A trauma informed approach helps ensure the following:
With this approach, a trauma treatment program becomes a place where survivors find healing and hope.
Our program offers key principles that help guide individuals toward comprehensive wellness, including the following:
With these core principles in mind, our trauma treatment program shapes healing in a positive light. From the way staff communicates to the activities and therapy options offered, everything reflects an understanding and respect.
Our program recognizes the widespread impact of trauma, including how trauma can affect individuals seeking help. During therapy, trauma survivors are given choices that control the pace and direction of the healing journey.
This helps to counter feelings of powerlessness after traumatic experiences. There is mutual trust and decision-making between staff and survivors.
Creating a safe environment is a top priority in trauma treatment programs. The following factors have been taken into consideration at our clinic to help our patients feel calm and secure:
A trauma treatment program offers methods to help you heal from distressing events. Read on to learn more about the therapeutic modalities used at South Shore Recovery for lasting recovery.
Evidence-based approaches are techniques and therapies that have been proven to work through scientific research.
Our trauma treatment program uses methods that have a solid foundation in scientific evidence. This ensures that you’re getting the best possible care and the highest chance of recovery.
CBT is a type of therapy that focuses on how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected. CBT can help with recognizing and challenging negative patterns of thinking that may have resulted from traumatic experiences.
Trauma survivors often suffer from self blame and negative feelings regarding self-worth. CBT helps to challenge these false notions and beliefs, replacing unhealthy thinking with a constructive mindset for moving forward.
DBT is a form of therapy that teaches coping skills to manage intense emotions and reduce self-destructive behaviors. Trauma can often make emotions feel overwhelming, leading to impulsive or harmful decision making. DBT helps with accepting and tolerating distressing feelings.
MI is a therapy approach that helps you find the motivation to make positive changes in your life. During MI, a therapist or counselor asks open-ended questions, encouraging self-discovery. This form of therapy can help with recognizing and processing trauma, leading to a better quality of life.
Holistic therapies view healing through a comprehensive lens. We may implement experiential therapies that encompass these aspects of healing:
Experiential and holistic therapies help calm the mind and body, offering a break from distressing thoughts.
Experiential therapies involve expressing and processing trauma in creative ways that go beyond talk therapy. This allows for a larger library of communication and healing.
Examples of experiential therapy includes these forms of treatment:
Trauma-focused therapies specifically target traumatic memories and related emotions. They guide you to face these memories, understand them, and find ways to cope.
This is a popular form of trauma-focused therapy. In this form of treatment, an individual is exposed to traumatic triggers in a safe and supportive space.
Trauma affects everyone differently. Our trauma treatment program is designed with this in mind, tailoring recovery to the unique needs, goals, and experiences of each individual.
Trauma can cover a broad range of experiences, including these examples:
Moving forward with tailored therapy involves identifying the kind of healing that a patient needs. Treatment can be adjusted to meet specific areas of trauma.
Your background and the depth of your trauma also shape your treatment. The following may be discussed during trauma therapy:
All of these factors can influence how an individual copes with trauma.
Recovering from trauma can make a lasting difference in overall quality of life, and our trauma treatment program is designed to offer lasting recovery.
We also offer long-term care for continued healing after the completion of trauma treatment. This continuum of support offers guidance and encouragement to recovering individuals.
Life after a trauma treatment program is like stepping into a new chapter. The burden that trauma creates can overshadow life experiences.
Therapy helps to remove this burden through the following:
Our trauma treatment program lays a foundation for long-term recovery and well-being.
