Trauma-focused CBT
Addresses trauma memories, beliefs and avoidance in a structured way.
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Trauma and adjustment support
After trauma or major change, the nervous system can remain in survival mode. Therapy can help restore safety, choice and connection.
Understanding your experience
What this can feel like.
Trauma responses can follow a single event, repeated experiences or prolonged exposure to threat. Adjustment difficulties can arise after illness, migration, work change, separation or another major disruption—even when the event is not traditionally described as trauma.
Common signs and experiences
Everyone’s experience is different. You may recognise some of these patterns without experiencing all of them.
- 01Intrusive memories, nightmares or feeling as though events are recurring
- 02Avoiding reminders, conversations, places or emotions
- 03Hypervigilance, startle, irritability or difficulty relaxing
- 04Numbness, disconnection or feeling unreal
- 05Shame, guilt or negative beliefs about yourself
- 06Difficulty adjusting after a major life change or crisis
How psychology can help
Treatment centred on your goals.
A psychologist will work with you to understand what is happening, what maintains it and which changes feel both meaningful and achievable.
- 01
Establish safety, stabilisation and emotional regulation
- 02
Understand trauma responses without blame
- 03
Process memories at a tolerable pace
- 04
Reduce avoidance and restore everyday functioning
- 05
Reconnect with identity, relationships and future goals
Therapeutic approaches
Modalities that may help.
The best approach depends on your needs, preferences, history and goals. Your psychologist may integrate more than one evidence-based modality.
EMDR
Uses bilateral stimulation within a structured trauma-processing protocol.
Schema therapy
Works with longstanding effects of developmental or relational trauma.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
Supports flexibility and reconnection with values after disruption.
Trauma treatment should be paced according to readiness and safety. Your psychologist will work collaboratively rather than require disclosure before you are ready.
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