Trauma Treatment
Your experiences are real and they don’t have to be your whole life.
What is trauma?
Trauma can be defined in a lot of ways, and we prefer not to lock into one, because therapeutically, it doesn’t help too much.
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There are life experiences that commonly result in distress, such as abuse or near death experiences.
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That said, trauma does not have one cause or one result. Lots of people go through intense experiences that leave a lasting impact. That impact? We can help with that.
If you’ve experienced an event or even lots of events so disturbing that they continue to affect you on a regular basis, you deserve to have freedom from them.
You might be struggling with things like:
Upsetting thoughts or emotions about what happen
Persistent negative thoughts about yourself, other people, or the world
Intrusive (unwanted) memories or flashbacks
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Anxiety toward people or places you know logically are safe
Nightmares
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Sleep difficulties
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Trouble concentrating
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If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, we can help.
A note about PTSD:
People who have had traumatic experiences sometimes develop PTSD, but if you do, it doesn’t have to be a life sentence. We can help you live a life where you don’t erase your memories, but they also don’t keep hitting you in the face.
How do we treat trauma?
We believe in using treatments that work.
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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE) are both treatments that the The American Psychological Association strongly recommends to treat trauma. Because they’ve been proven to work, that’s what we offer.
CPT
CPT is a cognitive therapy focusing on gaining awareness of where you got “stuck” in the natural recovery process from a traumatic event and working to get you “unstuck” for good.
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Learn about someone who, after years of therapy that wasn’t working, got better in TEN SESSIONS.
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PE
PE is a behavioral treatment that helps you learn to not be afraid of traumatic memories or reminders.
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It helps you identify the memories and things that are keeping you trapped, and then completely change your relationship with them.
If you have PTSD and aren’t sure if these treatments sound right for you, we’d encourage you to check out this Decision Aid (multiple choice quiz) developed by the National Center for PTSD.