Trauma can leave a lasting impact, making you feel unsafe in the world long after the event has passed. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event, causing symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, and severe anxiety. Our trauma-informed therapists use specialized, evidence-based approaches to help you process these experiences and reduce their power over your daily life.

Common Symptoms or Things to Look Out For:

• Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence
• Intrusion symptoms: Recurrent, involuntary distressing memories, traumatic nightmares, or flashbacks.
• Avoidance: Persistent avoidance of thoughts, feelings, or external reminders associated with the trauma.
• Negative alterations in cognition and mood: Negative beliefs about oneself or the world, distorted blame, persistent negative emotional state (e.g., fear, horror, anger, guilt, or shame), and feeling detached from others.
• Alterations in arousal and reactivity: Irritable behavior and angry outbursts, reckless or self-destructive behavior, hypervigilance, exaggerated startle response, and problems with concentration or sleep.