You are not what’s happened to you.
Therapy for trauma in Tennessee and South Carolina
Have you experienced a recent trauma or feel as though you’ve had a life time of trauma?
Trauma can be a single event that centers around fear of harm or harm to someone else. However, many also experience trauma events throughout their life time. Trauma could be a house fire, robbery, car wreck, emotional neglect, or interpersonal conflicts. Often times, people may not realize what they have experienced is traumatic. Signs you’ve experienced a traumatic event could look like..
Nightmares or sleep disturbances.
Feeling in “fight or flight” sometimes defined as “waiting for the other shoe to drop”
Feeling disconnected or detached from others
Feeling a need or want to avoid
Healing from trauma is possible, but its best done in relationships.
How therapy works
Healing from trauma requires being in a safe environment. Trauma can be defined as anything that happened too fast, too soon, and was too much. This can be really overwhelming for our systems to process. Often times, we are left to process a trauma alone, which typically creates more distress.
Therapy can help process this event with a safe person utilizing evidenced based practices to allow the system to heal. In my therapy practice I often utilize EMDR or IFS to create space for people to process through their trauma.
Therapy for trauma can help you…
Regulate emotions more effectively
Have healthier relationships
Stop feeling “stuck”
alleviate body sensations that happen when your past event is triggered
Frequently asked questions about trauma therapy
FAQs
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Trauma therapy provides a safe space for a client to process through a trauma event. First we must establish a rapport to begin this work.
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Please click the contact button to email me. I will respond within 24 hours to all emails and 48 hours to all calls. After this, we will schedule a consultation call.
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Its okay if you don’t feel ready to begin therapy for trauma. Here are some books that may be helpful on your journey.
“No bad parts” by Dick Schwartz
“The body keeps the score” by Bessel Van Kolk
“What my bones know” by stephanie Foo