Trauma Therapy
Are You Struggling To Move Past A Traumatic Experience?
Do you feel like you’re being held down by something traumatic you’ve undergone? Have you experienced any of the following symptoms in a way that feels linked to your past trauma:
- Anxiety, flashbacks, or paranoia?
- Depression, low energy, or withdrawal?
- Substance abuse or addiction?
Maybe you’ve experienced trauma responses that are severe or completely debilitating, and you feel like you’re constantly flooded by upsetting memories. Perhaps you still struggle with triggers that remind you of the experience throughout everyday life, such as flashbacks or racing thoughts. Although you’ve probably tried to brush aside your past negative experiences and move on, you might be thinking that it’s time to seek extra support.
Trauma Can Negatively Impact Nearly Every Aspect Of Your Life
The lingering impacts of trauma can spill over into all the other areas of your life. You may have noticed some issues functioning at work or problems in your relationships with your friends, family, or significant other.
You may have also experienced disturbances in your sleep, frightening dreams or nightmares, or an inability to focus. You may even be feeling hopeless about improving your condition, and perhaps you’ve wondered if counseling can help.
Through trauma therapy with RealTalkCT, we can help you recover and move forward with grace and optimism. By working with a skilled trauma specialist, you can gain short-term relief from your symptoms while also building toward long-term healing and growth.
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Most People Experience Trauma Even If They Don’t Realize It
Trauma is an unfortunately common experience and the triggers that can remind us of it are all around us. While many people can quickly shake these triggers off and continue on with their life, others are reminded of some previously unprocessed negative event. In the end, however, no one is at fault for how they respond to trauma—the brain is simply doing the best it can to protect itself against post-traumatic stress. Some people have the support to manage their trauma effectively, while others may struggle to access the care they need.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), around 3.6 percent of adults in the U.S. experience PTSD each year, alongside a lifetime PTSD prevalence of 6.8 percent (1). And yet so many trauma survivors never seek any treatment for their symptoms. Believe it or not, getting the proper guidance and therapeutic care can make a life-changing difference, enabling trauma survivors to process and resolve the pain of the past.
We All Have Unique Responses To Trauma, Grief, And Pain
Although the experience of trauma is common, how we process that trauma can vary widely. And just as our experiences and responses to trauma are unique, there exist no universal methods or solutions that work for everyone.
However, with the right form of support, you can find your own unique path for healing and reprocessing your trauma.
Trauma counseling can help you move forward in a way that honors your truth and builds resilience. We will work on reprocessing your experience so that you can be stronger and better able to cope and adapt in the future.
Therapy Can Help You Heal Your Trauma
We all want to leave our negative experiences behind us. And over time, we can develop an understandable aversion to revisiting or reprocessing our trauma. But it is only when we healthily process these negative experiences that we can begin to move forward with our lives.
Trauma therapy with RealtalkCT offers you an open and supportive space to actively work through what you’ve experienced. By working with an empathetic trauma counselor, you can rewrite your own narrative in a way that allows you to move forward by reprocessing trauma on your own terms.
Our counselors will be working with you every step of the way as we learn more about you, your experiences, and your symptoms, as well as your overall objectives for trauma counseling. During your scheduled counseling sessions, you’ll work with your trauma counselor to identify, address, and find relief from your symptoms, which can allow for long-term growth and healing.
An Approach To Trauma Counseling That Will Help You Heal
Your therapist will use a variety of modalities to help you work through your trauma, including traditional forms of talk therapy as well as mindfulness approaches.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one modality that can help you identify and address various negative thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that are contributing to and reinforcing your trauma symptoms. Another effective approach is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, or EMDR. EMDR can help you actively reprocess the memories related to your trauma so that they have less of a negative impact on your nervous system.
When it comes to trauma work, time is also an important factor and we’ll be working with you every step of the way. It can take time to build trust with your therapist, time for you to be ready to explore some of the difficult thoughts and feelings associated with the trauma, and time for the positive results to be seen and felt.
Successful therapy can help you get to a better, more peaceful state of being. We believe that your past does not necessarily define your future, and at RealTalkCT we can help you reconnect with the truest version of yourself.
You May Still Have Some Questions About Trauma Therapy…
I’m worried that I’ll be judged for seeing a therapist.
Seeking therapy merits judgment no more than visiting a medical professional for a physical illness or an injury. Besides, the emotional toll of trauma can actually impact your physical health, so therapy is a chance to create peace and safety in both your mind and body. Ultimately, though, what matters most is what you think about going to therapy, not what other people think.
I’ve had a negative experience with therapy in the past.
Just as you can have a bad encounter at a store or a restaurant, there are those who have had negative experiences with therapy. However, it might be worth giving things another try, since the potential upside is so high. We would proceed toward the goal of returning you to and even improving upon your previous level of functioning and overall well-being. And if something didn’t work out for you in therapy before, we would like to know, so that we can create a treatment plan that more adequately addresses your needs.
I don’t want to become reliant or dependent on therapy.
We hear you, but rather than thinking of therapy as a dependency, you can instead think of it a lot like recharging your batteries. Therapy can help you learn more about yourself and your own experiences while also building ways to navigate future challenges more successfully.
You Can Heal And Move Forward With Your Life
If you have been dealing with the aftereffects of trauma, therapy with RealTalkCT can help you recover, heal, and rebuild the best version of yourself for the future.
Call us at (959) 210-6800 or use our contact page to schedule a complimentary, 15-minute consultation to reclaim yourself and your journey.
(1) https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd