Are you experiencing any of these symptoms?

1. Nightmares/distressing dreams

2.  Repetitive, intrusive images and thoughts of the traumatic event

3.  Reliving the traumatic event as if it were happening again (flashbacks)

4.  Feelings of numbness or being disconnected from your feelings

5.  Not being completely aware of your surroundings (being in a daze)

6.  Feeling detached from reality or yourself

7.  Not being able to recall things from your past including parts of the event

8.  Intense distress when exposed to anything that reminds you of the event

9.  Avoiding things that remind you of the event

10. “Spacing out” or losing time

11. Inability to focus

12. Lack of interest in activities

As a result of trauma, survivors often deal with a broad spectrum of issues including anxiety, panic attacks, depression, substance abuse, addictions and eating disorders.

 
How Counseling Can Help

In counseling you will learn about the nature and impact of trauma, acquire new coping skills to reduce and/or eliminate your symptoms and begin to resolve your issues. Other goals may include:

• Processing and integrating the traumatic memories
• Learning about emotional flashbacks and how to manage them
• Identify and manage your Inner Critic
• Gaining insight into how you view yourself, others and the world
• Identifying and changing habitual, destructive patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving
• Clarifying your life values and vision
• Resolving spiritual issues resulting from the trauma
• Increasing feelings of self-worth and finding deeper significance to life