Do you feel like your past experiences sometimes sneak up on you out of nowhere? Suddenly, you’re hit with all these intrusive thoughts, that overwhelming sense of fear, and your heart racing like it’s in a marathon. You might even feel like you have to be on high alert 24/7 just to stay safe. And when your instincts kick in—whether it’s
Do you feel like your past experiences sometimes sneak up on you out of nowhere? Suddenly, you’re hit with all these intrusive thoughts, that overwhelming sense of fear, and your heart racing like it’s in a marathon. You might even feel like you have to be on high alert 24/7 just to stay safe. And when your instincts kick in—whether it’s fighting, fleeing, freezing, or just trying to keep the peace—it can leave you feeling totally stuck - stuck in the past, and stuck in the present struggling to move forward.
Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are significant mental health concerns that can have profound effects on your well-being.
Trauma can refer to a distressing event or series of events that overwhelm an individual's ability to cope. Or trauma can be with a small 't', and refer to events that typically don't involve violence or disaster, but do create significant emotional or psychological distress.
You might develop acute stress disorder as a result of past experiences, or meet the criteria for PTSD.
People with PTSD have intense and intrusive thoughts and feelings related to the experience that last long after the event. PTSD involves stress responses like:
Complex PTSD is a m
People with PTSD have intense and intrusive thoughts and feelings related to the experience that last long after the event. PTSD involves stress responses like:
Complex PTSD is a mental health condition that can develop if you experience chronic (long-term) trauma. Examples of chronic trauma include long-term child physical or sexual abuse, long-term domestic violence and war. People with CPTSD typically have PTSD symptoms in addition to extensive issues with emotion regulation, sense of self and relationships.
At Bounce! we don't believe that talk therapy on its own can treat PTSD so we use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to help people heal from trauma and manage PTSD symptoms.
EMDR is one of the most highly recommended treatments for PTSD in the world. Research has shown that EMDR is extremely effective for PTSD as well a
At Bounce! we don't believe that talk therapy on its own can treat PTSD so we use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to help people heal from trauma and manage PTSD symptoms.
EMDR is one of the most highly recommended treatments for PTSD in the world. Research has shown that EMDR is extremely effective for PTSD as well as anxiety and panic, depression, and other serious mental health issues.
We provide EMDR therapy both in person and online.
Click here for more information about EMDR.
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