TRAUMA
Gain understanding of mind and body connections and learn how to identify triggers.
What is Trauma Counselling?
This type of therapy is rooted in understanding the connection between the trauma experience and the emotional and behavioural responses. The purpose of trauma-focused therapy is to offer skills and strategies to assist you in better understanding, coping with, and processing emotions and memories tied to traumatic experiences, with the end goal of enabling you to create a healthier and more adaptive meaning of the experience that took place in you or your loved ones lives.
Who is Trauma Counselling For?
If you’ve undergone a traumatic event or think you might have signs of traumatic stress, trauma-informed therapy may help you begin to process your experiences. Talking about your pain and exploring disturbing events in your past can help you address memories and live an empowering, fulfilled life. Trauma Counselling may help with:
- Intrusive thoughts or memories (e.g., flashbacks, involuntary memories, or distressing dreams)
- Avoidance coping (e.g., avoiding memories, places, or activities associated with the traumatic event)
- Cognition and mood changes (e.g., ongoing fear, self-blame, guilt, shame, or feeling detached)
- Arousal and reactivity changes (e.g., angry outbursts, irritability, or trouble concentrating)
Working with an informed counselor or healer may help you become aware of your trauma symptoms, triggers, and reactions. Here are examples of common goals in trauma-informed therapy:
- To successfully accept the reality of the traumatic event that occurred in the past.
- To eliminate or ease the symptoms of trauma.
- To shift your focus from the past traumatic event to what's happening in the present.
- To boost day-to-day functioning.
- To understand potential intergenerational traumas.
- To regain personal power and self-esteem.
- To overcome addictions caused by traumatic stress.
- To learn the skills needed to help prevent deterioration or relapse
Trauma-informed counselling is an individual experience, and you have the right to work toward any personal goals that you believe might help you heal. Whether you’re working through flashbacks, PTSD, guilt, fear, or another trauma response, our team is here to provide support.
