Brief Trauma Therapy
A large proportion of our clients suffer from deep trauma in their lives. This is not the whole cause of their anger but is a key part of the work they need to address. For a long time we have referred these clients on to other therapists but now we are able to offer it in house.
What is Trauma?
Trauma can affect everyone and covers a wide spectrum of events that are out of our control. In brief it is a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. It can be an emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury. It can be a physical shock and sometimes leads to long-term neurosis. Classic traumas are life threatening events, molestation, abuse and rape. If you have not suffered any of those it does not mean that you have not been traumatised. The pace of change in life in general and they way issues such as divorce and separation are dealt with can lead to individuals feeling traumatised.
What if?
What if everybody knew that a fixated stress response (a.k.a. trauma) is the result of a disrupted neurophysiological process— a process that desires completion?
What if people knew that our sense of well-being can be recovered, even after surviving extreme events, as long as we receive proper support and facilitation (to complete those processes that were disrupted)?
What if everybody knew that this is not some arcane, exclusive field— that just about anyone can readily understand the most important aspects of stress and trauma?
What if everybody knew that tuning into our innate ability, as organisms, to respond and recover from trauma can significantly enhance our health and well-being?
Do I need to be angry to do this?
No.
We wanted to offer this service to our clients because of the high levels of trauma we are observing. This is not just for people suffering with their anger. Anyone who has suffered trauma can contact us for help.
Trauma which is not dealt with and processed can lead to a number of issues such as irrational fears, hyper vigilance, nightmares and emotional shut down. These can all be signals that someone has unprocessed trauma that needs dealing with.
Classically, soldiers can suffer post traumatic stress disorder as result of the events they have either experienced or witnessed. PTSD as it is known actually affects 30% of people involved in any trauma. It affects around 5% of men and 10% of women. You do not need to have been to war to experience it.
A lot of people who have been traumatised suffer a great deal of unhappiness which is unnecessary. They just need to get the right support. That’s why we decide to offer this so close to the centre of Derby.
What do we offer?
The process we use to address Trauma is known as Brief Trauma Therapy. It is so called because it can have surprisingly quick results when used to work with trauma. We do not wish to create a dependent open ended relationship between us and our clients. We wish to help them move on as quickly as possible. The relationship length will vary depending upon how much trauma you have experienced. For one specific incident such as a Road Traffic Accident we would hope that no more than 3 sessions would be required.
We also use this process to address more abstract issues such as Self Esteem and general feelings of unhappiness, sadness etc
What is required?
We simply need you to wish to work on your trauma.
You need up to 1 ½ hours for each session
How much do you charge?
Each session costs £75.
The first session is always an assessment session and is unlikely to include addressing any specific trauma and costs £50 and lasts 1 hour only
To talk to someone in confidence call 0345 505 2450 and ask for Julian or email julian@beatingangerderby.co.uk
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