Trauma Therapy

The word Trauma is highly misunderstood.

Most people think that trauma is an extreme event like being shot or a horrific car crash or being in a hurricane.

Trauma is any negative experience that was so disturbing that you were not able to process it fully,  so your psychological system buried bits of it to allow you to cope and survive. 

The bits of information that got suppressed and hidden from your conscious view created triggers; these triggers (emotions, intrusive thoughts, flashbacks, startle response) are clues that you have unresolved trauma, which can develop into Post traumatic stress disorder. 

The psychological stress, anxiety & depression that results from experiencing or witnessing or hearing a distressful event, is what creates the disorder. 

People slip into "survival" mode rather than living in "thrival" mode. They don't even notice that things are accumulating until they run out of coping capacity. At this point, their issues are spilling over into other parts of their life, especially their relationships. Some people would rather lose a relationship than confront their issues.

Accumulated issues will begin to present with symptoms, such as stress, anxiety & depression. When the symptoms get worse is when people tend to start to pay attention. 

And when ignored long enough, ptsd could develop. 

 At this point, exploring one's past experiences and trauma is a good place to start the healing journey. 

Examples of trauma that often get overlooked:

SEXUAL:

Childhood sexual abuse

Molestation

Rape

Incest

PHYSCIAL:

Being beaten, slapped, pushed, hit

MENTAL:

Being told something is your fault, when it isn't

Being called nasty names

Making you feel like what you witnessed isn't true

Causing you to doubt yourself

When someone tells you that no one would ever love you

EMOTIONAL:

Being a scapegoat for a dysfunctional family

Not being able to express your feelings

Being told that your feelings are dumb or wrong 

Being punished for sharing your feelings

Made to feel bad about something you have done (guilt)

Made to feel bad about yourself (shame)

Withholding love

PTSD CAN OCCUR FROM THESE EXPERIENCES:

• Accidents (car, plane, train, boat)
• Natural disasters (hurricane, earthquake, flood, fire)
• Physical attacks (assault, rape)
• Surgeries
• Abusive relationships (mental & emotional abuse)                                                                          
• Military combat
• Being Bullied
• Surgeries gone wrong
• Giving difficult birth or having difficult pregnancies
• Abortions
• Adverse childhood experiences

PTSD is a condition that develops from unprocessed traumatic incidents.  The trauma was so stressful that the psychological system stores the stress "away" in order to cope and survive. The problem is that the suppressed stress causes all sorts of symptoms (mental, emotional, physical, financial, sexual, financial, spiritual), which become difficult to manage. When you process the traumatic incidents, the symptoms and the diagnosis goes away. 

• Flashbacks 
• Intrusive thoughts               
• Nightmares
• Insomnia
• Multiple physical symptoms
• Easily startled / "jumpy"
• Easily reminded of traumatic event
• Sense of "re-living" the event
• Avoiding doing things that remind you of the event                                                                    
• Loss of pleasure in activities once enjoyed
• Inexplicable fear
• Stress, anxiety & depression symptoms
• Adrenal Fatigue and more....

Trauma therapy has you process an experience until it is resolved.

Most people believe that if you don't think about something then it must be processed.

Not true!

Often people ignore, deny, suppress, repress and compartmentalize their experiences - so that they are "out of mind". This simply means that you have blocked it someone in your mind.

Trauma therapy has you choose a topic you would like to process. This includes talking about it, viewing the images in your mind, experiencing the emotions and body sensations that attached to the incident and discharging the pent-up energy that is keeping the experience trapped in your mind and your body. 

Trauma therapy provides a safe environment for you to explore and process your thoughts and feelings about an event, which when psychologically processed, can reduce the disturbing symptoms such as: anger, fear, stress, anxiety & depression.

Although this process is flexible, Ezreena has created a unique and effective approach to dealing with trauma:

1.  Intake session (1-1.5 hour session)

2.  A body process called the BARS, that discharges all sorts of energies built up over the  years (1.5 hours)

3. Unblocking: a process that has you talk about the distressing topic until all the details come up into your awareness and the stress is discharged

4. EMDR & TIR: a deeper form of processing that brings full resolution to an experience - so that you can finally put it behind you and it no longer affects you

5. CBT: a method that helps you to change your thoughts, beliefs, opinions, judgements and conclusions. Our Points of View are what drive our emotions and our behaviours. Change your thoughts - changes your emotions and your behaviours. 

People are often very aware of symptoms, such as Anger, Anxiety, Addictions,  Depression,  Health Issues, and they focus on the symptoms and how to manage them.

When you fully process trauma..... the symptoms lessen &/or disappear! 

The symptoms are telling you that you have unprocessed experiences - they represent something that wants to be resolved!

RESULTS FROM PTSD TRAUMA THERAPY:

• Feeling lighter
• Experiencing more joy
• Reduced stress, anxiety & depression
• Improved sleep
• Connecting with others more
• Effective communication
• Reduced body pain
• Increased motivation
• Improved coping
• Less obsessive thinking                                                                                                                     
• Greater mental clarity
• More ease with day-to-day living   
• Reduced medication
• Increased mental health
• Improved relationships
• Healthier body
• Less body pain
• Less emotional pain
• ​Cellular repair
• Increased self-esteem
• Anger reduction