Therapy for Trauma and Complex Trauma
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Trauma and Complex Trauma can take time and attention.
Trauma can come from a single event, a series of experiences, or long-term struggles. At Wonder Institute, we work with individuals who have experienced trauma or are currently facing recurrent issues due to the complexity of the trauma previously faced. We have experience in working with a range of trauma including sexual trauma, physical violence, emotional abuse, cult experiences, religious trauma, and difficult childhood experiences.
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How can therapy for trauma or complex trauma help you?
In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, trauma can make itself known in our lives. Relationships, internal conflicts, suffering, and deep feelings of a vague, yet persistent un-wellness can affect your life. Therapy can help you establish a consistent and sturdy space for learning about the ways trauma continues to engage itself in your life. As therapy continues, you can begin to catch the pulse and rhythm of your symptoms, and learn to think and feel differently about your life.
What is trauma and complex trauma?
A traumatic experience goes beyond any person’s threshold for what is tolerable or comprehendible. Sometimes, we adjust, and sometimes, we experience symptoms of trauma.
Complex trauma is a long term unfolding of experiences that go beyond one’s own comprehension and understanding, often coinciding with a loss of self or the impossibility of establishing a sense of self within the experience. Complex trauma can lead us to feel lost in rage, shame, guilt, humiliation, or other painful states of mind.
Trauma and Complex Trauma symptoms:
Persistent memories and interruptions of thoughts and feelings;
Dissociative states and reactions;
Strong, intense, or misplaced reactions;
Difficulty feeling relaxed, comfortable, or comforted;
Chronic tension, tightness, and rigidity;
Night terrors, nightmares, or fearful dreams;
Fears, worries, and high levels of anxiety regarding future experiences;
Panic, terror, emotional or nervous breakdown;
Somatic or bodily anxiety including elevated heart rate and tightness of chest or muscles;
Oceanic, annihilatory, and engulfing states of fear.