Specialist Therapy for Trauma and PTSD

The Psychology of Trauma

Your brain is trying to protect you.

There may have been an event that was meaningful to you and that seemed inescapable at the time.

It may have been a one-off event, or several events, or long term exposure.

Those events can place your brain's security guard (the amygdala) on high alert.

Your security guard may trigger flash backs, insomnia, brain fog, panic attacks, fears and withdrawal.

Grief, bereavement and losses might become harder for the brain to process.

This is post traumatic stress.

The traumatic feelings are different to standard memories of facts and events.

They are stored far away from the rational, logical areas of your brain.

The security guard has evolved to be quick and powerful.

Advanced therapies can help to calm and retrain your security guard.

You can feel better again.