Trauma
Trauma
A trauma is something that your system finds so distressing that it becomes overwhelmed and cannot process the experience normally. When this happens, your brain can’t store those memories properly and it often results in emotional symptoms of fear, anxiety, sadness, shame, anger, or guilt.
Physical symptoms can include nightmares, flashbacks, panic attacks, headaches, chronic pain, changes in our sleeping or eating patterns, hypervigilance, difficulty concentrating, or fatigue.
Relational effects of trauma can include repeating unhealthy patterns, unhealthy attachment to others, difficulty trusting self and others, self-isolation, allowing poor treatment from others, and challenges with intimacy and vulnerability.
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When treating trauma, I use an approach utilizing cognitive and talk therapy alongside interventions that address the body and nervous system. I incorporate attachment theory, internal family systems, narrative therapy with EMDR and other somatic modalities.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), is an evidence-based treatment for those who have experienced trauma. EMDR is a scientifically based therapeutic approach that works to reprocess traumatic experiences, allowing our brain to store traumatic memories in a way that no longer causes negative symptoms. EMDR allows our nervous system to naturally complete the healing process. When trauma is effectively reprocessed, we are able to remember the event without experiencing the strong emotional and physical responses.
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