Living with unresolved trauma can profoundly impact your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Your day-to-day life may be filled with anxiety, fear, depression, fatigue, relationship struggles – the list goes on and on. It’s exhausting, frustrating, and debilitating.
But you don’t have to live this way. Healing is possible.
You have it within you to heal – I believe that wholeheartedly. No matter what you’ve been through or what you’re dealing with, you can achieve mind and body healing through somatic therapy for trauma. Unlike traditional talk therapy, trauma therapy explicitly addresses the deep, lasting effects of trauma and helps you build the tools and strategies to overcome them. With the proper support and guidance, trauma therapy in Los Angeles and throughout California can fortify your resilience, improve emotional regulation, and help you reclaim your life.
Trauma Therapy Treatment Tailored to Your Distinctive Needs
Trauma isn’t something that happens to you once. It’s something that affects your entire life if left untreated. Even if you do your best to push your trauma to the back of your mind, trauma stays in your body and will find a way to manifest itself in uncomfortable, life-altering symptoms.
Trauma and PTSD treatment may not sound like the most comfortable experience. While it does take work and may involve challenging emotions, it’s 100% worth it to be free from the weight it puts on your life.
Your trauma journey is unique, and your treatment should be, too. As an experienced counselor and therapist working with all demographics, I have the professional experience and training to help you overcome the most challenging of your symptoms and restore balance to your body and mind.
Some of the modalities I use in trauma therapy and PTSD treatment include:
- The Trauma Resilience Model (TRM)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Somatic Attachment Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
There is no “one way” to heal; not all treatment approaches will work for everyone. Rest assured, I will tailor your somatic therapy for trauma explicitly to you. And if something’s not working, we’ll go another route until you find the peace, relief, and safety you’re looking for.
Specialized Care for All Forms of Trauma
Trauma is complex. It’s not a black-and-white issue. You may think that “trauma” has to be defined by certain parameters.
I don’t believe that.
Trauma is anything you consider it to be. If an event, situation, or person traumatized you in some way, then it is trauma – and trauma therapy can help. Because it goes beyond simply chatting about it, somatic therapy for trauma can help you release trauma stored in your nervous system.
And that lays the groundwork for lasting change, healing, and growth.
Some of the most common types of trauma I treat in my practice include, but are not limited to, the following:
Adjustment Disorder
Significant life changes or stressful events can be extremely challenging to navigate. If you’ve experienced loss, divorce, moving to a new place, or another major stressor, you may be dealing with adjustment disorder. If so, you may feel anxious, sad, hopeless, irritable, or experience other uncomfortable symptoms.
Acute Stress Disorder (ASD)
After experiencing a traumatic event, you may develop symptoms mimicking post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but in a shorter timeframe. Intrusive thoughts, feeling numb, and emotionally distant are just a few of the uncomfortable things you may experience. If left untreated, ASD may develop into PTSD.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
You may think PTSD only happens to soldiers or people who have been involved in significantly horrendous traumatic situations. But it can happen to anyone, caused by any traumatic event. If you’ve experienced flashbacks and nightmares and feel detached and irritable after something traumatic, you may be suffering from PTSD.
Even if the event was years ago, it can affect you now and far into the future. That’s why PTSD treatment in the Los Angeles area is so vital – it can provide results.
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)
Chronic exposure to trauma over an extended period can understandably cause some significant emotional damage. Prolonged or repeated trauma can lead to the most severe form of PTSD – complex post-traumatic stress disorder. While your situation and desire to put it in your past may be delicate, I can help you navigate recovery gently and at a pace comfortable to you.
What to Expect From Trauma Therapy With Me
I place tremendous value on our therapeutic relationship. The first several sessions will be all about establishing trust. I know you’ve experienced some awful things, and it could take you time to genuinely feel that therapy with me is a safe space.
Don’t worry. I won’t rush you. We’ll work at your pace.
Trauma and PTSD treatment with me is action and goal-oriented. Together, we will lay out a rough blueprint of what you’d like to get from therapy. From each session, you will gain a life skill that will help you build your resilience and face challenges that may arise between sessions.
My goal is to provide a safe and supportive space where you can process and make sense of what has happened to you and arm you with the tools and strategies to overcome the collateral damage it has caused.
