Trauma & Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Trauma is one of the most challenging issues to treat due to the immense impact it can have on one’s life. Trauma can completely alter how you think about yourself, others, and the world around you. After experiencing a trauma, you may find you avoid certain places, people, or objects that remind you of the event, and you might notice that your world often shrinks as you work to prevent feeling triggered or upset by these reminders. You might find this avoidance to be exhausting and limiting, and you might really miss how you felt before the trauma occurred.

As a trauma provider with extensive training and experience in treating trauma and PTSD, I will work with you to help you: identify the ways trauma has affected your life; understand and implement skills to help you manage trauma triggers and other symptoms that are interfering with your life; process the event in a way that is gradual, structured, and safe and that will noticeably reduce your overall symptoms. I utilize a skills-based approach grounded in evidence-based treatments so that you can feel confident that the things you are learning in therapy will help you to experience relief and guide you towards recovery. While no treatment can make you forgot the pain you endured, effective treatment can help you learn how to live a life worth living in spite of what you’ve experienced.

I practice Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy, two therapies with a long history of demonstrated effectiveness grounded in research and best practices. I do not offer EMDR. Please contact me for a free 15-minute consultation.