Trauma Counselling

Process Stressful Life Events and Experiences Better With Trauma Counselling

Are you struggling with an experience that still troubles you? Trauma is a natural biological response to distressing situations. It can lead to feelings of disconnection from yourself and others.

Another Hope Counselling and Psychotherapy Service offers a comprehensive approach to trauma counselling. A dedicated opportunity that helps you navigate the challenges of difficult experiences and their connections between the mind and body. Offering counselling in Leeds, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, Yorkshire, and the Humber.

My approach to Trauma Counselling

Whether you are seeking to explore issues in the short term or long term, the safe therapeutic environment is here to assist you in achieving your goals. In a collaborative approach with you, we can discover solutions to problematic experiences and making sense of mental health issues to improve your healing journey.

Another Hope Counselling is a fundamentally Trauma-focus service, with a deepened understanding of how childhood and adult life traumatic experiences can influence psychological, biological, and social development. These can manifest as Mental health diagnosis, unexplained pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, bowel issues, and more.

As Dr Gabor Mate puts it, Trauma is not the physical events that happen, but it is the wound sustained inside as a result of what happened to you. This focus in compassionate Trauma counselling can be integrated into working with individuals, couple or family systems.

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Why Trauma Counselling?

Trauma counselling can offer a longer-term psychotherapy designed to help individuals who have been through Traumatic experiences, including post-traumatic stress disorder, complex PTSD and adverse childhood experiences (ACE) including adult child of sexual abuse. Trauma therapy can help individuals process their experiences, manage their symptoms and develop coping strategies to help them move on from their Trauma towards healing.

As a trauma-informed, integrative counsellor and therapist, I draw on diverse resources and knowledge to provide a safe and supportive therapeutic space to process emotional experiences. Depending on your needs, our work can draw on various therapeutic approaches, including Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Relational therapy, among others.

Signs that may indicate the need for Trauma Therapy include:

Flashbacks or intrusive memories of the traumatic events including physical abuse, sexual violence and rape.

Avoidance of places, people, or activities that remind you of the trauma

Feeling anxious, depressed, or irritable

Difficulty sleeping or having nightmares

Feeling numb or disconnected from others with unpredictable feelings and emotions
A strong urge and need to do something to numb emotional pain physically.

Struggling with substance abuse or other harmful coping strategies

If any of these symptoms are issues you are experiencing whether unseen, internal and a past experience, Trauma counselling may be a helpful resource for you.

Trauma and PTSD counseling offers a healing journey. Although recovery can be complex, it is achievable. As a trauma-informed therapist, I enjoy the creative safe space that empowers you to take control your recovery process and move forward with confidence.

Finding trauma support can be tough, but I'm here offer a collaborative space for you. Together, we can explore your emotions and experiences on the path to healing.

If this resonates with you, you are wecome to reach out—I'd love to connect!