Trauma Informed Care
Trauma Informed Care
Trauma-informed care commences by confronting the underlying causes and consequences of childhood trauma. As a practitioner in trauma-informed care, my objective is to provide support within a safe environment by addressing your childhood developmental trauma and attachment styles. Through this process, we aim to pinpoint areas where you may be stuck and unable to cope and develop strategies and coping mechanisms to help facilitate your well being. Did you know that the way you form attachments in the first three years of your life plays a pivotal role in your ability to bond with others and whether you develop healthy attachments or not?
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It's noteworthy to realize that by addressing your trauma, you can achieve a higher quality of life and experience a more positive outlook.
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Trauma informed care is tailored to assist you in cultivating healthier coping mechanisms for managing triggers associated with PTSD and developmental trauma.
4 Types of Trauma
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Trauma, often stemming from a singular event, leaves a lasting imprint on the central nervous system, making it a vivid memory for individuals. Triggers can reignite this traumatic experience, prompting the nervous system to relive the event upon encountering similar stimuli. This can lead to flashbacks and flight/fight/freeze responses associated with PTSD. Coping with these symptoms may lead to self-medicating addictions as a means of managing the distress.
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DTD Developmental Trauma
Multiple instances of relational trauma, such as child abuse of neglect from trusted caregivers, leave profound imprints on children's central nervous systems. Unlike traumatic events, individuals often do not recall these early relational experiences, but they manifest later in adult relationships lacking safety and intimacy. To evade re-experiencing these traumas, individuals may avoid triggering situations or people. Coping with the symptoms of Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) may lead to self-medicating addictions.
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Attachment Trauma
Neglect - defined as the lack of essential physical and emotional care from caregivers during a child's formative first year of life, can have profoundly detrimental effects. - insufficient
Nurturing & comforting
Protection
Support in self-regulation
Assisting individuals who have experienced neglect can be challenging due to the perception that "nothing happened," leading to a lack of acknowledgment, grief, or anger. This lack of recognition can lay the groundwork for codependency and "downer" addictions.
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Separation Trauma
Abuse- intentional/unintentional mental/emotional/physical violence from trusted caregivers is deeply personal and can feel deliberate, rather than a mere accident. This relational aspect often amplifies the trauma, making it more profound than event-based trauma.
This experience impacts our capacity to trust, feel secure, and establish connections, laying the groundwork for counter-dependent behaviors and "upper" addictions.
Trauma Informed Care
Trauma-informed care commences by confronting the underlying causes and consequences of childhood trauma. As a practitioner in trauma-informed care, my objective is to provide support within a safe environment by addressing your childhood developmental trauma and attachment styles. Through this process, we aim to pinpoint areas where you may be stuck and unable to cope and develop strategies and coping mechanisms to help facilitate your well being. Did you know that the way you form attachments in the first three years of your life plays a pivotal role in your ability to bond with others and whether you develop healthy attachments or not?
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It's noteworthy to realize that by addressing your trauma, you can achieve a higher quality of life and experience a more positive outlook.
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Trauma informed care is tailored to assist you in cultivating healthier coping mechanisms for managing triggers associated with PTSD and developmental trauma.
Epigenetic/Inherited
Acknowledging the intergenerational influence of trauma, unresolved experiences in our ancestors leave molecular imprints on our DNA. While our DNA remains constant, these scars create imprints that shape our psychology, neurology, and behavior. Epigenetic's principles extend beyond traumas and weaknesses to encompass strengths and resilience. Recent research suggests that negative gene alterations can be reversed in positive, supportive environments.
Complicated
Vicarious traumitization or secondary trauma
Unresolved trauma
Moral Injury
Can be a combination of events, developmental, inherited, moral injury
Complicated to identify
Complicated to treat & heal
Requires special training in how to identify the different categories and work with them appropriately
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