Condition guide
PTSD
The past isn't staying in the past
Overview
Post-traumatic stress disorder develops after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening or deeply distressing event, when the brain's threat system stays switched on long after the danger has passed.
PTSD is not weakness and it is not permanent. Evidence-based trauma treatment such as EMDR and trauma-focused CBT produces significant improvement for the majority of people who complete it.
Common symptoms
- Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares
- Avoiding reminders, places, people, or conversations
- Hypervigilance and exaggerated startle response
- Negative shifts in beliefs about yourself or the world
- Emotional numbing and detachment from loved ones
- Irritability, anger, or reckless behavior
- Sleep disturbance and difficulty concentrating
Causes and risk factors
- Combat exposure or military service
- Repeated occupational exposure in first responders
- Assault, abuse, or interpersonal violence
- Serious accidents, injury, or medical trauma
- Childhood adversity and complex developmental trauma
- Sudden loss of a loved one
Treatment options we offer
- EMDR for reprocessing traumatic memories
- Trauma-focused CBT
- Stabilization and regulation skills before processing begins
- TMS when depression co-occurs with PTSD
- Family sessions to rebuild connection and understanding
Therapy approaches used
- EMDR
- Trauma-focused CBT
- Grounding and regulation skills training
- Couples and family sessions
How TMS fits in
TMS is not FDA-cleared as a standalone PTSD treatment, but depression very frequently co-occurs with PTSD, and treating that depression with TMS often reduces overall symptom burden and makes trauma-focused therapy more tolerable.
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