Trauma & PTSD
Trauma can change how you experience yourself, other people and the world around you. Therapy can help you process what has happened, work with the effects that remain, and begin moving forward without being defined by what you have been through.
When what happened is still affecting you
Trauma does not always remain in the past. Its effects can show up in your thoughts, emotions, body, relationships and the way you respond to situations that once felt ordinary. You may find yourself constantly alert, avoiding reminders, feeling disconnected, becoming overwhelmed more easily, or struggling to understand why you react as you do.
You do not have to manage it alone
Trauma therapy is not about forcing you to relive what happened. We work together to understand what you are experiencing, develop ways of responding that help, and address traumatic experiences when you are ready.
Making sense of what remains
Therapy can help you understand these responses and work with them at a pace that respects both what you have experienced and where you are now.
Humans are remarkably resilient
Trauma can leave profound effects, but those effects do not have to determine the rest of your life. Therapy is not simply about reducing post-traumatic stress, but about helping you rebuild, adapt and, where possible, grow through what you have experienced.
Trauma can also involve moral injury – the distress that can follow experiences that violate deeply held values, beliefs or expectations about yourself, other people or the world. This can be particularly relevant for veterans, first responders and others who have faced difficult decisions or witnessed events that cannot be understood simply in terms of fear.
Recovery is not about pretending that what happened was somehow good. Post-traumatic growth means that something meaningful can still grow from what happened – without devaluing the cost of what you went through.