Trauma Therapy in Fredericksburg, VA
Trauma occurs from a period or event in your life that causes an immense amount of anxiety. You may practice avoidance to prevent those negative feelings from returning, or you may feel as if you are reliving traumatic events, among other issues, when a memory is triggered. Rather than letting trauma affect your life negatively, reach out to Holistic Wellness Group, offering appointments in person in Fredericksburg, VA, or online for people throughout Virginia.
Trauma Defined
If you're wondering what trauma is, it's merely an emotional response to something that is too stressful for your brain to process normally.
Some of the most common causes of trauma include the following:
- Being in an auto accident
- Having a medical emergency or prolonged illness
- Being present for the death of a loved one
- Living through abuse or rape
- Being neglected as a child
- Involvement in a war or natural disaster
We'd like to note that these aren't the only causes of trauma. Others exist, and everybody processes situations and experiences differently, so what may not seem like trauma to others could be trauma to you.
While post-trauma stress disorder (PTSD) is the most common mental health disorder associated with trauma, you could also develop any of these mental health concerns (or others) from trauma:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Dissociative disorder
- A personality disorder
- A substance abuse disorder
Understanding the Signs of Trauma
If you've lived through a traumatic experience at any time in your life, you may suffer from any of the following:
- Practicing avoidance to prevent unwanted feelings
- Having flashbacks
- Having low self-esteem
- Losing interest in activities you once enjoyed
- Feeling on guard frequently
- Trouble sleeping
- Difficulty concentrating
- Experiencing nightmares or night terrors
- Irritability and anger
- Feeling emotional numbness
- Feeling detachment from family or friends
- Headaches and nausea
Keep in mind that these are merely some of the issues you could experience from trauma. If you're having any other bothersome mental health issues and experienced trauma at some point, please reach out to us.
Treating Your Trauma
After a practitioner from our Fredericksburg, VA, office learns more about your situation, you'll receive a customized trauma treatment to help ease your symptoms.
It could consist of helping you reprocess the event and convert negative thoughts into positive ones. You may need to work through emotional conflict with a therapist so the event or experience is no longer hindering your life and you can break out of avoidance behaviors you may have developed. We can also provide medication management services.
Holistic Wellness Group has multiple therapists you can schedule an in-person visit with in Fredericksburg, or online appointments for Virginia residents.