Trauma Therapy.

If you are looking for trauma treatment or PTSD counseling in San Diego or online trauma therapy in California and want to feel connected, present, and enjoy your life, you're in the right place. Gabrielle Azmy, LPCC is a trauma therapist helping adults who have experienced traumatic events in their childhoods or as adults. 

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Many different experiences can be traumatic. It can be a betrayal of trust in a relationship, suddenly losing someone important to you, chronic stressors, or the absence of soothing and unmet needs. It essentially refers to a wound, we all have wounds.

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Trauma can impact our day to day functioning, patterns in our relationships, our ability to be present and engage fully in our jobs or as parents, and can make it difficult to have a strong sense of self or self-worth. 

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Trauma & PTSD can look like: 

• Sexual assault or non-consensual sexual experiences

• Repeated exposure to details of the traumatic event(s) (e.g., first responders collecting human remains; police officers repeatedly exposed to details of child abuse)

• Physical violence or emotional abuse (controlling behaviors, narcissistic abuse, manipulation)

• Dear death experiences or observing death

• Learning about a loved one experiencing a violent or threatening event

• Medical trauma, natural disasters, racism/discrimination, accidents, or traumatic losses

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Childhood trauma can look a bit different. As children, we depend on our caregivers to provide for our needs and keep us safe. To ensure our survival, we are hardwired to maintain relationships with our caregivers, even when they aren't meeting our needs.

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Childhood trauma can look like: 

• Feeling like your caregivers are unpredictable 

• Someone in your home struggling with alcohol or drug use

• A caregiver putting you down, insulting you, or criticizing you

• Feeling misunderstood or a caregiver minimizing your experience or emotions

• Being engaged with in a sexual way

• Your basic needs not being met (food, clothing, shelter, safety)

• Not being shown how to move through and manage your emotions

• Being pushed, slapped, or injured by an adult or caregiver

• Being given adult responsibilities or put in the role of caring for an adult's emotions

• Feeling like no one loved you or that you were not special (or being told this)

• Witnessing verbal/physical/sexual abuse 

• Being put in unsafe situations 

• Divorce or significant losses

• Dealing with a long-term or chronic illness in childhood 

• Prejudice, discrimination, being 'othered'

 

Whether you've had recent experiences, or what to address things that have happened in the past, healing is possible, even here.