

For us, helping you to reach your goals and find the clarity, peace, or happiness you’re looking for is our mission and calling. We are passionate about our work and don’t consider it a job or a career. We value your commitment to show up in therapy and collaborate with you actively to get you one step closer to your goals and potential in life in every session. We believe everyone has the capacity to heal fromĪnd meet their potential in life.

Our mission is to provide genuine, authentic care to all our clients. We accept most insurances, advocate for all our clients to get reimbursements from their insurance and offer sliding scale to make sure finances are not an obstacle for you to receive the help you need and deserve. We are a team of humanistic, skilled psychologists, MFTs, social workers and hypnotherapy practitioners who are dedicated to help you connect with the right therapist. We understand that you may have called and emailed so many therapists hoping to find one who accepts your insurance, is skilled and experienced, and has immediate openings. area, which incorporate family members or significant others into the Client’s treatment environment (when appropriate).We understand how frustrating it is to search for the right therapist who matches the criteria you’re looking for. Optional family Post Traumatic Stress Disorder therapy groups are available in the L.A. Holistic therapies including yoga, mindfulness meditation, acupuncture and massage therapy also promote healing and recovery. Clients with trauma also participate in Somatic Experiencing or sensorimotor therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which have been specifically shown to effectively treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.Īdditionally, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), mentalization, mindfulness-based stress reduction, anger management, sleep management, psycho-education, and neurofeedback are incorporated into the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder treatment schedule. Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are available to all clients. When a Client is admitted to PCH Treatment Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a doctoral level psychologist performs a thorough initial evaluation.

This protective effect can sometimes be replicated with administration of antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications or beta-blockers. Interestingly, persons who have had disaster training or medical training who experience traumatic events have a lower risk of developing the disorder. In the current era of war, more and more soldiers are surviving bodily injuries – most of them develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In the press, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder has become strongly associated with survivors of military trauma. During wartime, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was referred to as “shell-shock” or battle fatigue. Torture almost always results in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Examples include wartime experiences, natural disasters, sexual assault, bodily injury, incest, or even psychotic episodes (including placement in psychiatric hospitals). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a reaction to psychological trauma which develops in response to actual or threatened extreme danger or personal injury.
