The dominant narrative surrounding trauma often reduces it to a single event—an accident, loss, or attack—and focuses recovery efforts narrowly on crisis counseling or medical interventions. However, emerging evidence supports a broader ecological model in which trauma is embedded in systemic, cultural, spiritual, and environmental contexts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), especially trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT), is a well-established, evidence-based individual intervention. Yet, lasting healing requires more than individualized care; it demands systemic reforms, community education, and trauma-informed institutional responses. This article explores Ms. Angela Adeyemi’s case— whose childhood sexual trauma reemerged following a stressful work-related experience—as a lens to illustrate how trauma functions as an ecosystem. Her story, though personal, reflects common threads observed across diverse populations. Using both ecological trauma theory and CBT-based intervention, the article argues that trauma recovery must address multiple dimensions: the person, the event, and the environment. It calls for integrated approaches that not only treat the wound but transform the soil in which the wound occurred—offering insights applicable to military, healthcare, religious, and therapeutic contexts.