Minimizing Trauma after Sexual Assault
Experiencing sexual assault can be extremely traumatic for the victim. The resulting trauma can in turn cause a host of serious difficulties in the person’s life. Therapy can be very effective in minimizing the effects of trauma. Patients should receive therapy as soon as possible after...Help for PTSD-Related Mood Swings
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often begins after people experience something devastating, such as combat exposure, a tragic accident, loss or death. Many symptoms of PTSD include depression, heightened anxiety, social withdrawal and flashbacks. However, despite these life-altering...Emotional Freedom Techniques for Trauma Recovery
Many people who have struggled with issues such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, addiction, and obsessive-compulsive disorder have found great success when applying emotional freedom techniques to their recovery process. For those who have been a part of a traumatic experience, EFT can...Thought Field Therapy for Trauma
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a controversial technique used to help people overcome troubling emotions, such as the sadness and anxiety an individual may experience after trauma. Therapists who practice the technique guide the patient through a process that includes tapping on certain...How Is Somatic Experiencing Used for Trauma Treatment?
Somatic experiencing is a recent development in the field of psychiatric treatment. It was designed specifically to treat symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related mental health issues. What Is Somatic Experiencing? Dr. Peter Levine invented somatic experiencing...How Is EMDR used for Trauma Treatment?
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a type of psychotherapy that helps people heal from trauma. You can get well and process your past if you seek professional treatment. What Is PTSD? A common reaction to trauma is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), an anxiety...Help for Trauma and Major Depressive Disorder
After a traumatic event, many people feel disconnected and troubled. When a depressive episode results from trauma, you can seek cognitive and behavioral therapies to learn to cope. Signs of Major Depression Depression is common after trauma, including a serious injury from a car accident...Counseling for Sexual Trauma Victims
Sexual trauma violates the most personal and vulnerable places in the human heart and mind. This kind of abuse often leads to severe consequences that may haunt a person for her whole life. Special counseling is available for victims of sexual abuse. Sexual trauma can happen as the result...Treatment for Sexual Trauma and Eating Disorders
Experiencing trauma as a result of sexual abuse or assault can trigger psychological issues such as the following: Anorexia nervosa Bulimia Depression Substance abuse Addiction Borderline personality disorder There is a high correlation between experiencing sexual trauma and developing...Empowerment Groups for Trauma
Trauma can devastate survivors, especially by undercutting one’s empowerment. Empowerment means to increase strength, which survivors of trauma often need as many feel weak, helpless and without purpose after a debilitating problem. While many treatment methods help trauma survivors and...Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Managing PTSD
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychological disorder that results from actual or threatened danger. Examples of this can include enduring natural disasters, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, war or combat, hostage or kidnapping situations and other criminal acts. While...How DBT Can Help Trauma Victims
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with the extra component of not only teaching its patient to control their minds, it also helping them learn to regulate their emotions. It accomplishes this by helping patients accept their current struggles...Confidential Call
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