PTSD and Trauma

Have you been struggling with:

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Upsetting thoughts and memories that won’t leave you alone

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Strong emotional and physical reactions whenever anything reminds you of the past or upsets you in the present

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Self-criticism, blaming yourself everything, and deep feelings of not being good enough

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Constantly feeling on guard, difficulty trusting people, and trouble believing that things will turn out well

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Avoiding people, places – or even thoughts and feelings – associated with past

Happy woman free from trauma and PTSD

In the past fifteen years, there has been an explosion in trauma research and we now have a number of effective treatments. You can feel better. We can help.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the name of the psychological condition you may experience after traumatic events. This can include one-time incidents like a car crash or assault, or chronic, long-term experiences of abuse, living in a warzone, or responding to crisis situations

PTSD is your brain’s way of adapting to conditions of danger. It’s a combination of learning and physiological responsiveness that represents your survival mode. During traumatic events, being in survival mode allowed you to make it through terrible experiences.

Even though the traumatic events are over, your body and your brain haven’t caught up. They are still in survival mode. YOU are still in survival mode.

The good news is we can update your brain and body to get you out of survival mode. We start by learning how to reset your nervous system so that it no longer reacts to minor situations as if they are full-blown emergencies.

Once you are no longer being hijacked by symptoms and triggers, we can move into trauma processing if it makes sense for you. Our therapists are trained in a number of therapeutic modalities that are effective for working with traumatic memories and can guide you safely through this journey.

This video from The Trauma Foundation is a great explanation of how trauma impacts our nervous system and shows up in our day-to-day lives.