Trauma Therapy: What Is It?

One type of treatment that can assist you in coping with the emotional reaction brought on by a traumatic incident is trauma therapy.

More than half of all people suffer trauma at some point in their lives. Trauma can result from various events, including grave injuries, sexual assault, potentially fatal scenarios, ongoing abuse and neglect, bullying, and being in unstable situations in childhood.

What Trauma Therapy Can Help With

Trauma therapy can help you cope with trauma caused by a one-time event or an ongoing or long-lasting situation.

These are some common forms of trauma that therapy can address; however, it’s important to note that trauma can include any event or experience that causes emotional or psychological harm.

• Abuse
• Abandonment
• Accidents
• Bullying
• Crime
• Death of a loved one
• Divorce
• Domestic abuse or violence
• Homelessness
• Illness
• Imprisonment
• Injury
• Job loss
• Life-threatening circumstances
• Natural disasters
• Near-death experience
• Neglect
• Racism
• Sexual assault
• Terrorism
• Violence
• Witnessing an accident, death, or traumatic situation

If you have experienced some form of trauma and want to seek treatment for it. Contact Shoshana Polansky for professional trauma therapy via telehealth across California and Florida cities including San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Calabasas, Brentwood, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, San Diego, La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe, Miami, Palm Beach, Jupiter, etc.