Trauma Counseling in Dallas, TX

Trauma Counseling in Dallas TX

Do you feel like the pain from past experiences continues to affect you today?

Maybe you notice that your emotional reactions to events in life feel bigger than you would expect them to. Maybe you are feeling disconnected from life or having sleep difficulties. Maybe you are having flashbacks. There are various ways that past trauma can impact you today.

 There are many different types of traumas including abuse, discrimination, bullying, natural disasters, and the loss of a significant person in your life. People respond to traumatic events in different ways but here are some common effects of trauma.

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Common Symptoms after a Traumatic Event

  • Flashbacks or nightmares

  • Being easily startled

  • Avoiding things that remind you of the traumatic event

  • Difficulty falling or staying asleep

  • Increase in emotions and difficulty controlling emotions

  • Difficulty concentrating

  • Blaming oneself or feeling guilty

  • Feeling alone or disconnected from others

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Our Therapists Can Help

If you are experiencing some of the symptoms above after going through a traumatic event, we would love to come alongside you and help you get to a better place. Your therapist will take the time to get to know you and your specific concerns. Our therapists recognize that people can be in different places in their healing process from traumatic events and they are able to tailor their treatment approach accordingly. Some of our clients are not ready to process the traumatic event and are just trying to get through each day. For these clients, our therapists are able to help in implementing coping skills so that clients can feel more grounded. Other clients may be wanting to process the trauma and need a safe place to do that. For those clients, our therapists will help the client to process the trauma at a rate that is comfortable for the client.

Our Approach to Therapy

Our therapists use a blend of different therapy techniques for trauma counseling. These include CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), and Relational Therapy. Counseling sessions include the exploration of how specific thoughts, behaviors, and emotions interact with each other and how they influence one’s encounter with life and its challenges. We help clients to develop several coping skills that will work for them. Research has also found that having genuine relationships provides mental health benefits so we help our clients to develop relationships in which they can be themselves and not feel as though they must put on a façade. We find this especially helpful in working with clients who have experienced traumatic events as social support is important in the healing process. We recognize that each person who comes into our office is unique so even though these styles of therapy guide our treatment, we tailor our approach to each person and their needs.

Integrating Faith in Trauma Treatment

At Sunrise Counseling, our trauma therapists integrate a client’s faith into treatment if they request it. What does this look like? If you tell us that you do not have a religious background or that your faith is not relevant to the issues that bring you to counseling, then faith will not be discussed in your therapy sessions.

But, if you are religious and would like to integrate that into your sessions, then our therapists can provide you that option. This may take the form of talking about how your faith is impacting the issue that brings you to therapy. Or, it may involve talking about how your faith is being used as a coping skill.

Start Trauma Treatment in Dallas, TX

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It may feel impossible but with help you can get to a place where the trauma that you experienced does not affect you like it does today.  Our therapists can help. Sunrise Counseling has caring therapists who specialize in trauma counseling. To start therapy in Dallas, TX, follow these steps:

 1.     Contact Sunrise Counseling

2.     Meet with one of our caring therapists that specializes in trauma counseling

3.     Start developing tools to work through your trauma and find peace again

Other Counseling Services in Dallas, TX

Trauma counseling is not the only thing we offer at Sunrise Counseling. We provide a variety of services to clients from our Dallas TX-based therapy office and the surrounding areas. Other mental health services we provide at Sunrise Counseling include:

  • Social Difficulties