Trauma Explained
& Therapies Specialized to Process Trauma
Reflect and heal from your past traumas without being overcome with emotion with the help of a kind, trained therapist you can trust.
What is Trauma?
Trauma is the response to a distressing event that overwhelms a person's ability to cope; but ultimately, trauma is defined by the experience of the survivor. Often, people experience the symptoms of trauma from common events in life that seem like they should easily overcome. However, the build-up of unprocessed events or memories can end up trailing you relentlessly causing you to feel stuck in a storm of unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Examples of these common but impactful events include life changes like job loss or moving; relationship events like divorce, the death of a parent, or an upsetting conflict; and life stressors like financial concerns, infertility, a difficult pregnancy, work stress, or legal battles.
Trauma can be a single event like a car accident, natural disaster, an assault or witnessing a death in the line of duty. It can also be a prolonged stressor like family violence, war, chronic illness, a toxic work environment, or the stress and fear surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic.
Whatever your reason for seeking support; it’s valid, and it’s important.
Responses to traumatic events vary significantly from person to person, but there are some common symptoms people experience:
Feelings of anger, denial, fear, irritability, sadness and shame which can often lead to overwhelming emotions, insomnia, nightmares, and difficulty managing relationships. Trauma can also take a toll on your body by causing nausea, dizziness, changes in appetite or sleep, lethargy, and discomfort in the form of headaches, body aches and gastrointestinal problems.