It’s natural to have challenges, stress, and overwhelming moments in life. However, in some cases, these intense experiences can leave lasting scars on someone’s life. Despite having internal or external scars, people often fail to go back and heal them. This can go on and create many different issues later in life. This blog post will explore the importance of trauma therapy near Whitefish Bay, WI and why it is so crucial for you to heal.
Why People Seek Trauma Therapy?
Some people seek out therapy for trauma specifically. Others seek out therapy for many different reasons and then find that they may have a trauma response from some past event in their life. Some of the reasons I have seen people seek out therapy, which then leads to a past trauma or overwhelming experience may include:
- To let go of perfection tendencies.
- Feel as if they can’t settle down.
- Struggle to connect to loved ones (children or partner).
- To let go of feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and shame.
- Feel stuck in the middle of feeling ‘bad’ and ‘good.’
- Unresolved traumatic or complicated birth stories.
- Can’t seem to find yourself.
- Struggle with intrusive thoughts, images, or flashbacks
Of course, some people know they have trauma. Others may not always recognize it and seek therapy for other reasons. The most important part is that you start healing.
What Does Trauma Treatment Looks Like?
Every person’s trauma treatment will look different. Each person’s body holds and stores stress, trauma, and overwhelm differently. Most trauma therapy will focus on building trust, safety, and nervous system regulation skills in the beginning of therapy. This can take as many four to six sessions, depending on the person.  Then, the integration, renegotiation, or reprocessing of past traumatic experiences, stress, and/or overwhelm will take place. There is no set number of sessions of how long the integration or reprocessing of memories can take. Staying consistent in therapy sessions is crucial during this time.
Start Trauma Therapy Near You
Many people start therapy for different reasons than to address trauma. Yet, its inevitability arises in session. We are all human and no one is immune to the stress, overwhelm, or trauma of life. Starting therapy can be difficult, but once you start and you start to experience the inner peace, calmness, and relief therapy provides, you’ll begin to see why it’s important to heal. Here are some reasons trauma therapy may be important to you.
- Better ability to connect with your children and those you love.
- Better ability to regulate emotions.
- Decrease the paralyzing effects of anxiety.
- Tap into your inner calm and begin to trust yourself.
- Be able to finally rest and let go of perfection.
You’ll seek therapy for your own reason(s). These are just some examples.
Find Healing with Somatic Experiencing Therapy Near Whitefish Bay, WI
If you’ve tried other forms of therapy in the past. Somatic experiencing therapy may be just what you need. Not only can it address the topics mentioned in this post, but it also works differently than traditional talk therapy. Take the step and reach out now by clicking on this link or by calling 720.295.6703. I look forward to hearing from you.
