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    Sexual Abuse and Trauma Therapy

    What Is Trauma Therapy?

    One type of treatment that can assist you in coping with the emotional reaction brought on by a traumatic incident is trauma therapy. If you are struggling to deal with the trauma you've gone through or if it is interfering with your capacity to function, this type of therapy can assist. Trauma therapy can help you deal with trauma, whether it was brought on by a single occurrence or a persistent or protracted circumstance. These are a few typical traumas that therapy might address, but it's vital to keep in mind that trauma can refer to any incident or experience that harms one's emotions or psychological well-being.

    Benefits of Trauma Therapy

    Trauma therapy can assist you in processing your feelings and emotions as well as the traumatic incident. It may provide you with the chance to confront your concerns in a secure setting and teach you coping mechanisms that will aid in your day-to-day functioning.

    Reduce Fear and Avoidance: Trauma can make it difficult for you to function because it might build dread in you and cause you to avoid people, places, or things that make you think of the traumatic incident. For instance, someone who was in a car accident on a freeway might steer clear of driving on freeways altogether or feel frightened to get into a car at all. You can confront the trauma memory and get over your worries with the aid of therapy.

    Improve Coping Skills: Problematic ideas like "I'm incapable of coping with this" help to maintain sexual abuse and trauma-related difficulties. You can acquire the self-assurance and coping mechanisms you need to function with the aid of trauma treatment.

    Build Trust: Your sense of safety may be disturbed, and you may find it difficult to trust others. It is possible to change one's mindset from "It's not safe to trust anyone" to "Even though I've been injured in the past, most people are kind and trustworthy, and it's okay to give others a chance" through counseling.

    Challenge Problematic Beliefs: Therapy can support you in challenging any negative thought patterns you may have about yourself and the world. This can make it easier for you to understand why the terrible event happened and why other people did nothing to stop it. Therapy can help you build a new perspective on the traumatic experience, alter problematic attitudes, and lessen the severity of trauma-related emotions like shame and guilt.

    Offer Validation: People who have endured trauma and have consistently been told that their circumstances, traits, or emotional responses are illogical and inappropriate may continue to suffer and eventually develop physical and mental disorders that last a lifetime. An illustration would be receiving verbal or emotional abuse after revealing a traumatic event.

    Therapy can provide the understanding and acceptance you need to begin healing while also helping to validate your experiences. In addition to requesting information about your prescriptions, medical history, and insurance coverage, when you contact a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who specializes in trauma treatment, they may also conduct an assessment to determine whether trauma therapy is right for you right now and the most effective course of action.

    Together, you and your Florida psychotherapist at a trauma recovery center in Florida can decide on the purpose of therapy and develop an appropriate treatment strategy. Your doctor will assist in evaluating these things:

    Individual:
    Self-blame and shame will be evaluated in victims: Sexual assault as a crime is distinct in that the victim frequently harbors greater shame than the victimizer. It may be beneficial to conduct an emotional debriefing and ask questions about typical emotional responses including fear, helplessness, wrath, guilt, anxiety, and despair.

    Relationships:
    Does a "safe" romantic partner exist? Is it possible to rely on close friends and family to give consistent care?

    Community:
    Assess the victim's immediate community's emotional and physical safety. Will the victim and the perpetrator interact?

    Societal:
    Determine the societal mores and values of the victim. How feminized is the culture of the victim? Will the victim see or feel acceptance versus judgment?

    Mark Lang, L.C.S.W. - Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist will help you or a loved one overcome the effects of the trauma that sexual abuse causes. He has over 33 years of experience, demonstrated knowledge, and effectiveness working with psychiatric, chemical dependency, co-occurring, and personality disorder client populations in outpatient, inpatient, partial hospital, and employee assistance program settings in Florida.