What can Trauma-Focused Therapy help with?
Trauma can affect the way we see ourselves, our relationships and the world around us. You may experience strong emotions, difficult memories or changes in how you respond to situations. Therapy can help you explore these experiences at a pace that feels manageable.
- Traumatic experiences
- Difficult memories
- Fear
- Shame
- Feeling on-edge
- Self-esteem difficulties
- Relationship difficulties
- Self-blame
- Emotional distress
- Feeling unsafe
What is Trauma-Focused Therapy?
Understanding the therapy
You may find yourself reliving traumatic experiences or experiencing strong feelings such as fear, shame or disgust. Sometimes the impact can be less obvious and may appear through difficulties with relationships, self-esteem or the way you see yourself.
Your sense of safety, choice and readiness are central to our work. We will never rush into discussing experiences before you feel ready.
Benefits of Trauma-Focused Therapy
A SAFE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
Understand Your Experiences
Explore how past experiences may continue to affect your thoughts, emotions and everyday life.
Feel More Informed
Develop a clearer understanding of trauma and the patterns that may have developed in response to difficult experiences.
Work at Your Own Pace
Your safety, choice and readiness remain central throughout the therapeutic process.
Move Towards Change
Work collaboratively towards meaningful changes in how you understand and respond to your experiences.
Some symptoms to watch out for
Early signs that shouldn’t be ignored
- Catastrophic thinking
- Overestimating the potential for severe consequences
- Excessive Worrying
- Obsessive Thoughts & Behaviors
- Social Phobia or Other Phobias
- Procrastination & Behavioral Avoidance
- Physical Distress or Fear
- Panic Attacks
Hear from our clients
Stories of transformation
Frequently
Asked Questions
Questions we often asked
Q1: Do I have to talk about my trauma straight away?
No. Your sense of safety, choice and readiness are central to the work. You will not be rushed into discussing experiences before you feel ready.
Q2: Can trauma affect you years after an event?
Yes. Difficult experiences can continue to affect thoughts, emotions, relationships and how you see yourself long after the event itself has passed.
Q3: What happens in trauma-focused therapy?
Therapy provides a safe space to explore and process experiences that continue to feel distressing and understand how they may be affecting you today.
Q4: Is trauma-focused therapy suitable for complex trauma?
Jess has experience working with adults who have experienced complex and multiple trauma, including experiences of war, torture and displacement.
Q5: Will therapy be tailored to me?
Yes. Your individual needs, experiences, goals and readiness are considered throughout the therapeutic process.