Person Centred PTSD Counselling
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Counselling

When something traumatic happens to you, your body and mind can react in different ways.

For some people, post-traumatic stress disorder develops. This often involves the person reliving the event through flashbacks and nightmares. These flashbacks can be triggered by everyday items and scenarios, making day-to-day life difficult.

Speaking to your doctor is the best way to get a diagnosis if you suspect you have PTSD. Also, speaking to a therapist can help reduce symptoms, sometimes using a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy approach (CBT).

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms

Everyone who develops PTSD will have a unique experience of the condition. These differences will be according to the person, not the traumatic event. However, there are some common symptoms associated with PTSD, including:

Flashbacks
Feeling on edge and hypervigilance

Flashbacks
Feeling on edge and hypervigilance

When is the right time to seek help?

Post-traumatic stress disorder develops after an event or situation that has been very frightening or distressing, whether you were directly affected or a witness. It can also occur if you’ve experienced prolonged trauma.

Here are some examples of events/scenarios that can result in PTSD:

road accidents
being physically assaulted or mugged
being sexually assaulted
witnessing violent death/murder/suicide

Terrorist attacks
Military combat
Natural disasters
An unexpected death/serious injury of someone close to you

Being held hostage
Severe neglect
Being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness
Any event where you fear for your life

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Rainer

Rainer moved to the UK over 50 years ago, he has been married for 55 years. He is a qualified engineer and has studied several models of psychotherapy.

The need to help people spurred him on to enter the counselling profession. More Info >

Faith

Faith is a qualified counsellor and uses person-centred therapy in online sessions. Faith lives in the Wigan area.

Any work will be confidential, and Faith will build a trusting and safe environment for you to explore any issues and needs you have. More Info >

What our clients say.

” Rainer was a great help in listening to what I had to say, and then, gradually, his comments and prompts guided me to a fair amount of self reflection which helped me to realise that there are always other angles and perspectives to our ‘problems’, and that it was within me, myself, to reflect on and identify and choose to adjust my approach to things and choose ‘positive’ options rather than negative ones that may have become bad habits, which we have probably developed from a ‘tunnelled vision’ perspective. All of this has helped me to get less anxious and stressed with ‘life situations’ and to manage them in a more positive way. “