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Find Healing from Trauma with Trauma Therapy at Kindful Body
Are you struggling to “get over” some recent, or perhaps not-so-recent, distressing event? Maybe it’s not just one event but, instead, a series of events that’s keeping you from moving forward.
Trauma is any experience too overwhelming for the mind and body to effectively process. It can manifest as Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), or Adjustment Disorder.
Traumatic experiences generally fall into one of two categories: “Big T” trauma and “little t” trauma. “Big T” trauma refers to significant, life-threatening events such as natural disasters, physical and sexual abuse, and bodily injury. However, “little t” trauma, sometimes called “relational trauma,” refers to traumatic relational events like divorce, emotional neglect, and verbal abuse. These may not be immediately life-threatening but can still have a profound and persistent impact on well-being.
Here are some signs you may have experienced early relational, or developmental trauma:
- You adapt your mood to others’ moods to avoid conflict.
- You struggle to form and maintain healthy relationships, feeling emotionally unsafe in most relationships.
- You hold yourself to impossible standards, believing that anything short of perfection is failure.
- You act with self-sufficiency, leaving you isolated, lonely, and ashamed.
- You harbor a deep fear of abandonment, often behaving in ways that reflect the belief that others will eventually leave.
- You have difficulty regulating your emotions and experience intense anger, sadness, and anxiety.
- You have chronic feelings of guilt and shame, often over minor mishaps or events beyond your control.
- You engage in self-destructive behaviors, such as substance abuse and self-harm.
- You suffer from chronic physical health issues, often without a clear medical explanation.
- You feel hopeless about the future, lacking direction and confidence in yourself.
If you’re suffering from past events, know that you are not alone. Our trauma-informed therapists are here to help you heal so you can live a life filled with joy and ease instead of fear and shame.
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Specializing in Disordered Eating, Body Image Struggles, Anxiety, Trauma & More, Our Team is Here to Support You.
Our Approach to Treating Trauma and PTSD
As trained trauma therapists, our aim is to help you embrace your past with compassion. We use advanced, evidence-based modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help you:
- Befriend your parts, including extreme and reactive parts
- Soothe intense body sensations
- Take the charge out of distressing memories
- Develop more positive and accurate beliefs about yourself
Healing from trauma with PTSD treatment is possible. Reach out to us today to begin trauma therapy in California!
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself. Hiding your core feelings takes an enormous amount of energy, it saps your motivation to pursue worthwhile goals, and it leaves you feeling bored and shut down. Only after you identify the source of these responses can you start using your feelings as signals of problems that require your urgent attention.”
— Bessel van der Kolk, THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Seeking additional support? We specialize in disordered eating, relationship issues, and more!
Our compassionate clinicians offer a range of services, including eating disorder treatment for adolescents and adults, therapy for low self-esteem issues, body image therapy, and relationship therapy. We serve people across California, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Orange County, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Palo Alto, Glendale Pasadena, Marin County, and beyond.
When you’re ready, contact us for a complimentary 15-minute video consultation to learn more about how we can support you. Start your journey of healing with us today!
