Trauma
Painful memories keep coming up. You try to lock them away, but they keep coming back. The more you try to suppress them, the more they seem to resurface. Your body is tense, and you feel constantly on edge. You strive for control, but it feels out of reach. You are not alone
These overwhelming thoughts and feelings will be less powerful when spoken aloud. Many people think they are struggling with depression and anxiety but are actually experiencing symptoms of trauma. The work is not easy, but it is possible to feel better. We would be honored to help you through the next stage of your healing.
How we help
We practice Integrative therapy, which is an individualized, holistic approach that combines techniques from different therapeutic models and addresses the needs of the whole person.
The therapeutic models described below may be incorporated into your treatment. Each therapist works with the client to customize the therapy experience according to the client’s specific needs.
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR works by helping individuals with trauma overcome mental blocks and the raw pain centers that come with distancing oneself from the traumatic incident.
Clients who have been through EMDR therapy can integrate negative emotions, body reactions, and behavior patterns in a better way. The treatment also teaches new and personalized ways of coping with life challenges. Some coping skills learned through EMDR include healthy behavior, enhanced understanding, and positive thinking. Clients can handle fresh challenges when the brain is trained to process the traumatic incident.
The Department of Veterans holds EMDR therapy as one of the best-recommended treatment plans for PTSD.
Brainspotting
Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing, and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation, and a variety of other challenging symptoms. This model gives us a tool to locate, focus, process, and release experiences and symptoms that are typically out of reach of the conscious mind and its cognitive and language capacity.
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing is a therapeutic model that focuses on resolving trauma that is held in the body. It can be used to support the resolution of PTSD and developmental attachment trauma. It offers a framework to assess where a client is “stuck” in the fight, flight or freeze responses and provides tools to resolve these fixated physiological states.