Psychotherapy for PTSD

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Supporting You After Trauma

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, often known as PTSD, can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic, frightening or overwhelming event. For some people, the effects of trauma appear soon after the experience. For others, symptoms may emerge months or even years later.

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PTSD can affect how you feel, think, relate to others and move through everyday life. You may find yourself experiencing intrusive memories, flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, emotional numbness, avoidance, irritability, guilt, shame or a constant sense of being on alert. These responses can feel confusing or exhausting, but they are often the mind and body’s way of trying to protect you after something deeply distressing.

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Psychotherapy offers a safe, calm and non-judgemental space to begin making sense of what has happened, at a pace that feels manageable for you.

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How Therapy Can Help

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In our work together, we gently explore how trauma may be affecting your thoughts, emotions, body, relationships and sense of safety. The aim is not to force you to relive painful experiences, but to help you feel more supported, more grounded and more able to understand your responses.

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Therapy may help you to:

• Understand the impact of trauma on the mind and body

• Recognise triggers and trauma responses

• Reduce feelings of shame, guilt or self-blame

• Develop grounding and emotional regulation strategies

• Rebuild a sense of safety and control

• Explore difficult memories in a contained and compassionate way

• Strengthen self-awareness, resilience and confidence

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Trauma can often leave people feeling disconnected from themselves, others or the world around them. Through therapy, we work towards reconnecting with your sense of self, your emotional needs and your ability to move forward with greater stability and compassion.

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A Gentle, Trauma-Informed Approach

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My approach is trauma-informed, meaning that safety, choice, trust and collaboration are central to the therapeutic work. We go at your pace, with careful attention to what feels manageable for you.

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I draw on psychotherapy, CBT-informed approaches and nervous-system awareness to help you understand not only what you are experiencing emotionally, but also how trauma can live in the body. This can support you in recognising patterns such as hypervigilance, avoidance, emotional shutdown, anxiety or feeling constantly “on edge”.

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You do not have to have all the words for what happened. You do not have to know where to begin. Therapy can help you gently find a starting point.

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When PTSD May Show Up

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PTSD can affect people in many different ways. You may notice:

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• Flashbacks or intrusive memories

• Nightmares or disturbed sleep

• Feeling emotionally numb or detached

• Avoiding places, people or conversations linked to the trauma

• Feeling constantly alert or unsafe

• Anxiety, panic or physical tension

• Anger, irritability or emotional overwhelm

• Difficulty trusting others

• Shame, guilt or self-blame

• Feeling disconnected from who you used to be.        

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These responses can feel isolating, but you are not alone. With the right support, it is possible to begin understanding your trauma responses and develop healthier ways of coping.

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Moving Forward

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Healing from trauma is not about forgetting what happened. It is about reducing the power it holds over your present life and finding a way to feel safer, steadier and more connected again.

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Psychotherapy can offer a supportive space to process your experience, rebuild emotional resilience and move forward in a way that feels right for you.

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You will be heard. You will be supported. And you will not face it alone.

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Sessions

Individual psychotherapy sessions are 50 minutes at a cost of £70 per session.

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