Trauma and PTSD therapists in Youngstown, Ohio OH
Trauma and PTSD
Trauma Therapy Company Ohio
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
When the past does not want to stay in the past and it feels like the same crap that happened to you in your childhood are still going on today. You may want the pain to end and try to pretend like it did not happen. You could be throwing yourself into family, work or relationships, trying to keep yourself busy so you do not have to think about it. This can cause anxiety and pressure that exhausts you till you crash or sink into depression. Between your life and mind, you may not even know how to calm down or think you don’t deserve it. Over time you may feel like you’re running on a hamster wheel and although around people and family, feel all alone. Your body is a stranger and your mind is the enemy.
Most therapies try to change how you think so that you won’t feel so anxious or depressed anymore. When I was learning these techniques, it didn’t seem to fit for me because I believe it, so how are they going to change it. It really seems like “fake it till you make it.” As a client in treatment, it made me feel like I was invalidated. For example, I don’t feel safe because of what happened to me and you’re telling me that I should feel safe and I should tell myself that I feel safe even though I’m not. That was not going to work for me and probably not you either.
EMDR is a different kind of therapy where the experiences that you have had take the spotlight. The things that we’ve been through create how we see everything else. I feel unsafe because I’ve been through things that hurt me. So we look at those times that you have been hurt and use the whole body to digest these memories so that they feel like they’re no longer happening right now
4 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Jackie Ma
Psychologist, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
I am trained in evidence-based treatments for PTSD, such as Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Given my health psychology background, I aim to support individuals with a history of medical trauma as well.
1 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Dan Walinsky
Psychologist, PhD
I've found that the range of traumas that people experience disrupts our experience of day-to-day life and relationships in so many ways. So many people who've experienced patterns of traumatizing, persistently invalidating, or minimizing experiences have found coping strategies to manage the profound impacts of trauma but eventually find that those strategies no longer work. Together, we will look at the impact of traumas and using a range of practices, which potentially include EMDR and internal parts work, we will work to supportively rebuild a sense of self-guided trust in the world.
2 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Dr. Mitchell Hicks
Psychologist, PhD, ABPP
Are you feeling depressed or anxious? Are your life and relationships unfulfilling? Can't let go of past hurts? Using sex or the internet to avoid others or painful emotions? Nothing gets better no matter what you try? Maybe it's time for a change!
27 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Ken Knoechel - Effective Mindset
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Do you feel scared all the time? Do you feel like fear from past experiences control your what you do and say? PTSD conditions you to always be on the lookout for danger! Even if you’re consciously telling yourself, “HEY NOW, RELAX, THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR HERE,” your subconscious mind retorts, “Hell no! You need to make sure what happened before doesn’t happen ever again!” I will help you learn to control how you respond physically and emotionally to people, places, and things that trigger escalated emotions. It usually takes me about a month (4 sessions) to bring my clients to places that resolve resilience in their lives. You can expect good things after meeting with me for a while. I hope to see you soon.
8 Years Experience