PTSD Treatment and Trauma Therapy in California
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Whether it stems from a single overwhelming event or a series of distressing experiences, trauma can deeply impact every aspect of life. Trauma may manifest as Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), or Adjustment Disorder.
Traumatic experiences generally fall into two categories:
“Big T” Trauma: Major, life-threatening events like natural disasters, physical or sexual abuse, and serious injury.
“Little t” Trauma: Traumatic relational events such as divorce, emotional neglect, or verbal abuse. Though not immediately life-threatening, they can still have profound and persistent effects on well-being.
Signs You May Have Experienced Early Relational or Developmental Trauma:
You struggle to form and maintain healthy relationships, feeling emotionally unsafe in most relationships.
You hold yourself to impossible standards, believing that anything short of perfection is failure.
You don’t trust others and act with self-sufficiency, leaving you isolated, lonely, and ashamed.
You harbor a deep fear of abandonment, often behaving in ways that reflect the belief that others will eventually leave.
You have difficulty regulating your emotions and experience intense anger, sadness, and fear.
You have chronic feelings of guilt and shame, often over minor mishaps or events beyond your control.
You engage in self-destructive behaviors, such as substance abuse and self-harm.
You suffer from chronic physical health issues, often without a clear medical explanation.
You feel hopeless about the future, lacking confidence and a felt sense of agency.
If any of this sounds like you, you do not have to go through this alone.
Our trauma-informed therapists are here to to support you every step of the way on your trauma healing journey.
Have any questions? Send us a message!
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Specializing in disordered eating, body image struggles, anxiety, trauma & more, our team is here to support you.
Ashley Ellis Eid
Clinical Supervisor & Individual Therapy
Courtney Fazli
Individual & Family Therapy
Lauren Lambert
Individual Therapy
Faith Brandt
Individual Therapy
Samantha Young
Clinical Director & Individual Therapy
Jen Villaseñor
Individual & Family Therapy
Alisha Rowe
Registered Dietitian & Client Care Coordinator
Marcella Cox
Founder & Executive Director of Kindful Body
Our Approach to Treating Trauma and PTSD
At Kindful Body, we use advanced, evidence-based modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, and somatic therapy to help you:
Befriend your parts, including extreme and reactive parts.
Soothe intense body sensations.
Take the charge out of distressing memories.
Develop more positive and accurate beliefs about yourself.
Healing from trauma with PTSD treatment is possible. Reach out to us today to begin trauma therapy in California!
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself. Hiding your core feelings takes an enormous amount of energy, it saps your motivation to pursue worthwhile goals, and it leaves you feeling bored and shut down. Only after you identify the source of these responses can you start using your feelings as signals of problems that require your urgent attention.”
— BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Our eating disorder specialists are here to support you!
In trauma-informed therapy for eating disorders, you’ll develop skills to cope and heal the underlying causes of disordered eating. As anti-diet, Health At Every Size (HAES) therapists and dietitians, our goal is not to promote weight loss, but to help you practice weight-neutral self-care and foster a positive relationship with your body and food.
Seeking additional support? We specialize in eating disorder treatment, anxiety treatment, and more!
In addition to offering trauma therapy in California, our compassionate clinicians also support adolescents and adults with eating disorder recovery, as well as recovery from low self-esteem and perfectionism, body image issues, and relationship problems. We serve people across California, including Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Orange County, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Palo Alto, Glendale / Pasadena, Marin County, and beyond.
When you’re ready, contact us for a complimentary 15-minute video consultation to learn more about how we can best support you.
