Trauma and PTSD therapists in Newport, Rhode Island RI
Trauma and PTSD
Happy and Free Healing
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, LICSW, MEd, LCSW
Our team specializes in trauma informed care and has extensive experience in PTSD treatment.
6 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Circle of Healing Psychotherapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LMHC
Trauma and PTSD varies from person to person. Each person experiences the same situation differently. Our focus will be to work on healing the trauma, reducing the symptoms as a result of the trauma and utilize effective coping skills. In addition, EMDR has proven to be an effective form of treatment with regards to trauma and PTSD.
11 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Robert A. Walker and Associates, Counseling and Consulting Center Inc.
Counselor/Therapist
Psychotherapy—talk therapy—can take place in one-to-one meetings and/or group settings. Talk therapy helps people with PTSD in many ways. Talking about the traumatic memories with a trained therapist can provide the patient with education about their symptoms so they don’t feel so alone and out of control. Talking can desensitize people to their memories, which gradually allows them to stop avoiding reminders of their trauma. It can also help them build skills for re-evaluating the thoughts and feelings that surround the distressing memories. Most importantly, talk therapy can allow people to feel supported and safe.
16 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Jillian Luz
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR
I have specialized training and experiencing in treating trauma and complex trauma as well as Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD. My main treatment modality for these issues is EMDR.
9 Years Experience
Trauma and PTSD
Karen Baumstark, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D., CMHIMP, CTACC
None of us can escape some level of trauma; inevitably, it will be a part of life. How much it affects us, however, depends on many factors including the nervous system we were born with, our outer resources, and how much relational support we receive to help us recover from the trauma. Many people do not have access to adequate resources to help them recover from trauma (and this is very subjective and personal, varying from person to person), and the trauma continues to affect them in (sometimes subtle, but still) impactful ways. If certain factors come together, PTSD may develop out of trauma. Often clients feel like they have failed because they can't completely "get over" their PTSD reactions. I have often reminded clients that PTSD is "the gift that keeps on giving". It can be very hard, perhaps impossible, to completely eradicate PTSD reactions, because the reaction is not just of the mind, it is of the whole body. My approach to helping clients with trauma and PTSD involves looking at it holistically and working to understand how the trauma changed you, your reaction across many facets of your life (thoughts, feelings, habits, behaviors, self-care or lack thereof, expectations, how you view the world), and then working on replacing what is harmful with what is helpful. The goal isn't to completely get rid of the PTSD symptoms (which is likely impossible) but rather to dramatically reduce its effect on you, so you can live your best life, and so an occasional symptom breaking through will not derail you.
34 Years Experience