Trauma Therapy
Professional Support To Help You Bounce Back From Adversity And Thrive
Is post-traumatic stress hindering your ability to lead a full and vibrant life?
- Do you find yourself constantly under the weight of threat and overwhelm?
- Struggling to release persistent negative thoughts?
- Enduring intrusive memories and flashbacks that cause intense distress?
- Feeling immobilized, unable to move forward with your life?
- Battling sleep difficulties, depression, and an inability to relax?
You're Not Alone
Trauma is a shared human experience, with studies indicating that as many as 90% of individuals will encounter distressing incidents at some point. It’s normal to grapple with emotions like confusion, sadness, anxiety, stress, anger, and despair in the aftermath.
Without compassionate support and effective coping strategies, these symptoms can evolve into chronic challenges, intensifying over time. Research warns of potential consequences, ranging from various forms of depression and anxiety to long-term physical illnesses.
Healing Is Possible
Healing is not just a hope; it’s an attainable reality. Extensive evidence shows the transformative power of robust therapeutic support and proven mind-body approaches like EMDR, Somatic Therapy, and EFT.
Embrace the possibility of complete healing, where chronic negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviours can be dissolved, paving the way for profound personal growth.
Prioritise Your Health – Your Mental Wellbeing Is Important
Your mental wellbeing is a cornerstone of your overall health. Unresolved trauma can cast a shadow over daily life, impacting both mental and physical health. Yet, within the realm of therapy lies a transformative power, a key to successful recovery.
Drawing from extensive experience, I’ve had the privilege of guiding individuals through a spectrum of challenges – from physical health concerns to major depressive episodes, bipolar disorder, generalized and specific anxieties, including PTSD. Always, unaddressed trauma underlies these struggles.
Skillfully addressing and healing past distressing events has proven to be a catalyst for relief. Many have not only found solace but also reported living happy and fulfilling lives. Prioritize your health, embark on a journey to healing, and unlock the potential for a brighter future.
Your journey towards wellness starts now.
Together, we will collaboratively identify your goals for therapy and devise a personalised treatment approach. I will offer you expert advice and guidance, and apply techniques to quickly and effectively help you heal from PTSD so that you can enjoy living life again.
Great Service Guaranteed
Embarking on the journey of psychological support can be daunting, especially when faced with the challenge of finding the right therapist for your unique needs. To ease these concerns, I provide a guarantee.
Here’s my promise: If, after six sessions, you find no improvement in your symptoms, you’ll be offered a full refund. Your peace of mind matters, ensuring you receive the support you need without hesitation.
Understanding Trauma: Unveiling its Impact
Trauma is a profound psychological, physiological, and behavioural response to shocking incidents that unfold unexpectedly, leaving an indelible mark of distress and overwhelm. These incidents span a spectrum, from natural disasters and accidents to experiences of abuse, violence, medical procedures, humiliation, rejection, abandonment, and neglect.
Crucially, the trauma response is deeply personal and subjective; each individual’s experience is uniquely their own. It’s vital to recognise that not everyone exposed to the same incident will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Unlocking the path to recovery and resilience requires person-centered, tailored support that acknowledges the distinctive needs of each person, empowering them on their journey towards healing.
What Are The Symptoms of Trauma?
Acute Trauma Symptoms
Upon experiencing or witnessing a highly threatening or distressing event, it is perfectly normal to develop symptoms of mental, emotional, and physiological stress. It is also expected symptoms such as confusion, sadness, anxiety, panic, irritability, agitation, anger, and despair might manifest. These may last two to four weeks, however if you continue to present with these symptoms then it may be an indication that you have post-traumatic stress disorder.
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) includes a continuation of acute stress symptoms, however they tend to be significantly more severe and can also include:
- Reexperiencing the event(s) — during the day whilst awake (flashbacks, or intrusive images or thoughts) or as nightmares when asleep, causing strong emotions and disturbing sensations.
- Feeling flooded by emotions or sensations or presenting with chronic pain or illness when stressed.
- Avoidance of places, activities, people and/or thoughts, memories, emotions or sensations that remind you of the difficult event(s). This may also include denying the event occurred, repressing feelings, or minimising pain. Chronic busyness, overworking, excessive screen time or sleeping excessively may be an indication of avoidance.
- Hypervigilance – feeling you must remain on guard for any current threat.
- Hypo-arousal – feeling helplees, hopeless, despair, depressed
- Feeling disconnected from your body or the world around you.
- Feeling emotionally numb.
- Engaging in risky or self-harming behaviours.
- Interpersonal difficulties or problems in relationships.
- Negative self-perception (including feeling diminished, defeated or worthless).
Children with PTSD may exhibit symptoms such as:
- Dreams of the trauma, which may then change into nightmares of monsters.
