Counseling for Trauma

Trauma is an emotional, physical and mental response to adverse life events. This includes physical, mental, sexual, or emotional abuse; neglect; abandonment; rape; imprisonment; witnessing a death or harm to another; wars; hate crimes and persecution; and natural disasters.

Trauma can be acute, meaning a single incident; chronic, meaning one type of trauma ongoing for an extended period of time; or complex, meaning multiple types of trauma over an extended period of time. Complex trauma usually occurs during childhood and often has severe impacts into adulthood. It is important to remember that trauma is subjective. If we believe that our life is being threatened or we are going to be harmed, we may experience trauma, regardless of the reality.

Certain types of therapy can help to heal from past traumas. Methods like EMDR and IFS allow us to work with stuck parts in order to release traumas stored in our physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies.