Improving Your Mental Health

Trauma you experience can have a big impact on your mental health. Childhood neglect or abuse that occurs over a period of time is labeled "complex trauma". A traumatic event can lead to struggles that can be helped with therapy. Without trauma therapy, complex trauma can lead to problems in adulthood such as poor decision making, trouble concentrating, anxiety, depression, or difficulty responding appropriately to situations. A trauma therapist works with you to focus on working through past trauma and help you move forward with your life.

Common Goals of Trauma Therapy

If you are having a hard time focusing on your daily living needs because of a trauma history, a trauma therapist can help. One goal would be to improve your coping strategies to make daily life easier. Another goal would be to talk about the reality of the previous trauma in an effort to let it go. When you are stuck in the past and still angry or upset about past trauma, it is difficult to take your life back. Trauma therapy helps you focus on your present-day situation while moving on from the trauma you have experienced.

Improving Your Coping Skills

When you experience trauma, your ability to cope with both real and perceived threats is compromised. Through trauma therapy, you will identify your coping skills and work to build up your strategies. You will learn new ways to deal with stressful situations, and get help in identifying your strengths. As you work in trauma therapy, you will discover more productive ways to deal with a tough situation, and you will see that your stress levels decrease over time.

Your Personal Strength Through Therapy

As you talk with a trauma therapist, you will be able to identify the things you are good at and what your weaknesses are. Trauma therapy is focused on building your emotional strength so that you don't fall back into old patterns that don't help you. You will get stronger, and better able to deal with any new traumatic events in your life. You will uncover your personal strength, and you will be able to grow in the process.

Working through trauma takes time and courage. Talking through past trauma and learning new coping skills will allow you to move forward in your life. Find a trauma therapist when you are ready to overcome your past and want to lead a more productive, healthy life.

For more information, reach out to a therapist that offers trauma therapy.