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Trauma Therapy

individual therapy session

Common responses to trauma

  • Intense Emotional Distress: Anxiety, panic, paranoia, and rapid mood swings.

  • Physical Stress Responses: Increased heart rate, chest pain, and sweating.

  • Reliving the Event: experiencing nightmares or disruptive flashbacks.

  • Emotional and Social Distance: avoiding people, places, or things that are reminders of the trauma; withdrawing socially.

  • Difficulty Regulating: trouble sleeping, increased irritability, or engaging in self-harm.

Therapeutic approach

Therapy can begin the healing process. At Beacon of Hope, our therapists offer a variety of specific approaches to help you process your trauma. Some of these techniques include

  • cognitive processing therapy (CPT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR). 

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