Crafted Life Counseling

I’m a trauma therapist in the Orlando area. I work with older adolescents, college students, and adults. As a Family Therapist I often work with the entire family to get to the root of the presenting problem. This is what leads to long lasting relief from emotional distress.

It’s an event that causes significant emotional distress. What is emotional abuse? It’s repeated emotional traumas that build up, causing depression, anxiety, and complex trauma, or complex PTSD.

Our brains do not know the difference between emotional and physical danger. The brain perceives them both as threats, and your body responds by activating the Sympathetic Nervous System, or Fight or Flight mode. This releases chemicals, such as cortisol and adrenaline, which is excellent when you need to run away from a bear, but not so great when you’re trying to cope with emotions.

Most people have heard of and experienced Fight or Flight mode. This Sympathetic Nervous System response is what occurs when are emotionally triggered or physically in danger. Parasympathetic Nervous System is the opposite, and is called Rest and Digest mode.

Most people have experienced traumatic events in life. Most people are struggling to cope with these events. Over time, an inability to cope with life’s traumas leads to symptoms of anxiety, depression, and chronic stress or burnout.

Trauma therapy like EMDR, AFTT-A, and DBR are great solutions to building emotional resiliency. These are scientifically proven to rewire the brain, creating new neural networks, the highways in the brain that allow information to travel freely. Trauma therapy is unique because it engages the brain and the body.

Trauma therapy reduces anxiety, improves depression, increases stress management, and repairs relationships. It also improves your physical health as it lowers cortisol levels and decreases inflammation in the body.