Trauma Therapy Services

EMDR therapy, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, uses bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movements, taps, or sounds, to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge. EMDR therapy is often used for treating trauma, post-traumatic stress, anxiety disorders, painful experiences, and distress connected to past trauma. EMDRIA describes EMDR as a therapy designed to help resolve unprocessed traumatic memories in the brain.

This therapeutic modality can help clients process feelings, reduce trauma responses, and build a stronger sense of safety in their own lives. EMDR may be a supportive part of a treatment plan for clients who feel stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or affected by unhelpful thought patterns connected to trauma.

Prolonged Exposure is a structured trauma therapy approach that helps clients gradually approach trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations in a safe, controlled, and supportive environment. The American Psychological Association describes Prolonged Exposure as a type of cognitive behavioral therapy that helps individuals gradually approach trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations they have avoided.

For clients who have experienced trauma, avoidance can sometimes make fear feel stronger over time. Prolonged Exposure helps clients build coping skills, reduce fear, and feel more confident navigating daily life after a traumatic event. This approach can be helpful for treating trauma, anxiety, and trauma responses that interfere with emotional wellness and relationships.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, often called TF-CBT, is a structured form of therapy that helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns related to trauma. It also teaches healthy coping strategies and practical tools for managing emotions, behaviors, and trauma responses.

TF-CBT is often used with children and adolescents, but trauma-focused cognitive behavioral approaches can also support adults. This therapy can help clients process painful experiences, strengthen emotional regulation, and build a healthier relationship with their thoughts, feelings, and memories. It may be especially helpful for clients navigating anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or mental health challenges connected to traumatic experiences.

Accelerated Resolution Therapy, or ART, is a unique therapeutic approach designed to help clients resolve trauma symptoms in a focused and supportive way. ART is often used for trauma-related concerns, depression, anxiety, and painful memories that continue to affect daily life.

This therapy uses guided imagery and memory reconsolidation techniques to help clients process distressing experiences without requiring them to share every detail of what happened. For some clients, ART can feel like a compassionate and efficient way to address past trauma, reduce emotional distress, and continue their healing journey with greater clarity and confidence.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, often called DBT, is not exclusively a trauma therapy, but it can be highly effective for trauma survivors, especially those who experience intense emotions, relationship stress, impulsive behaviors, self-protection patterns, or difficulty feeling safe in relationships.

DBT teaches practical coping skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.

For clients working through trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse concerns, bipolar disorder, or other mental health disorders, DBT skills can support emotional wellness, healthy boundaries, self-care, and more effective communication in relationships.

Internal Family Systems Therapy, or IFS, is a compassionate and trauma informed therapy approach that helps clients understand different “parts” of themselves. Instead of seeing thoughts, emotions, or behaviors as problems to be judged, IFS helps clients approach these inner parts with curiosity, compassion, and care.

IFS can be especially supportive for treating complex trauma, attachment wounds, shame, relationship issues, and painful experiences that have shaped how clients see themselves and others. This person-centered approach helps clients build self-awareness, process feelings, and reconnect with a deeper sense of calm, confidence, and emotional well-being.

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