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Vanderica Conwell
10.28.13
4th Period
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is seen in men, women, and children of all ages and backgrounds. People respond to unexpected or prolonged trauma in different ways. While some are able to overcome the trauma, others relive the same memories over the course of weeks, months, or even years. This can take a severe toll and result in deep pain and discouragement.
PTSD can occur as a result of unexpected and extreme stress incidents, such as natural disasters, being the victim of a violent crime, or the sudden death of a loved one. Chronic stress over a long period of time, such as physical or sexual abuse, military combat or dysfunctional relationships from childhood can also be traumatizing enough to result in PTSD.
The most important part of therapy is working with a professional you trust in an environment that feels safe. We want to prevent you from feeling re-traumatized, so our counselors never force you to go further than you can handle. There are several approaches to the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and each may be helpful at different stages of the treatment process:
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) helps to change negative thoughts associated with the trauma and find more positive and less distressing perspectives of what happened.
Exposure Therapy helps to cope with guilt, shame, and fear related to traumatic memories by talking about certain events with your therapist again and again. While it may be difficult at first, you will eventually experience less intense trauma symptoms.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) uses eye movements, hand taps, and sounds to help you reprocess painful memories so that the negative trauma symptoms no longer occur when the memories come to mind.
Certain medications can help with the traumatic symptoms and our psychologists can make appropriate referrals to psychiatrists and other MDs as needed.
Relaxation and mindfulness training helps to
10.28.13
4th Period
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is seen in men, women, and children of all ages and backgrounds. People respond to unexpected or prolonged trauma in different ways. While some are able to overcome the trauma, others relive the same memories over the course of weeks, months, or even years. This can take a severe toll and result in deep pain and discouragement.
PTSD can occur as a result of unexpected and extreme stress incidents, such as natural disasters, being the victim of a violent crime, or the sudden death of a loved one. Chronic stress over a long period of time, such as physical or sexual abuse, military combat or dysfunctional relationships from childhood can also be traumatizing enough to result in PTSD.
The most important part of therapy is working with a professional you trust in an environment that feels safe. We want to prevent you from feeling re-traumatized, so our counselors never force you to go further than you can handle. There are several approaches to the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and each may be helpful at different stages of the treatment process:
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) helps to change negative thoughts associated with the trauma and find more positive and less distressing perspectives of what happened.
Exposure Therapy helps to cope with guilt, shame, and fear related to traumatic memories by talking about certain events with your therapist again and again. While it may be difficult at first, you will eventually experience less intense trauma symptoms.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) uses eye movements, hand taps, and sounds to help you reprocess painful memories so that the negative trauma symptoms no longer occur when the memories come to mind.
Certain medications can help with the traumatic symptoms and our psychologists can make appropriate referrals to psychiatrists and other MDs as needed.
Relaxation and mindfulness training helps to