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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can profoundly affect your life, influencing the way you feel, think, and relate to the world around you. Trauma can arise from a single shocking event, prolonged exposure to stressful circumstances, or repeated experiences of abuse, accidents, or loss. The emotional and physical impact can be far-reaching, affecting your sleep, focus, relationships, and sense of safety.

Living with PTSD can feel isolating and overwhelming. You might find yourself avoiding situations, people, or reminders of the trauma, experiencing flashbacks or nightmares, or struggling with heightened anxiety and hypervigilance. Therapy is a powerful tool that provides a safe, supportive space to process these experiences, understand your responses, and develop strategies to regain control and rebuild your life.

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can profoundly affect your life, influencing the way you feel, think, and relate to the world around you. Trauma can arise from a single shocking event, prolonged exposure to stressful circumstances, or repeated experiences of abuse, accidents, or loss. The emotional and physical impact can be far-reaching, affecting your sleep, focus, relationships, and sense of safety.

Living with PTSD can feel isolating and overwhelming. You might find yourself avoiding situations, people, or reminders of the trauma, experiencing flashbacks or nightmares, or struggling with heightened anxiety and hypervigilance. Therapy is a powerful tool that provides a safe, supportive space to process these experiences, understand your responses, and develop strategies to regain control and rebuild your life.

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PTSD can interfere with work, education, and relationships, and may leave you feeling “stuck” or disconnected from life. Therapy provides a structured, evidence-based approach to navigate these challenges. Through professional support, you can process difficult memories safely, manage triggers, and develop coping strategies that promote resilience, emotional stability, and renewed confidence.

Overview

PTSD can interfere with work, education, and relationships, and may leave you feeling “stuck” or disconnected from life. Therapy provides a structured, evidence-based approach to navigate these challenges. Through professional support, you can process difficult memories safely, manage triggers, and develop coping strategies that promote resilience, emotional stability, and renewed confidence.

Overview

Who This Therapy is For

Have experienced a traumatic event such as an accident, assault, natural disaster, or sudden loss

  • Live with flashbacks, nightmares, or intrusive memories of distressing experiences

  • Avoid people, places, or activities that remind you of past trauma

  • Feel constantly on edge, hypervigilant, or easily startled

  • Struggle with overwhelming feelings of fear, anger, guilt, or shame

  • Experience emotional numbness, detachment, or difficulty connecting with others

  • Find trauma symptoms interfering with work, education, or daily responsibilities

  • Use unhealthy coping mechanisms (alcohol, substances, avoidance) to manage distress

  • Feel isolated or misunderstood because of your experiences

  • Have tried to move forward but continue to feel “stuck” in the past

Approaches Used for PTSD

  • Focus: Creating a safe, compassionate space to process trauma.
    Techniques:

    • Exploring and making sense of traumatic experiences

    • Developing coping strategies to manage flashbacks, nightmares, and anxiety

    • Building resilience and emotional regulation
      Best for: Anyone seeking supportive, talk-based therapy for trauma recovery

  • Focus: Reprocessing traumatic memories to reduce their emotional intensity.
    Techniques:

    • Bilateral stimulation (eye movements or tapping)

    • Reframing trauma-related thoughts and feelings

    • Alleviating flashbacks and triggers
      Best for: Individuals with PTSD or trauma survivors wanting structured, evidence-based support

  • Focus: Accessing the subconscious to shift trauma-related beliefs and promote relaxation.
    Techniques:

    • Guided relaxation and visualization

    • Releasing entrenched negative associations tied to trauma

    • Reducing anxiety and improving sleep
      Best for: Clients seeking complementary support to ease trauma symptoms and rebuild calm

Approaches Used for PTSD

  • Focus: Creating a safe, compassionate space to process trauma.
    Techniques:

    • Exploring and making sense of traumatic experiences

    • Developing coping strategies to manage flashbacks, nightmares, and anxiety

    • Building resilience and emotional regulation
      Best for: Anyone seeking supportive, talk-based therapy for trauma recovery

  • Focus: Reprocessing traumatic memories to reduce their emotional intensity.
    Techniques:

    • Bilateral stimulation (eye movements or tapping)

    • Reframing trauma-related thoughts and feelings

    • Alleviating flashbacks and triggers
      Best for: Individuals with PTSD or trauma survivors wanting structured, evidence-based support

  • Focus: Accessing the subconscious to shift trauma-related beliefs and promote relaxation.
    Techniques:

    • Guided relaxation and visualization

    • Releasing entrenched negative associations tied to trauma

    • Reducing anxiety and improving sleep
      Best for: Clients seeking complementary support to ease trauma symptoms and rebuild calm