Trauma Therapy
Is your past continuing to creep into your present?
Do you find yourself constantly reliving distressing moments from your past?
Is it common for you to feel on edge or as if you’re in danger?
Have elements of your daily functioning- such as your relationships or work- suffered as a result of unresolved emotional pain?
Maybe you often feel sad, depressed, or anxious. It’s possible that you have even developed panic attacks as a result of never feeling at ease. Or perhaps you’re living with constant shame, guilt, or denial that something harmful and life-altering took place. It may be that you blame yourself for what happened.
If you’re living with unresolved trauma, it can impact every facet of life. Whether you struggle with intrusive thoughts, nightmares, or dissociation, or you have cognitive challenges with your memory or concentration—unresolved distress can make aspects of everyday living unbearable.
When dealing with these disruptions, you’re likely not the only one impacted by the aftereffects of trauma. You may find that your relationships are becoming exceedingly difficult to manage, causing you to want to withdraw entirely. Maybe interpersonal conflict between you and your loved ones has worsened because your reactions are often disproportionate to the situation. And it’s possible that feelings of anger, rage, sadness, and fear have festered to the point that you no longer feel in control of your emotions.
You probably feel like life would be much more manageable if you weren’t plagued by the pain and distress of your past. And though it may be impossible to change what happened, therapy can help you to understand and heal from the effects of your trauma.
If you’ve experienced trauma, the idea of talking to someone about it may sound frightening, stressful, and overwhelming. At Guiding Star Counseling & Wellness, PLLC, however, we aim to make therapy a safe place where you have access to a professional who can guide you through the healing process. Whereas with other people in your life, you may feel uncomfortable to share or worried about their reaction to your experience, therapy gives you an opportunity to not have to factor in another person’s emotions. Moreover, with the help of a therapist, you can make sense of what is actually happening when your brain and body respond to trauma.
While the intake process for trauma therapy is similar to our other intake processes (gathering clinical information, history taking, and presenting symptoms), we take extra care during trauma treatment to create a safe space for you to reprocess the experience. That’s why we won’t immediately jump into triggering details or painful memories.
Using psycho-education, your therapist will help you to understand the nervous system so that you can better regulate your emotions and create boundaries around your needs. As you become more comfortable during the course of therapy, we will begin establishing tailor-made techniques and skills that can help you cope with distress and make progress in your healing. As we address the specific symptoms or problems that have caused you to seek out therapy, we will always be tracing each issue back to its root—rather than working to simply maintain a baseline.
At Guiding Star Counseling & Wellness, PLLC, we draw from a variety of mindfulness techniques as well as behavioral and somatic approaches that can help you reprocess and heal from your trauma. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), for example, is a demonstrated treatment model used for PTSD in clients of all ages. And Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is especially useful for emotional regulation and self-acceptance.
Trauma is complex, and if it goes unresolved, it’s likely to accumulate and create problems over time. Yet, it’s possible to change the way that your body reacts in times of distress and how your memories impact your everyday functioning. You no longer have to suffer from the discomfort, flashbacks, and turmoil that your trauma has inflicted.
By committing to trauma therapy at Guiding Star Counseling & Wellness, PLLC, you can take ownership of your experience and ensure that your past is no longer getting in the way of your future.
You Don’t Have To Be Negatively Impacted By The Events From Your Past
If you struggle with intrusive thoughts or anxieties related to a distressing experience, therapy at Guiding Star Counseling & Wellness, PLLC, can help you heal from your trauma. Please contact us and specify your interest in trauma therapy to set up your first trauma therapy session. Both in person and video appointments are available.
Our practice has locations in the Alamo Ranch area and 410/Babcock Area (Centerview).