Trauma therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on treating the psychological impact of traumatic events on individuals. Trauma therapy helps people process and heal from their trauma by guiding them through their trauma in a compassionate and supportive way, allowing clients to feel the full scope of what happened to them and eventually move on from the event(s). This process helps people who have experienced trauma find ways to feel safe in their lives.
Trauma therapy will often require individuals to walk through their experiences in a controlled and compassionate setting (unless the client has a dissociative disorder) so that they can fully process the event, an activity that will allow them to move on from what happened and feel safe again. Thriveworks Columbia therapists will also help clients learn healthy coping mechanisms to deal with their symptoms outside of therapy.
If an individual is working through a single event that occurred during adulthood, they may only need a few months of treatment. However, in instances of childhood trauma or repeated traumatic events, therapy may continue over the course of years. Trauma therapy usually ends when the client believes they have met their therapeutic goals, however long that takes to occur. Thriveworks therapists in Columbia, SC will continue to provide care for as long as necessary to help clients meet their therapeutic needs.
Columbia Trauma Therapy – Trauma Counselors and Therapists in Columbia, SC
Have you witnessed a difficult or traumatic experience? Has tragedy taken you by surprise? Or maybe someone you know has experiences an extremely difficult circumstance and now you just can help but wonder if something like that might happen to you.
If you feel like this, or you feel as though a tragic event has left you “stuck” and you can’t seem to move on, you may be suffering from trauma. Thriveworks in Columbia, SC has providers who can help treat your symptoms—call our office today (803) 573-9453.
Understanding Trauma
Trauma changes how our brains respond to stress, danger, anxiety, and fear, leading to:
- Hypervigilance
- Disrupted sleep
- Hyperarousal
- Increased wakefulness
- Elevated heart rate
- Increased blood pressure
Untreated trauma can cause:
- Clinical depression
- PTSD
- Chronic pain
- Substance abuse
- Sleep problems
- Lack of focus
- Fear or paranoia
- Relationship difficulties
What Is Trauma Therapy?
Columbia Trauma Therapy helps you process and heal from trauma. Treatment options include:
- Talk therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
- Trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT)
- Psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
Trauma therapy helps you understand your trauma and identify triggers. It provides coping skills to manage thoughts, anxiety, emotions, and fear.
Get Help for Trauma
Healing from trauma is possible. Thriveworks Trauma Therapy in Columbia, SC can help you move forward.
We are accepting new clients for trauma therapy in Columbia and Lexington. Call Thriveworks Trauma Therapy at (803) 573-9453.
