Trauma
Healing and Resilience: Trauma Counseling Services at A New Start Counseling Services
Overcome Your Trauma
Welcome to A New Start Counseling Services in San Antonio, where we are dedicated to helping individuals overcome trauma and find their path toward healing and resilience. We understand the profound impact that traumatic experiences can have on one's life, and our trauma counseling services are designed to provide support, guidance, and tools to navigate the journey toward healing and growth.
Understanding Trauma
Trauma can result from a wide range of experiences such as accidents, abuse, violence, loss, or natural disasters. It can deeply affect one's emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and overall well-being. We often notice intrusive thoughts, heightened startle response avoidance, hyperarousal and general feeling of anxiety or feeling unsafe. Traumas occur in different forms and for different durations of time. Some traumas, such as accidents or natural disasters, are one time events that are limited in duration and scope but have a lingering impact in our life. Other traumas are longer lasting and often still ongoing, such as coping with a chronic illness, or dealing with repeated forms of abuse. Our experienced trauma counselors possess a deep understanding of the complexities of trauma and are equipped with evidence-based approaches to facilitate recovery.
Our Trauma Counseling Services
At A New Start Counseling Services, we offer comprehensive trauma counseling services tailored to your unique needs and circumstances. Our trauma counselors employ a holistic and client-centered approach, ensuring that you receive the personalized care and support necessary for your healing journey. Our services include:
Trauma Assessment
Our trauma assessment process involves a compassionate and comprehensive evaluation of your trauma experience. Through a collaborative approach, we strive to gain a deeper understanding of your unique needs, challenges, and goals. This assessment serves as the foundation for designing a customized treatment plan.
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Our trauma-informed therapists provide evidence-based therapies designed to address the specific effects of trauma and promote healing. These may include:
Cognitive-Processing Therapy (CPT)
Collaboratively exploring thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connected to traumatic experiences this modality helps patients learn how to challenge and modify unhelpful beliefs related to the trauma. In so doing, the patient creates a new understanding and conceptualization of the traumatic event so that it reduces its ongoing negative effects on current life.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Collaboratively exploring thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connected to traumatic experiences to develop healthier coping strategies and promote resilience.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Utilizing guided eye movements or other techniques to process traumatic memories and reduce distressing symptoms.
Trauma Focused - Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT):
TF-CBT is one specific kind of CBT. It focuses on psycho-education and parenting, relaxation techniques, affective expression and regulation, cognitive coping and processing, trauma narrative development and processing, in vivo exposure, Conjoint parent-child sessions and Enhancing safety and future development.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Incorporating body-centered techniques to help regulate the nervous system and promote embodiment and self-awareness.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Cultivating present-moment awareness to help reduce the impact of traumatic experiences on one's mental well-being.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy
The therapy allows you to work through painful memories in a safe and supportive environment by telling the story of what happened to you and challenging unhelpful thinking patterns. It also allows you to participate in activities you have been avoiding because of the trauma by slowly working through avoidance behaviors.
Support and Empowerment
We offer a nurturing and supportive environment where you can explore your emotions, develop coping skills, and regain a sense of control over your life. Our trauma counselors are here to provide guidance, empathy, and empowerment as you navigate the healing process.
Take the First Step to Healing
At A New Start Counseling Services, we firmly believe that healing and resilience are possible for everyone impacted by trauma. We are committed to serving individuals in San Antonio and the surrounding areas, providing a safe and confidential space for healing and transformation from personal trauma. Embark on your journey towards healing and resilience today. Contact A New Start Counseling Services today.