PTSD
"Trauma taught you to brace. Therapy teaches you to breathe again."
Therapy Approaches for Trauma and PTSD
At GoodTherapy LLC, trauma therapy focuses on helping clients restore safety, connection, and a sense of self after experiences of threat or loss of control. Each approach is tailored to your pace and readiness, supporting both emotional and nervous-system healing.
Core Evidence-Based Techniques
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Helps clients reframe distressing thoughts, reduce avoidance, and build new coping tools.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Strengthens emotional regulation, mindfulness, and distress tolerance to manage trauma-related triggers.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Addresses stuck points and self-blame related to traumatic experiences by exploring more balanced beliefs.
Prolonged Exposure (PE) Techniques Safely helps clients approach and integrate trauma memories or avoided situations in a controlled way to reduce fear responses.
Somatic & Mind-Body Integration
Somatic Awareness and Grounding Builds body awareness, helps identify how trauma is stored in the body, and teaches tools to re-establish calm and safety.
Breathwork and Vagal-Nerve Regulation Uses gentle, structured breathing and sensory exercises to regulate the nervous system.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Develops present-moment awareness and non-judgmental observation of thoughts, sensations, and emotions.
Movement and Art-Informed Interventions Incorporates creative expression, bilateral drawing, or mindful movement for non-verbal processing and integration.
Relational and Attachment-Focused Work
Parts Work / Inner Child Integration Explores and integrates protective or wounded parts of the self that developed in response to trauma.
Attachment-Based Therapy Rebuilds trust, safety, and relational repair within the therapeutic relationship and personal connections.
Narrative and Meaning-Making Therapy Supports clients in reclaiming their story, creating coherence, and redefining identity beyond trauma.
Supportive and Psychoeducational Interventions
Psychoeducation on Trauma Responses Understanding hyperarousal, freeze, and dissociation empowers clients to respond rather than react.
Safety Planning and Grounding Protocols Establish concrete steps for managing flashbacks, panic, or intrusive memories.
Self-Compassion and Resilience Practices Reinforce strengths, self-acceptance, and post-traumatic growth.
Treatment Philosophy
Healing trauma is not about erasing the past - it's about reclaiming safety in the present and rediscovering who you are beyond survival.