this.
↗️ SHARE it with another parent.
Because somebody’s child may need an adult to recognize the signs.

Prevent. Protect. Process.
Break Cycles. Not Children.

09/01/2026

Did she marry a man of God… or his unhealed trauma? 👀

If you watched Death of the Pastor’s Wife on Netflix, you probably need a debrief.

As a trauma therapist, one thing stood out to me: a pulpit does not make a man healed. A title does not make a man safe. And a wife cannot heal trauma a man refuses to address.

The documentary contains deeply disturbing allegations of coercion, control and abuse—and raises a bigger question for the church:

When does protecting the leader become more important than protecting the people being led?

Men, get healed before you lead.
Get healed before your wife and family become casualties of wounds you refuse to address.

And YES… he’s reportedly still preaching and is now married to his third wife, who leads worship with him.

Chile… that’s a WHOLE other reel. 👀

Should churches require pastors to step down when serious allegations and unhealthy behavior surface—or can someone still effectively lead while dealing with their own dysfunction? 👇🏽

08/31/2026

Are you teaching this before they go on the bus?

08/26/2026

While we’re buying backpacks, pencils, uniforms, and school supplies… are we having the OTHER back-to-school conversation? 🚩

Safe and unsafe touch doesn’t only apply to strangers.

Talk about teachers. Coaches. Tutors. Babysitters. Family members. Any adult with access to your child.

Teach them that adults shouldn’t ask them to keep secrets, cross body boundaries, or create private relationships that make them uncomfortable—including inappropriate private communication online.

A title doesn’t automatically make someone safe.

🎒 Buy the supplies.
🗣️ But have the body-safety conversation too.

đź“š My ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch was created to help parents start these conversations BEFORE something happens.

Prevent. Protect. Process.

08/25/2026

this one might be unpopular.

But protecting our children sometimes means the unpopular conversation.

Save this. Share it. đź’›

As a trauma therapist this question makes babysitters mad.But my job is not to make babysitters comfortable.My job is to...
08/21/2026

As a trauma therapist this question makes babysitters mad.

But my job is not to make babysitters comfortable.

My job is to protect children.

Save this. Share it with every parent you know. đź’›

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