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What type of therapy is best for childhood trauma?
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy is a type of psychotherapy that provides help for adults healing from childhood trauma. Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) CPT is often a first choice when treating PTSD, especially when addressing the long-term effects of childhood traumas in adults. For PTSD, the American Psychiatric Association recommends treatment over 12 sessions. Luckily, trauma counseling can help children, adolescents, teenagers, and adults heal their trauma. Trauma therapy is a particular approach to counseling that acknowledges and highlights how a traumatic occurrence can affect a person’s emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, and behavioral welfare. The three R’s – Reaching the traumatised brain. Dr Bruce Perry a pioneering neuroscientist in the field of trauma has shown us to help a vulnerable child to learn, think and reflect, we need to intervene in a simple sequence. Childhood trauma can alter brain structure and change how certain genes are expressed. A traumatized child may numb themselves as a defense, complicating later attempts to access the emotions needed for healing. EMDR therapy changes the way a traumatic memory is stored in your brain using eye movements or rhythmic tapping. This allows you to process the trauma so that you can remember the event without reliving it.
Why is healing from childhood trauma so hard?
Childhood trauma can alter brain structure and change how certain genes are expressed. A traumatized child may numb themselves as a defense, complicating later attempts to access the emotions needed for healing. Yes, unresolved childhood trauma can be healed. Seek out therapy with someone psychoanalytically or psychodynamically trained. A therapist who understands the impact of childhood experiences on adult life, particularly traumatic ones. Have several consultations to see if you feel empathically understood. You can heal the child by re-parenting it, using your supportive and loving adult self to provide comfort and protection/security. Through developing a healed inner child, you can step out of some of those intense emotional reactions, maladaptive behaviors, and self-criticisms that plague you as an adult. The goal of inner child healing is to eventually reach a point at which you can better identify your own needs, behaviors, and triggers. Healing your inner child fosters a deeper sense of self-compassion and supports your mental health.