Trauma and PTSD
All of our therapy services are provided via a secure, HIPAA-compliant
Online Therapy platform so you can receive care from anywhere in California.
Trauma can feel like the past won’t let go, showing up in nightmares, flashbacks, and a constant sense of being on edge.
It can affect your relationships, your health, and your ability to trust yourself and others. Therapy can help you process what happened
so you can live in the present without being trapped by the past. At Insight Counseling Center, we help address trauma in many forms, including:
❖ CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
❖ SEXUAL ASSAULT
❖ COMBAT TRAUMA
❖ ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES
❖ EMOTIONAL ABUSE
❖ LOSS AND COMPLICATED GRIEF
How We Help.
We use evidence-based methods to help clients heal from trauma and reclaim their lives,
focusing on three key areas that support lasting change:
❖ ESTABLISH SAFETY AND STABILITY ❖
Trauma can leave the body and mind in a constant state of alert, making it hard to feel safe. Therapy helps clients build a foundation of safety and stability in their daily lives, which is essential for deeper healing.
❖ PROCESS TRAUMATIC MEMORIES ❖
Painful memories often stay stuck, showing up as flashbacks or intrusive thoughts. Using proven trauma treatments, therapy helps clients process these memories so they can lose their power and become part of the past.
❖ RECLAIM CONNECTION AND TRUST ❖
Trauma can damage trust in yourself, others, and the world. Therapy helps clients rebuild a sense of connection and trust, supporting them in forming healthier relationships and living with greater confidence and ease.
Our Approach.
Your therapy plan will be personalized to your needs, and may include:
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Attachment Based Therapy
Attachment Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape emotional health and interactions. It looks at childhood attachments' influence on current thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. Clients identify their attachment styles—secure, anxious, avoidant—and work to change unhelpful behaviors. The therapist-client relationship fosters healthier connections, self-awareness, and emotional resilience.
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EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma therapy that uses bilateral stimulation, like eye movements or tapping, to reprocess distressing memories. It reduces emotional distress, strengthens resilience, and helps develop healthier beliefs. Many find relief from long-held pain in just a few sessions. EMDR is effective for PTSD, anxiety, grief, and other trauma-related concerns.
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IFS
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy sees the mind as distinct parts with unique feelings and roles. It helps you recognize and understand these parts, fostering self-compassion and healing by balancing them. This process deepens your connection with your true Self, improving emotional regulation, reducing inner conflict, and enhancing mental well-being.
How To Get Started.
Book a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your unique personal goals and any questions you may have about our practice.
If we both feel like we’re a good match, we’ll schedule your first session and send intake forms for you to complete.
We’ll learn about you and your unique individual goals, allowing us to create a strong and meaningful connection.
“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.”
~ Michelle Rosenthal