Healing From Trauma: What PTSD Therapy Looks Like at CARE Counseling, Inc.

If you've ever felt stuck in fear, disconnected from your body, or overwhelmed by memories you can’t control—you’re not alone. Trauma changes the way we think, feel, and experience the world. But with the right support, healing is possible.

At CARE Counseling, Inc., we offer therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that’s gentle, personalized, and grounded in science. Our goal is to help you reconnect with safety, choice, and your own sense of self—at your pace.

What Is PTSD?

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychological and physiological response to experiences that overwhelmed your ability to cope. These experiences might include:

• Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse

• Accidents, injuries, or medical trauma

• Loss or sudden grief

• Childhood neglect or attachment disruption

• Systemic or intergenerational trauma (e.g., racism, poverty, displacement)
  

PTSD isn’t a weakness. It’s the brain and body’s attempt to survive something deeply distressing. But when the nervous system doesn’t return to a baseline of safety, symptoms can persist long after the event is over.

How Does PTSD Show Up?

PTSD looks different for everyone, but common signs include:

• Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares

• Avoidance of people, places, or feelings that remind you of the trauma

• Emotional numbness or disconnection from your body

• Hypervigilance, anxiety, or startle responses

• Difficulty sleeping, focusing, or trusting

• Anger, irritability, shame, or guilt
  

You might feel like you’re in constant survival mode—or like something is “off,” but you can’t explain why.

What Happens in PTSD Therapy?

At CARE Counseling, we tailor therapy to meet you where you are. You’ll never be pushed to talk about anything you’re not ready for. Instead, we focus on:

1. Safety and Stabilization

We start by helping your nervous system feel safe again—through grounding, resourcing, and regulation skills.

2. Understanding the Brain and Body

You’ll learn how trauma affects the nervous system and brain (we call this neuroeducation). Understanding why your symptoms happen often brings relief and self-compassion.

3. Processing Traumatic Memories

When you’re ready, we offer evidence-based therapies to help process and release trauma, such as:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) – working gently with protective and wounded “parts” of self

• Brainspotting or EMDR – therapies that target stored trauma in the brain and body

• Somatic therapy – reconnecting with your body in safe, empowering ways

• Polyvagal-informed care – supporting your nervous system’s return to safety

4. Integration and Meaning-Making

Finally, we work to help you reclaim your sense of self, build healthy relationships, and feel empowered in your life again.

You Are Not Too Much—You Are Adapted

Many clients come to us wondering if they are “too much,” “too broken,” or “too late.” Let us say this clearly:

You are not too much.
You are not too late.
You are not broken. You are brilliantly adaptive.

At CARE Counseling, Inc., we don’t pathologize you—we partner with you. We believe that your symptoms are not flaws, but messages from a system that did what it had to do to survive.

And with support, that same system can learn how to thrive.

You deserve peace, safety, and a future that feels like your own. We’d be honored to walk that path with you.