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COMPLEX PTSD

Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes.

Serving Santa Monica and greater Los Angeles. Online therapy offered to California residents.

Dealing with multiple traumas or childhood trauma?

Some people experience more than their fair share of traumatic experiences.

Complex PTSD can cause you to:

  • Struggle with codependency and people-pleasing tendencies.

  • Have substance abuse issues

  • Feel chronically alone and empty

  • Feel powerless over your fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses

  • Experience frequent triggers in every day life

  • Manage persistent depression or anxiety

  • Lose identity or self-esteem

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy

Trauma Treatment for Complex Trauma

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy can help you get passed your stuck points. We have partnered with a medical provider to help you journey into deeper layers of trauma recovery with a trained trauma expert. We curate your entire ketamine experience based on your clinical needs and support you through the entire journey. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation today to learn how Ketamine-Assisted Therapy might support your recovery from Complex Trauma.

EMDR Therapy

EMDR is Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, where we use different parts of your brain to help you process through the complexities of your trauma history. We have trained experts that help you identity your most troubling trauma symptoms, address the upsetting memories attached to those symptoms and help you feel connected to yourself again. We have weekly EMDR options or EMDR Intensive options.

Trauma comes in all shapes and sizes.

When multiple traumas happen, the impact compounds, gets worse over time, and builds on the impact of the previous trauma.

Complex PTSD is a complicated response to chronic trauma leaving you feeling:

  • Helpless

  • Overwhelmed

  • Disconnected in your relationships

  • Easily triggered by unknown factors

  • Self-conscious about most things in your life

  • Low self-esteem after years of hurtful and negative interactions with others

  • Worried about your ability to feel safety in relationships

  • Like you’re stuck repeating unhealthy patterns that you witnessed in childhood.

We approach complex PTSD treatment with safety in mind.

Our trauma therapist will spend the first part of the therapeutic season by establishing safety. If you grew up in an environment that made people, situations, and your feelings unsafe, then we need to work to re-establish safety. After safety is established, we help you slowly and safely process through your traumatic experiences. Our therapists are trained and skilled in helping you navigate these difficult emotional spaces.

Complex PTSD can impact all areas of life:

  • Parenthood

  • Romantic relationships

  • Friendships

  • Work relationships

  • Ability to succeed

  • Ability to manage stressful and overwhelming situations

Therapists that specialize in complex PTSD:

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