Trauma therapy that is structured, evidence-based, and focused on recovery.
Trauma symptoms can persist long after the event itself. But living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) does not have to be permanent.
I use Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), an evidence-based treatment for PTSD that provides a structured framework for addressing the thoughts and patterns that can keep trauma symptoms going.
You do not have to manage PTSD symptoms forever.
PTSD is treatable. The goal of trauma therapy isn't simply to teach you how to manage symptoms indefinitely. It is to address the patterns that keep those symptoms going and help you regain freedom in your daily life.
Trauma Therapy and CPT
Trauma does not have to define the rest of your life.
Many people live with trauma symptoms for years believing that what happened to them is something they simply have to learn to manage. While recovery looks different for everyone, evidence-based trauma treatments can significantly reduce PTSD symptoms, and many people achieve sustained remission.
I provide trauma therapy for adults in Colorado experiencing PTSD and other trauma-related concerns, including military trauma, occupational trauma, single-incident trauma, trauma related to professional roles, and moral injury.
A structured approach to PTSD treatment
CPT is a structured, evidence-based treatment for PTSD that focuses on the thoughts and beliefs that can keep trauma symptoms going. It does not require you to repeatedly retell every detail of your trauma.
Instead, treatment focuses on identifying the thoughts and beliefs that may have developed or changed following trauma and examining how those patterns continue to affect your life.
CPT specifically addresses five areas that are commonly affected by trauma:
Safety
Trust
Power and control
Esteem
Intimacy
The goal is not to erase what happened.
The goal is to help you no longer have to organize your present life around what happened in the past.
Trauma in high-stakes professions
Trauma can be particularly complicated when it is connected to your professional role.
Healthcare professionals, military members, first responders, attorneys, and others in high-stakes careers may be exposed to traumatic events, repeated occupational stress, moral injury, or situations where they are expected to continue functioning despite what they have experienced.
You may also have concerns about what it means to acknowledge those symptoms when your career depends on being capable, reliable, and able to perform under pressure.
Those concerns belong in the therapy room.
