Street Level Consulting

Psychological Trauma is damage to the psyche as a response to a traumatic event in ones life. This can involve a single traumatic experience, or an enduring or repeating event or events that completely overwhelm our ability to cope and integrate our ideas and emotions. Symptoms of trauma or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can include nightmar... es, flashbacks, insomnia, panic attacks, alcohol and substance abuse, and avoidance. Trauma therapists are trained to understand the feelings that arise while re-living painful and difficult memories, and have a breadth and depth of experience working with cognitive-behavioural therapy for trauma. Aims and objectives for treatment in therapy include helping you process traumatic events in safety and confidence, dealing with the by-product of trauma including nightmares and flashbacks, and relieving accompanying symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and fear. After completing the recommended program, we check in for another consultation appointment to check in on what your experience was like. If youre still struggling (and everyone takes a different amount of time to work through issues), we may recommend continued therapy to keep you on the right track. If youre feeling like youve made significant improvement in your issues, your therapy ends here . We will likely give you reading materials and homework to help you along the way and youre welcome to come back for a check-in session at any time. After your therapy, we always love to hear how youre doing and what youve accomplished! From time to time we will facilitate group work delving into various issues such as domestic violence , trauma,addiction. One of the biggest advantages of group therapy is that you are able to hear the feelings and experiences of others and then to either compare them or apply them to your own feelings and experiences. Furthermore, as a person grows individually, they are able to share that growth experience and technique with the group so that others may benefit .Another advantage of ...Read More