Trauma Counseling

Our approach to trauma work at Atlanta Counseling Collective utilizes evidence-based modalities including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Many people are hestitant to identify their experiences as “trauma”. Trauma is simply your mind and body’s response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event that overwhelms your ability to cope. What counts as trauma is a wide range of events or experiences… “Big T” trauma as we call it can be deeply disturbing, life-threatening events or situations including a violent attack, serious car accident, or the death of a parent. We can also experience some types of trauma that don’t involve violence, death, or disaster, yet they can still have significant negative effects…this is what we call “little t” trauma. “Little t” trauma can be any event or ongoing situation that causes distress, fear, and a sense of helplessness including the loss of a relationship, chronic invalidation, negative family patterns taught throughout childhood or adulthood, or bullying. Trauma work can be immensely helpful in changing beliefs about self and the world regardless what type of trauma you have experienced.