
Therapy for Trauma
Do you feel trapped in the past? Does it feel hopeless trying to control your emotions and reactions?
There’s the you that you know you are, kind, calm, and so loving. And then, the you that rises up and hits you when you least expect it.
You get angry out of nowhere and take it out in ways you later regret. You can get stuck in your head for hours, shame spiraling and thought spiraling over something you said or did. You notice a mind body disconnect, experiencing periods of numbness.
It just all feels so deeply ingrained, you’re scared it’s something you can’t change. You notice your childhood trauma resurfacing in adulthood and you just want it to go away.
You don’t have to live like this forever. Peace is possible; we’ll put a grounded version of you back in the driver’s seat instead of your childhood trauma responses.
The effects of complex PTSD can feel so entrenched that it’s hard to remember there’s a part of you stronger than your triggers. While trauma is a part of your story, it’s possible to reduce its impact on your life and promote mind body healing. Together, we can make that shift as you work towards complex trauma recovery.
With the support of a complex PTSD therapist, you no longer have to face the confusion and frustration of trauma alone. You can regain control of your life, boost your self-esteem and assertiveness, and improve your ability to manage stress and discomfort through mind body healing and complex PTSD healing. A life of peace is not only possible, it’s within reach. Together, we won’t let trauma define your future.
Together, we’ll focus on:
Linking your past to how it affects your present
Increasing your ability to be in the present instead of your head through trauma therapy interventions
Learning coping skills to feel more confident handling stressful situations and setting boundaries
Helping you feel secure in your relationships
Building your connection back with your intuition so you can make decisions from your inner self instead of your survival responses through mind body healing
FAQs
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Complex trauma is when you’ve experienced something that put your body in survival mode for a long period of time. This includes a long-term abusive workplace, bad relationship, difficult childhood, bullying in school, and much more which can lead to anxiety and a mind body disconnect.
Complex PTSD is different than PTSD in that PTSD is a singular instance of a trauma (e.g., natural disaster, car accident) rather than multiple events over time.
For more information, you can read an article I published with The Wellness Society defining C-PTSD by clicking here.
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Trauma informed care and complex trauma treatment is treating you in the room like your reactions and feelings are valid and come from a deep, painful place. We don’t judge what’s going on, we just get curious, treat the sensitive and painful areas with compassion, and work at a pace that works for you. Complex PTSD healing involves being mindful of your triggers and prioritize grounding, mind body healing, and practicing regulation.
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Our traumas do not define us, but they are a part of us. Awareness of our childhood trauma resurfacing in adulthood is necessary for change. The more we build our self-insight with a complex PTSD therapist so we can identify when behaviors or feelings are trauma reactions, instead of who we are at our core, the more we can make adjustments to live a life aligned with our values.
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When our bodies are in survival mode, energy is prioritized to the parts of the body that will help you survive. This prioritization does not include the part of the brain that stores long term memory. Often, your body will hold the trauma, but your explicit memory will not, leading to a mind body disconnect.
Remembering is not necessary for therapy!
While linking the past to the present can be helpful to build insight, we are also able to use how your body is reacting, even without an explicit memory, in order to process your trauma and promote complex PTSD healing.