Our therapists offer PTSD & trauma therapy in Pearland, TX

My go-to approach for helping people in PTSD/trauma therapy is person-centered therapy, where the individual is at the center of decision-making and has control over the services they receive. The techniques I use are empathy, active listening, unconditional positive regard, congruence, addressing negative emotions, and motivational interviewing.

With my person-centered therapy approach, the client will learn how to:

• Clarify their thoughts and feelings
• Increase self-acceptance and self-awareness
• Understand and accept their present self
• Become their ideal self and live their best possible life
• Understand and accept their negative feelings as opportunities to learn and grow
• Achieve personal growth and emotional resilience
• Resolve ambivalence and identify the importance of change
• Increase confidence to make decisions and improve their quality of life

I know a client is making meaningful progress in PTSD/trauma therapy when they:

• Become vulnerable and open to trying new experiences on their own.
• Can trust their own thoughts and feelings as their intuition.
• Can regulate their emotions both internally and in the external world around them.
• Show a willingness to grow and change as needed to increase their quality of life.

Clients can supplement their time in PTSD/trauma therapy with bibliotherapy, or assigned reading by the therapist, to educate and empower themselves to live their best possible life.

To prepare for their first PTSD/trauma therapy session, the client can journal or jot down what is bothering them, before and in between sessions. Keep this journal handy to discuss in sessions. I recommend journaling when something is bothering you, when you have creative insight, first thing in the morning, and late at night. Anytime is a good time to journal because your story is unique and it matters.