Counseling for Trauma

Most people have experience trauma or sudden and severe loss in their lifetime.

The support, guidance, and assistance of a therapist can be extremely helpful to healing.

Some symptoms of PTSD are:

• Avoiding specific locations, sights, situations, and sounds that serve as reminders of the event
• Anxiety, depression, numbness, or guilt
• Intrusive thoughts, nightmares or flashbacks
• Anger, irritability, and hypervigilance
• Aggressive, reckless behavior, including self-harm
• Sleep disturbances
• Loss of interest in activities that were once considered enjoyable
• Difficulty remembering details of the distressing event
• Change in habits or behavior since the trauma

Research has proven psychotherapy to be the most effective form of treatment for trauma. A common and highly effective therapy is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).  If you want to learn more about the effectiveness of EMDR, I recommend  reading "Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life With Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy," by Francine Shapiro.