5 PSYCHOTHERAPY PTSD
Psychotherapy with PTSD
Understanding PTSD
After traumatic experiences, the trauma can get "stuck" in memory. Images, feelings, and thoughts remain strongly present and burden daily life. Many affected individuals remain highly functional despite this burden – this shows their enormous inner strength. This power, which has carried you through difficult times so far, is acknowledged in therapy and actively used for the healing process.
Therapy Goals
Therapy supports integrating the experience from trauma memory into normal memory. Burdensome basic assumptions about yourself, others, or the world are recognized and changed – always step by step, at your individual pace. You retain control at all times over what happens in therapy.
Treatment Methods
Descriptive Rescripting: Traumatic memories are gently re-experienced. Old, burdensome images and feelings are replaced by new, empowering experiences that make self-efficacy and control tangible.
Cognitive Restructuring of resulting beliefs like "I am helpless" or "The world is dangerous." These are questioned and replaced by more realistic, helpful perspectives.
Individualized Approach: Every therapy is tailored to your needs, resources, and goals. We select the methods that best suit you – evidence-based and effective.
Everyday Coping & Self-Care
You learn strategies to deal with burdensome feelings and make daily life easier. Step by step, you regain more control, security, and self-confidence.
Appreciation & Courage
The inner strength that has carried you through challenges so far is the key to therapy success. It is courageous to seek help. Therapy is about accepting yourself, making new experiences, and experiencing your own self-efficacy.
