There are many effective treatments that can reduce trauma's symptoms of dysregulation by building the capacity for physiological and emotional regulation, while others help to integrate trauma through trauma processing. Trauma processing involves integrating traumatic experiences that have been improperly stored in the mind, body, and subconscious.
When trauma happens in the context of relationship, especially during childhood, it is essential to include parents/partners in the treatment process. Attachment-based therapies teach skills for co-regulation that are necessary to rebuild trust and healthy relationships following trauma.
A physiological self-regulation tool that can be taught within minutes by any provider, and performed by patients of all ages at no cost.
An evidence-based system of heart-focused self-regulation techniques and heart rate variability biofeedback.
An evidence-based self-regulation technique involving meditation, awareness, and changing the relationship with one's thoughts.
An evidence-based self-regulation technique that combines the elements of exposure, cognitive therapy and somatic stimulation of acupressure points on the body.
An evidence-based form of yoga adapted for clients with trauma to help increase body awareness, release tension, tolerate sensation, and reduce arousal.
A novel approach to trauma treatment that uses electroencephalography (EEG) to regulate brain wave patterns via real-time monitoring and feedback.
An evidence-based psychotherapy that facilitates the accessing and processing of traumatic memories where the client attends to emotionally disturbing material in brief sequential doses while simultaneously focusing on an external stimulus.
A brain-based form of psychotherapy that gently guides a client’s awareness to a distressing physical sensation in the body, an emotion, or a thought in the presence of a caring, attuned observer, allowing it to be safely explored and effectively released.
An attachment-based, experiential psychotherapy modality that combines mindfulness and somatic therapy to access unconscious trauma material that surfaces experientially, allowing it to be intregrated into the client’s immediate experience.
A novel approach to trauma therapy using psychedlic agents, such as psilocybin or MDMA, to reduce patterns of avoidance and increase awareness and acceptance for trauma healing.
A body-oriented treatment approach which focuses on restoring self-regulation by releasing stored emotional and bodily stress from the body and nervous system.
A holistic somatic-based psychotherapy that utilizes body awareness, posture, and action to relieve symptoms of dysregulation, and release trauma stored in the body and nervous system.
An evidence-based form of psychotherapy that focuses on a client’s internal “parts” and “Self” in order to heal wounded parts and bring the mind into greater balance.
An evidence-based form of psychotherapy that involves a structured, short-term treatment model that includes affective modulation, relaxation, exposure and cognitive coping.
A form of cognitive behavioral therapy that addresses cognitive and behavioral avoidance of trauma-related thoughts and situations through gradual in-vivo and imaginal exposure.
A research-based approach to building healthy relationships between couples or families. It includes attachment-based approaches and self-regulation to increase trust and build skills for conflict management.
Attachment, Regulation and Competency is a flexible, components-based intervention developed for children and their caregivers, built on 4 key areas: childhood development, traumatic stress, attachment, and resilience.
A process-oriented therapy that focuses on rebuilding trust and a supportive relationship between a child and their caregiver(s). It may also be a form of trauma-based therapy for adults struggling with attachment-style concerns.
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