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Heal from Trauma

Ready to leave the past in the past?

Trauma can feel isolating.

You want to move forward, but you can't.

You're haunted by nightmares and memories. 

Reminders that you're not the same person you were before.

You feel broken and alone. 

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Other people don't understand why you can't get over it.

You don't understand why you can't get over it.

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What causes trauma?

There are many things that cause trauma, some of those things include: â€‹

  • Chronic exposure to death due to your job

  • Childhood abuse

  • Childhood neglect

  • Emotional abuse

  • Childhood sexual abuse

  • Parental substance use

  • Sexual assault

  • Sudden death of a loved one

  • Near death experience

  • Relationship abuse

  • Pregnancy loss

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Common symptoms of trauma

  • Isolation

  • Self criticism

  • Guilt

  • Trouble sleeping

  • Panic attacks

  • Irritability

  • Trouble with relationships

  • Nightmares

Without treatment, symptoms often get worse over time. 

There is hope. 
Trauma treatment can help, but not all treatments are equal

Some people spend years in therapy, talking about their trauma in circles. Despite going to therapy every week, things don't get better. 

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As a trauma focused therapist, I specialize in treating trauma. I use therapeutic techniques that are based in evidence and clinical data. When you meet with me, we won't talk around your trauma for months on end. We'll talk about your trauma and process through it.

Regular Therapy

  • Talking around the trauma or talking about the impact of the trauma

  • No specified length of time - it could be three months or five years

  • Sensitive to how trauma has impacted you as a person

  • Based on what has worked in the past, which doesn't always work on trauma

  • General information on mental health and trauma responses

Trauma focused care

  • Breaks the cycle of silence and shame by talking about the trauma

  • Generally from 3-12 months depending on your goals

  • Sensitive to trauma's effects, yet challenges you to move forward

  • Based on our best available research and years of clinical data

  • Discusses trauma's impact on the body and mind 

My approach

By the time people get to my door, you've been struggling for a long time. I don't want you to keep suffering. I want to help you get better, as quickly as you can. Some people might need help re-regulating their body before beginning trauma processing. I use a combination of meditation and self-compassion to help people learn to re-regulate. After that, we move into trauma processing. There are two main trauma processing modalities that I use. 

Treatments offered

EMDR*

  • Evidence based

  • 3-8 months on average

  • Ideal for someone with 1-6 traumas

  • Goals: reduce distress from memory, identify patterns, improve self esteem

  • Treatment focuses on connecting with the memories

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Prolonged Exposure

  • Evidence based

  • 8-16 sessions

  • Ideal for someone with single trauma

  • Goals: reduce distress from memory, increase interaction in daily life

  • Treatment focuses on talking about memory in detail and engaging in activities you've stopped since the trauma

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Narrative Exposure Therapy*

  • Evidence based

  • 4-5 months on average

  • Good for complex trauma, or someone with 6+ traumas

  • Goals: reduce heaviness of trauma, make sense of experiences, identify patterns, and improve sense of self

  • ​Treatment focuses on writing about both painful and positive memories

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Written Exposure Therapy

  • Evidence based

  • 5 sessions on average

  • Ideal for someone with single trauma

  • Goals: decrease intensity of memory, find new ways to think about trauma

  • Treatment focuses on writing about the trauma

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Cognitive Processing Therapy

  • Evidenced based

  • 12 sessions on average

  • Ideal for someone with single trauma, but can be used with multiple traumas

  • Goals: create more positive and adaptive ways of thinking

  • Treatment focuses on challenging negative thoughts about yourself and the trauma

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ERRT Nightmare Therapy

  • Evidence based

  • 4-5 sessions on average

  • Ideal for someone with recurring trauma-related nightmares (you must remember the content of the nightmare)

  • Goals: increase relaxation during sleeping times and reduce distress associated with nightmares

  • Treatment focuses on creating healthy sleep habits and rehearsing modified dream

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*EMDR and Narrative Exposure Therapy are the two most requested and utilized trauma therapies. These can be done in 50 or 90 minute sessions.

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