Haunted House Therapy™
You don’t need an exorcist.
You can reclaim it — one room at a time.
What Is Haunted House Therapy™?
Haunted House Therapy™ is my signature method for supporting trauma healing.
It’s designed for adults navigating complex trauma, fragmentation, or long-unspoken pain.
This method is especially helpful for adults navigating PTSD, C-PTSD, creative burnout, or long-held perfectionism —
the kind that keeps parts of yourself locked away.
Imagine your inner life as a house:
some rooms are bright and lived in,
others feel shut tight or echo with shadows.
Some doors stay closed for years.
Some memories show up like ghosts.
But here’s the thing:
This house is yours.
You don’t have to fix everything at once.
You don’t have to be fearless to begin.
Haunted House Therapy™
is about gently reclaiming the parts of yourself that feel scary, lost, or forgotten—
at your own pace, and with the right support.
Get started by requesting a free 30-minute,
no pressure consultation to see if we’re a fit:
Why This Metaphor?
When we’ve lived through something overwhelming,
certain parts of us can go quiet—
tucked away behind closed doors.
Some feelings start to feel like too much.
Some memories echo in the background—
even if we rarely speak of them.
The haunted house metaphor gives us a gentle, shared language to explore:
Locked Rooms
The parts of ourselves we’ve learned to avoid, fear, or question
Ghosts
Memories or emotions that return uninvited, even when we try to forget
Cracks in the Walls
The ways we adapted to survive — even if they leave things feeling shaky now
Lanterns and Light Switches
The tools, insights, and support that help us move forward with safety
Reclaiming the House
Slowly, bravely becoming more at home within ourselves
This isn’t about charging through every door.
It’s not about tearing the house down.
It’s about taking your time.
Exploring with care.
Room by room, light by light.
Until it feels like a place you can live in again.
You are not broken.
You are becoming whole.™
Get started by requesting a free 30-minute,
no pressure consultation to see if we’re a fit:
How Haunted House Therapy™ Integrates with Other Modalities
Haunted House Therapy™ isn’t a one-size-fits-all method.
It’s an adaptive, evolving approach shaped by your pace, your story, and your needs.
In our work together, I draw from:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
To name the beliefs and patterns that quietly shape how you move through the house
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
To gently explore how trauma has shaped your story — and how that story can begin to shift
Mindfulness-Based Techniques
To stay grounded in the present, even when echoes from the past try to pull you back
Positive Psychology
To reconnect with your strengths, values, and the parts of you that already know how to heal
These modalities offer structure and clarity.
The haunted house metaphor offers something more tender:
A way to explore with compassion and choice.
A way to move through fear without rushing past it.
A way to reclaim light, space, and self — one room at a time.
Get started by requesting a free 30-minute,
no pressure consultation to see if we’re a fit:
What Haunted House Therapy™ Looks Like in Practice
In Haunted House Therapy™, we begin with what feels safe.
You don’t have to open every door.
You don’t have to go into the basement.
You don’t even have to know where the light switches are yet.
We start where you are —
In the rooms that already feel a little familiar, a little lived in.
And from there, we begin to listen.
Together, we might:
Strengthen the tools you carry with you
Meet your reactions with gentleness instead of judgment
Practice staying present, even when the past echoes through the walls
Learn when to step forward… and when to pause and breathe
Some rooms will stay closed for now.
Some doors may never need to be opened.
Some ghosts take time to name.
That’s okay.
That’s not failure — that’s wisdom.
This work isn’t about pushing through.
It’s about learning how to live with yourself again —
Gently, curiously, and with care.
You don’t need to fix the whole house.
You just need to start where you are.
Get started by requesting a free 30-minute,
no pressure consultation to see if we’re a fit:
Why “Haunted”?
“Haunted” doesn’t mean cursed.
It means something lingers.
A feeling.
A memory.
A reaction that doesn’t quite match the moment you’re in.
Sometimes, the past shows up like a shadow in the hallway —
Unexpected, unexplained, but real in its own way.
In Haunted House Therapy™, we don’t treat these echoes as enemies.
We treat them as messengers —
Parts of you that are still trying to make sense of what happened.
It’s not about getting rid of the past.
It’s about learning how to be here now:
With your feet on the ground,
Your hand on the light switch,
And your story held with care.
Get started by requesting a free 30-minute,
no pressure consultation to see if we’re a fit:
Interested in Exploring This Work Together?
If this metaphor speaks to something in you —
Something soft, scared, or stuck —
You don’t have to explore it alone.
You can learn more about how I approach therapy or reach out for a consultation.
We can begin with the rooms you already know.
We can bring a lantern.
And we can go at your pace.
Get started by requesting a free 30-minute,
no pressure consultation to see if we’re a fit:
This page is a high-level introduction to Haunted House Therapy™ for informational purposes only. Haunted House Therapy™ is a proprietary clinical method of Dr. Gulshan Psychology, developed and used by Dr. Gulshan N. Salim since 2021.