"'Trauma is not what happens to you...it is what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you'"
― Gabor Maté
Do you experience...
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Being easily startled or frightened.
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Feeling tense, on guard, or on edge.
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Having difficulty concentrating.
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Having difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep.
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Feeling irritable and having angry or aggressive outbursts.
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Engaging in risky, reckless, or destructive behavior.
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Being easily startled or frightened.
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Overwhelming guilt or shame.
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Not remembering parts of your childhood.
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Experiencing flashbacks of events that happened.
Examples of traumatic experiences:
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witnessing violence
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physical neglect
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emotional abuse
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physical abuse
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sexual abuse
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car accidents
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divorce
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natural disasters
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having an addicted or mentally ill family member
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feeling helpless or out of control
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feeling overwhelmed with no escape
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domestic violence
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losing a child or loved one
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childhood attachment ruptures
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childhood neglect
Trauma Therapy
Trauma-informed therapists emphasize the following areas in their practice:
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Physical and emotional safety.
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Collaboration.
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Transparency.
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Competency.
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Evidenced-based treatments for trauma symptoms that I incorporate in my practice include:
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somatic bodywork
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observed experiential integration (OEI)
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eye-movement desentization reprocessing (EMDR)
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internal family systems (IFS)
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depth-oriented psychotherapy