Trauma Counselling in Vancouver for Freedom and Growth
Unfortunately, most of us experience some form of trauma during our lifetime and deal with it as we would other significant life events. Whether we react habitually or respond consciously can greatly affect our quality of life in the medium and longer term.
Trauma usually follows an event that is life threatening or likely to cause injury, that produces feeling of terror, horror, or helplessness. More broadly it can also include threats or childhood abuse or neglect.
Recover Yourself with Stewart and Associates’s Comprehensive Trauma counselling in Vancouver!
Stewart and Associates provides a compassionate and effective trauma counselling in the central part of Vancouver for individuals needing refuge from past trauma.
Holistic Healing for Trauma Recovery: Stewart and Associates understands the debilitating life-altering effects that trauma can cause. As you embark on your journey towards recovery, our trauma counselors are dedicated to making sure that you enter a safe and secure environment. We use evidence-based methodologies and take a holistic approach to help you get your life back and develop resilience.
Fostering Compassionate Support in a Secure Environment: Stewart and Associates has your needs for a compassionate and empathetic approach to trauma counselling. Our counselors create a safe, judgment-free environment where you can analyze and reflect on your experiences at your own pace. Our main focus is your well-being and we are here to help you along the way of recovery.
Specializing in Trauma-Informed Care: Our trauma counselors use proven therapeutic methods to address the holistic effects of trauma on the physiological, psychological, and spiritual levels. With respect to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other complications related to trauma, our team is ready to provide individual support that would help you cope with your recovery process.
Empowerment via Healing: Stewart and Associates’ trauma counselling goes beyond symptom reduction; rather it seeks to empower you with the capacity to lead a productive life. The process of recovery is collaborative between you and our counselors and that you develop ways to cope, build resilience, and feel empowered.
Stewart and Associates is based in Vancouver, where it offers trauma counselling services to those who require the same. Get a consultation from one of trauma counselors who are both knowledgeable and compassionate by contacting us today to begin the process of healing.
Stewart and Associates can help you take control of your life by freeing you of the grips of trauma. Use the potential of our trauma counselling services to show the way forward towards a brighter and more empowered future. Please contact us immediately to begin the journey toward healing and resilience.
Signs and Symptoms of Trauma
Emotional pain associated with traumatic events is normal, though it may feel overwhelming. If we do not adequately deal with our distress, then longer term suffering can result. Ongoing avoidance of emotional pain may manifest as distracting behaviours, use of alcohol or drugs to numb pain, dissociation or denial.
Other signs that trauma may be prolonged or unresolved :
- Changes in mood: depression, anger, anxiety
- Changes in thinking: flashbacks, memory loss, confusion
- Changes in behaviour: avoidance of triggers, disruption of routines, poor sleep
If these changes continue unabated, they can become complex and dysfunctional. Some people develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Others may be mistakenly diagnosed with another psychiatric disorder.
Impacts of Trauma
Trauma can result in alienation from others and from ourselves, expectations of further maltreatment, and other lasting breaches in the normal connections and relationships between people. This does not mean that, if you are having these experiences, you are weak. These are normal responses to abnormal or extreme events and and they can challenge our feeling of safety.
Immediately following the ‘fight, flight or freeze’ responses to a traumatic event, you are likely to require support and reassurance that you are safe. We most often find this in the arms of loved ones or we may seek reassurance and support from an appropriate professional.
Getting the Help You Need
Getting help when required can make a big difference and prevent the development of more complex ingrained symptoms such as feeling constantly angry, teary or chronically frightened.
People generally utilize the best possible coping strategies available to them at the time. Sometimes avoiding pain is the best choice available. In therapy, the aim is to bring awareness to our own psychological suffering and to support the choice of healthier alternatives for the resolution of painful experiences. A safe environment in the context of the therapeutic relationship where we can explore and resolve unfinished trauma is essential to this process.
We can learn to sustain moment-by-moment focused awareness of (and openness to) our internal experience and immediate environment without judgement and with acceptance. This approach can enable us to sit with our pain whilst also connecting with our strengths, adaptive capacities and hopefulness for the future. Improving the regulation of our emotions in turn supports decreases in denial or other avoidant behaviours.
Therapy can be useful when we are feeling stuck during the process of a traumatic event. Often early intervention can prevent the development of more complex symptoms. All of our licensed therapists are well equipped to help you.
When you are ready to schedule your first session please complete our Intake Form and someone will contact you as soon as possible.