Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) is a form of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that indicates someone experienced a repeated, prolonged trauma or multiple traumas that compounded upon one another. Children who experienced sexual or physical abuse during their formative years may develop C-PTSD. C-PTSD involves all of the criteria for PTSD (flashbacks, avoidant behavior, reactive behavior), but it also includes difficulty regulating emotions, maintaining a good self-image, and maintaining relationships.
Available Treatment Options
Therapeutic interventions that may help people with PTSD can also help those with C-PTSD. These therapies include Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which uses lights, sounds, and cross-lateral brain stimulation to process traumatic memories; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which helps address unhelpful thought patterns and corresponding behaviors, and overall goals to regain a sense of self.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Complex Post Traumatic Stress (C-PTSD)
My intention would be to help you learn to notice when you are being hijacked by this inner voice and to start feeling curious of how and why it is showing up in your experience. In my own journey, I have noticed that self-judgment is softened by curiosity and using the tool of self-examination, we can begin to heal the hurt(s) that keep you stuck.
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I specialize in individual therapy with adults with PTSD/trauma, bipolar, depression, and anxiety, although I have experience with many diagnoses and issues. I enjoy helping people learn to cope well with problems, understand themselves better, and become their best selves, while forming a healing relationship. I practice therapy with a strengths-based and client-centered approach, meaning that...
My expertise is coming along side individuals who have experienced various forms of trauma - from sexual abuse and assault to traumatic grief and loss to complex trauma. One might feel everything all at once or nothing at all. On the outside, it may seem like everything is fine - you are successful and have it together but on the inside, you might be falling apart or carrying an unbearable weig...
It's a daily struggle to hold it all together. You're feeling out of control & without authority over your own life. Something needs to change. If you are struggling to cope with your current circumstances, past hurts, overwhelming emotions, or difficult relationships, I understand. I help people navigate through these difficult situations by identifying & overcoming these unhealthy...
