trauma therapy
Have you experienced a stressful or dangerous event across your lifetime that you can’t seem to shake?
Are you noticing changes in your behavior such as being easily startled, having outbursts, or doing reckless things?
Do you struggle to fall asleep at night due to concerns of having nightmares?
Has it been challenging for you to make or maintain relationships due to isolating?
Have you been avoiding people, places, or things that could bring up intense emotions for you?
If you answered yes to the questions above, it’s possible you could be struggling with post traumatic stress. Post traumatic stress occurs after a traumatic event, and it can continue to cause an impact on your daily life, often showing up in how you view yourself, others, or the world around you. If you believe that you are battling ongoing stress from a traumatic event(s), click the book now button to book a free consultation with one of our clinicians. With the proper support and professional guidance, you will be able to get beyond what occurred and begin to live your life again.
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Post traumatic stress disorder can happen to anyone.
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Post traumatic stress disorder can happen to anyone. *
Post traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that can occur after someone experiences a traumatic event. A traumatic event is classified as an experience someone undergoes that leaves them feeling overwhelmed or highly stressed as a result of a threat of serious harm or danger to oneself or others.
Anyone can undergo a traumatic event. According to the World Health Organization, around 70% of the United States population will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Of that 70%, around 5.6% will experience post traumatic stress, and almost 5% of the world population will experience PTSD in their lifetime. The likelihood of you experiencing post traumatic stress disorder after a traumatic event can be dependent on many factors.
Why then does one person develop PTSD after a traumatic event, but another person may not? The reasons can vary. Some contributing factors that could increase the likelihood of developing PTSD include undergoing multiple traumatic events, the intensity of the traumatic event, having lower education levels, a history of family mental illness, and a personal history of mental health disorders. Another important key to remember that could contribute to developing post traumatic stress disorder is having social support after the traumatic event.
At CoreWellness, LLC, we offer support for people who have experienced a traumatic event and are needing to process their thoughts, feelings, and emotions. We use evidence-based practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy to help minimize symptoms and increase a person’s ability to recover after undergoing a stressful event. We teach coping skills and provide psychoeducation to reduce the likelihood of you relapsing or engaging in unhealthy, unhelpful behaviors to cope.
Therapy is effective in treating post traumatic stress disorder.
At CoreWellness, our therapists are solution focused and strengths based so you will feel empowered after each session to take back control of your life. We help clients to set specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound goals that ensure success. Therapy modalities that have proven to be effective in treating PTSD include Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
You can expect to learn valuable skills such as relaxation techniques, stress management, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, breathing control, grounding techniques, and more! You will be able to take the skills learned in therapy sessions and apply them to your everyday life and start to see results as early as the first session.
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We help to address common concerns surrounding trauma therapy that arise
What if talking about the traumatic event is retraumatizing for me?
One purpose of therapy to treat trauma is to allow you the opportunity to not relive the traumatic experience, but rather to create an alternative experience of what happened. In doing so, you will be able to build resilience around the trauma. You have already undergone the worst part and survived, so now it is time to figure out a way to thrive again.
What if I feel worse when doing trauma therapy?
It’s not uncommon for people to report having an increase in their symptoms right before there is a significant decrease and improvement. Luckily, the benefit to practicing vulnerability in therapy is that it is a safe space specifically designated for you to be able to try something new and get real time support while doing it. The therapy we offer is also structured to provide you with coping mechanisms and skills to build resilience that can be practiced during sessions when difficult emotions are present.
What if I don’t believe I can get better due to repeated trauma?
You are not broken because you experienced trauma. You are a survivor, and that alone is the first step to building yourself back up again. You are capable of finding your authentic self, and what you will discover is that you are much more resilient than you think. You are capable, and you are brave, and we know you can get through this because you were strong enough to start the journey of searching for support. Now let us help you do the rest.
Reconnecting with your authentic self again is possible with therapy.
Therapists at CoreWellness have years of expertise working with the common presenting problems that young adults face as they work to navigate life’s challenges. Our therapists have a diverse background that allows you to have options in choosing which therapist is the best fit for you. We want you to feel comfortable taking the next step.
Take the time to explore the therapist we have at CoreWellness, LLC to determine if someone feels they may be a good fit for you. We offer free consultations to give you the opportunity to speak with the therapist directly and determine if they are a good fit before beginning the process. If you have any questions, you may also feel free to contact us by filling out the form above Please allow for 24-48 hours for a response to your inquiry. In the meantime, check out our blogs and other helpful resources on our website. We look forward to talking to you soon!
Reference: World Health Organization: WHO. (2024, May 27). Post-traumatic stress disorder. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/post-traumatic-stress-disorder#:~:text=Around%2070%25%20of%20people%20globally,in%20their%20lives%20(2).
