SpecialtiesPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Traumatic events such as natural disasters, automobile accidents, and physical assaults can result in PTSD. But early traumatic experiences in childhood (e.g., parental physical and verbal abuse, sexual victimization, abuse by peers) lead to similar destabilization in adult life. Fortunately methods such as EMDR and Somatic Experiencing can mitigate the ongoing effects of trauma. These methods do not reopen the wound. Rather they provide a safe and supportive way to heal.
