CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist for trauma therapy and PTSD therapy

Trauma therapy is psychotherapy for a traumatic event including war memories, being the victim or witnessing violence, being abused or molested, or being the victim or witnessing an accident, as just some examples.

CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist and post traumatic stress disorder therapy

Post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a label we use for a number of psychological ailments that happen after a person has been the victim of trauma.

Trauma can lead to long term psychological disorders including recurring nightmares, difficulty sleeping, abuse of drugs or alcohol, depression, difficulty maintaining relationships, and more. Getting a divorce as a result of PTSD or divorce from post traumatic stress disorder is not uncommon.

Disassociative disorders are common in trauma situations. Multiple personalities may manifest from trauma. Or a person may have the feeling of being a dispassionate watcher of his or her life without actually being the one who takes part.

People who experienced trauma often have eating disorders. They may overeat or not eat enough, or not be able to enjoy food, or use food in much the same way as other people use drugs or alcohol.

PTSD can affect a person's relationships, ability to hold a job, and ability to achieve happiness in life. In extreme cases, people with PTSD can require hospitalization.

Therapy for single-incident or longterm trauma

Trauma can be single-incident or long term. Single incident trauma would include a bad accident, witnessing a major crime, or being the victim of a rape.

Long term trauma includes being the victim of sexual abuse over an extended period of time, or living in a war zone.

Your CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist can provide therapy to help you get over either trauma from a single incident or long term trauma.

CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist, death of a child, death of a parent or death of a spouse

Death is often very traumatic. There are natural grieving processes that take their course, but sometimes, the grieving process is so deep or continuous that someone may require therapy to help them. This is especially true if the death was someone who you feel should not have died, such as a child or spouse, someone who died "before their time" or who died from something other than natural causes.

Your CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist can help you overcome the death of a child, the death of a parent or the death of a loved one.

How your CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist can provide therapy for sexual abuse

Sexual abuse can result in long term psychological problems, or none at all. A lot depends upon how long the abuse went on, how bad the abuse was, and the unique differences between each individual who may be victimized by sexual abuse or rape.

Sexual abuse may include molestation of a child, forced penetration, or coersion by an adult who may be a close relative or caregiver. Sexual abuse can include a single act of sexual assault or rape.

Whether a single act or multiple act, the sexual abuse can cause a person to undergo long term difficulties such as difficulty maintaining a relationship, sexual problems, depression and more.

Your CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist can help you recover from sexual abuse and therapy can be a great help in improving your ability to build nourishing and gratifying relationships in your life.

Therapy for war memories, therapy for witnessing a terror attack

People who have been through a war, or have been the victim of a terror attack may be traumatized and may require therapy to help them recover.

War memories are often a source of trauma that can continue to haunt a person for years, decades or a lifetime. Therapy can help overcome the trauma of witnessing violence or being involved in a war or terror attack.

Trauma on the job, threats or violence in the workplace, violence on the job

Many people are traumatized by being threatened by a co-worker or in difficult workplace situations. Workplace or job threats can include threats to a person or to their family. They can be vague or specific threats.

A person who is threatened may fear for their life and for their family's life. They are living in fear and they may feel that they have to move away. Even then they may not feel safe.

Living with a threat like this can be very traumatic. When the threat has passed, the trauma often remains. You can feel a lot better with therapy if you are the victim of a workplace threat.

How CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist can provide EMDR therapy or reprocessing therapy

Various therapies can help someone who is suffering from trauma. One therapy type is EMDR.

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Often it is now called reprocessing therapy.

Here is a rough idea of how EMDR works. A person thinks of a negative thought that is associated with the trauma, and a positive thought that he or she wishes to substitute for the negative one. Then, the person goes through some physical act such as following something with the eyes, while thinking of the negative thought.

The negative thought could be a mental movie of the traumatic event. The therapist helps the person through replaying the negative thought, and the impact of the negative thought diminishes. The positive thought starts to have more reality.

Cognitive therapy or CBT for trauma

Some therapists also use cognitive therapy, also known as cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT.

Cognitive therapy helps a person by getting them to explicitly examine negative thoughts and the fact that they are often false. Once someone discovers that their negative thoughts are false, healing can often begin. The false thought has less impact, and with it, the negative emotions start to drain away.

Trauma: why therapy from your CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist is essential for healing

Regardless of the types of therapy, your CapitalCounselors Trauma Therapist can help you get through your tramatic event and its aftermath. Therapy for trauma can help a person sleep better, maintain healthier relationships, overcome substance abuse, overcome eating disorders, and actually become a happier and healthier person.