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Trauma is a deeply distressing experience that can have long-lasting effects on mental and emotional well-being. Whether caused by a single event or prolonged exposure to distress, trauma can disrupt daily life, relationships, and overall stability. Many individuals struggle with feelings of fear, sadness, or detachment long after the traumatic event has passed.
Unresolved trauma often leads to conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), eating disorders, anxiety disorders, addiction, and depression, making it essential to seek professional support. At our trauma treatment center in Palos Verdes Estates, we provide a safe space for healing and recovery, offering personalized therapy programs designed to help individuals regain control of their lives.
PTSD is a serious mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. It can affect anyone, regardless of age or background, and its symptoms can be overwhelming.
Common PTSD symptoms include:
If left untreated, PTSD can significantly impact a person's ability to function in daily life. Our treatment programs incorporate evidence-based therapies like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), somatic experiencing, parts work, and CBT trauma-focused therapy to help individuals process past experiences and build resilience.
Trauma often leads to chronic anxiety and depression, even if PTSD is not formally diagnosed. The emotional and psychological toll of past experiences can create persistent feelings of worry, sadness, and fear, making it difficult to find peace.
Signs of trauma-related anxiety and depression include:
Incorporating trauma care at our eating disorder Partial Hospitalization clinic, we holistic and integrative approaches to help individuals manage anxiety and depression. Through mindfulness techniques, talk therapy, and stress reduction strategies, we empower clients to break free from trauma’s hold and regain emotional balance.
Our one-on-one therapy sessions provide personalized support, helping patients address underlying issues and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
In group therapy, patients connect with others on similar journeys, fostering mutual support and shared strength in recovery.
Understanding that eating disorders frequently act as coping strategies for underlying, unresolved issues, we adopt a trauma-focused approach. This perspective helps individuals to confront and address their automatic and habitual reactions to anxiety, overwhelm, or anger in a supportive environment. It fosters a sense of calm and ease while promoting a new, more adaptive response to sensations, emotions, and thoughts. This approach counteracts feelings of fear and helplessness. Ultimately, it supports individuals in maintaining their window of tolerance, reducing the need to resort to harmful behaviors.
AFRID is diagnosed through a comprehensive evaluation by a healthcare professional, which includes a detailed history of eating behaviors, medical and psychological assessments, and possibly input from family members. This helps to differentiate it from other eating disorders.
PTSD symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, emotional numbness, difficulty sleeping, and avoidance of trauma-related situations.
If you experience persistent anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, difficulty functioning, or emotional distress related to a past event, trauma therapy may help.
Effective therapies include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and trauma-focused therapy.
Yes, trauma therapy addresses the root causes of emotional distress, helping reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression through coping strategies and emotional processing.
The length of treatment varies based on individual needs. Some may benefit from short-term therapy, while others require long-term care to fully heal.
Yes, therapy can help individuals process childhood trauma, address emotional wounds, and develop healthier coping mechanisms.
Yes, trauma can lead to headaches, digestive issues, chronic pain, fatigue, and other stress-related physical symptoms.
Your therapist will discuss your history, symptoms, and treatment goals while providing a safe, supportive environment for healing.
While therapy is the primary treatment, some individuals may benefit from medication for PTSD, anxiety, or depression, depending on their symptoms.
While some people heal on their own, professional therapy provides guidance, tools, and support to process trauma more effectively.
Yes, group therapy offers peer support, shared experiences, and coping techniques to help individuals heal together.
Regular exercise, mindfulness, meditation, healthy eating, and building a strong support system can aid in trauma healing.
Contact our team at Malaga Cove Collective for a confidential consultation to discuss your symptoms and treatment options tailored to your needs.
