Trauma and PTSD therapists in Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina NC
We are proud to feature top rated Trauma and PTSD therapists in Lake Norman of Catawba, NC. We encourage you to review each profile to find your best match.
Counselor/Therapist, LCMHC (North Carolina), LPC (Georgia), LPC (South Carolina)
Trauma is experienced differently for everyone. What is identified as trauma is also subjective. Trauma can actually change brain chemistry. Understanding how it affects the client now and why they are experiencing the symptoms can help in the process of coping and living with the trauma.
I am master level trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). EMDR helps your brain heal from trauma, anxiety, depression, and negative beliefs that could be causing your distress.
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and trauma, when unprocessed, is like a tumor. The effects of it can infiltrate one's life, causing distressing symptoms that affect mental and emotional health. My approach involves sensory grounding techniques, somatic experiencing, and an a reprocessing of old emotional learnings to address these impacts. By fostering a trusted sense of safety and grounding from the bottom up, therapy with me empowers individuals to begin to navigate their trauma, experience an alleviation of symptoms, and embark on a journey towards healing and resilience.
I utilize EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and IFS (Internal Family Systems) to help you identify traumatic wounds and begin your healing journey. Trauma work is incredibly worthwhile but can be taxing, so we will move at the pace that feels safe and manageable for you. We explore the full scope of your life, as you are more than your traumatic experiences; we focus both on what has happened in the past, and how to live your life now in a way that feels fulfilled, peaceful, and balanced.
Trauma come in all forms and sizes. Trauma can be chronic or short term. Working through the trauma can help you in the long run to heal past, current and future unhealthy coping skills by developing healthy ones
Trauma is a powerful , life altering, and life disrupting experience, that requires special attention to alleviate. We use Prolonged Exposure Therapy to help our clients alleviate their trauma symptoms and get back to living their lives through reclaiming their power.
I have experience treating trauma and PTSD, and know that as difficult as this work can feel, it also feels so empowering to shift your narrative and heal from the trauma.
Carrie often treats trauma using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) . an evidence-based practice used in psychotherapy to treat trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and phobias. EMDR helps facilitate the brain's natural healing processes through bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping.
During a traumatic or stressful event, the brain does not process information as it normally would. When overwhelmed, information can get stuck or stored in the brain in unhelpful ways allowing past events to negatively affect you in the present. The old stored information can be triggered in the present and can cause you to have flash backs or be triggered by similar thoughts, feelings, or bodily sensations from when the trauma occurred. This can impact the way a person views the world and how they relate with others.
EMDR uses eye movements (similar to what occurs during REM sleep) to help facilitate information processing and reduce the effects of trauma and the underlying negative beliefs.
Psychologist, PhD, Licensed Practicing Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Psychological therapies are powerful and proven methods to enhance quality of life by healing heart, soul, and body/mind - mind/body. They are effective for healing the psychological wounds of living and for treating mental illness. Psychotherapy has prevention value regarding many social tragedies.