Trauma Counselling
Trauma generally falls into three main categories…
1. Acute trauma results from a single incident.
2. Chronic trauma is repeated and prolonged such as domestic violence or abuse.
3. Complex trauma is exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events, often of an invasive, interpersonal nature.
The”Gold Standard” for trauma therapy is Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions and maladaptive behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving an identified issue. CBT is used in the treatment of depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems and eating disorders for example.
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is the “Gold standard” treatment for individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). It is designed to aid individuals who have difficulty with emotional regulation or are exhibiting self-destructive behaviours such self-harming and has been effective in the treatment of eating disorders and substance use disorders also.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches individuals to change the way they relate to their negative thoughts and emotions. This allows an individual to accept the negative thought or emotion as just that, a thought or emotion and not allow the thought or emotion to take over and cause distress. ACT has also shown to be effective to help treat workplace stress, test anxiety, social anxiety disorder, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder for example.