- Re-living the trauma in their play. For example, a child involved in a road traffic accident might re-enact the crash with toy cars.
- Losing interest in things that they previously enjoyed.
- Expressing the belief that they will not live long enough to grow up.
- Stomach aches and headaches.
C-PTSD
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder develops in some people with PTSD that have experienced repeatedly highly threatening or horrific incidents difficult or impossible to escape from. The disorder includes the aforementioned core symptoms of PTSD, including:
- Severe and pervasive problems in managing and experiencing intense emotions.
- Persistent beliefs about oneself as diminished, defeated or worthless, accompanied by deep and pervasive feelings of shame, guilt or failure related to the traumatic event.
- Persistent difficulties in sustaining relationships and in feeling close to others.
Trauma Treatment: How Do You Treat Trauma?
Embarking on trauma treatment is a personalised journey, beginning with the identification of the challenges you face and the establishment of your wellbeing goals. Through this collaborative process, we craft a bespoke treatment approach tailored specifically to your needs. This may encompass you choosing a blend of proven methods designed to transform negative thoughts, emotions, and behaviours while enhancing overall wellbeing.
Techniques such as EMDR Therapy, EFT Therapy, and Somatic Therapy serve not only to heal trauma, but also to elevate general wellbeing—increasing happiness, life satisfaction, fostering a sense of meaning and purpose, encouraging personal growth, autonomy, self-acceptance, and nurturing positive relationships.
In addition to these therapeutic approaches, I provide education on health self-care techniques, and offer expert advice and guidance for implementing lifestyle medicines that promote wellbeing. Studies show the profound impact of building mental wellbeing as a shield against physical and mental health issues, ultimately preventing premature mortality. Recognising the intricate connection between mental and physical health, sessions are dedicated not only to healing trauma but also to cultivating various dimensions of wellbeing and supporting lifestyle changes.
This comprehensive approach aims to prevent chronic distress, illness, and enhance vitality, emphasizing the transformative power of holistic healing.
Trauma Therapist Birmingham: Where Does Trauma Therapy Take Place?
Therapy sessions can take place online or in-person.
I am based in Birmingham, UK, with a clinic in Yardley. I also carry out home visits for persons who cannot travel to the clinic.
Online therapy locations are via Zoom, or Skype, and can take place wherever you are in the world, at a time that suits you. They are the same as face to face sessions, except they take place via video call.
For further details about online sessions please visit this page: online therapy.
If you have any further questions about the service, you can contact me via the following page here.
What Is The Process Of Trauma Therapy
The first step is we arrange an initial free consultation so we can explore the challenges you face, including any questions you have about the service regarding price, length of sessions, modalities, as well as to enable you to determine whether I am the right person for helping you address your difficulty.
If you choose to get therapeutic support, then next step involves carrying out an in-depth psychological wellbeing assessment. This entails enquiring further about the problem you are experiencing, how long you’ve experienced symptoms, how the difficulty impacts you, prior medicines taken, and identifying your treatment goals.
After this assessment, I will devise a therapy plan that outlines what we can cover in the session, and the techniques used to address the problem. If you are happy with the suggested treatment plan, we can then begin therapy sessions.
Dependent on the problem you experience and severity of symptoms, sessions may take place weekly; each session lasts for 75 to 90 minutes.
Sessions can be offered individually, or as packages of 6 or 12 sessions, depending on the difficulty experienced. Packages can also be created specifically tailored to your individual needs.
What Is The Cost Of Trauma Therapy
For continued support following the initial free consultation, you have the flexibility to choose between paying per session or opting for a session package.
The cost options are as follows:
- £100 per session
- 6 Session Package – £540
- 12 Session Package – £960
Your investment goes beyond the sessions—it’s a commitment to your wellbeing. Choose the option that aligns best with your goals
Take The Next Step And Begin Your Trauma Healing Journey Today
All sessions at WellQo wellbeing are conducted by me, Sadaf, a certified practitioner with a doctorate in mental health and wellbeing. I began work as holistic practitioner in 2010, and I’ve had the privilege of helping numerous patients with mental health challenges such as post-traumatic stress, anxiety and different types of depression. I now specialise in healing unaddressed trauma to promote mental wellbeing.
If you are ready to heal from trauma and its effects, and want to move forward and achieve a fulfilling life, then I’m ready to help you.
Some of the benefits of starting therapy at WellQo include:
- Quickly & effectively resolve trauma, and improve wellbeing, using proven techniques
- Receive confidential and non-judgmental support
- Receive expert advice & guidance on ways to maintain psychological wellbeing
- Flexible appointment times
- A recommended individually tailored treatment plan
- Work with a certified and registered professional
- A Guaranteed service. If the specific problem you seek therapy for is not resolved then you can receive a refund.
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