Trauma Therapy
Trauma can leave you feeling like you are still living in survival mode, even when the hardest part is over.
In person therapy in Lebanon, Sunrise Beach, & Lake of the Ozarks | Telehealth available throughout Missouri
You may look like you are functioning on the outside, but inside you feel overwhelmed, on edge, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected from yourself.
Maybe certain memories, places, sounds, relationships, or situations bring up intense reactions that feel hard to control. You may try to avoid thinking about what happened, but it still shows up in your body, your sleep, your mood, and your relationships.
Trauma does not always look the way people expect. You do not have to have a single “big” event to be affected by trauma. Painful experiences, loss, abuse, medical stress, accidents, violence, childhood wounds, or ongoing emotional stress can all shape the way your nervous system responds to the world.
You may benefit from trauma therapy if you are experiencing:
Intrusive memories, nightmares, or flashbacks
Feeling anxious, tense, or easily startled
Avoiding people, places, conversations, or reminders of what happened
Feeling emotionally numb, shut down, or disconnected
Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe in relationships
Irritability, anger, guilt, shame, or sadness that feels hard to move through
Trouble sleeping or relaxing
Feeling stuck in the past, even when you want to move forward
A sense that your body reacts before your mind can catch up
If this sounds familiar, trauma therapy can help you begin to feel more grounded, present, and in control of your life again.
Trauma Is Treatable
Post-traumatic stress is not a personal failure. It is often the mind and body’s way of trying to protect you after something overwhelming has happened.
Laurie Schulte offers trauma therapy for adults using an integrative approach that may include EMDR therapy. This approach is designed to support healing not only through insight and conversation, but also by helping the brain and nervous system process distressing experiences in a new way.
EMDR Therapy for Trauma and PTSD
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is an evidence-based therapy approach often used to treat trauma, PTSD, and distressing life experiences.
EMDR can help painful memories feel less overwhelming so they no longer carry the same emotional intensity. You may still remember what happened, but the memory may feel less disruptive, less activating, and less present in your daily life.
For many people, EMDR therapy can help reduce symptoms such as anxiety, emotional reactivity, avoidance, nightmares, shame, and feeling stuck in survival mode.
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