Trauma
Trauma Therapy Sydney
The original meaning of the word trauma is wound. Any event that causes emotional or physical scars is traumatic. There are many ways that we become hurt, wounded and scarred and we explore these in trauma therapy in Sydney.
- Abusive relationships
- Early childhood abuse and neglect – intentional and unintentional
- Sexual abuse
- Chronic abuse in the workplace
- Witnessing the unexpected
- Bullying
Trauma happens to us in three different ways – Overt, Developmental and Complex.
Types of Trauma
We delve into three types of trauma in trauma therapy in Sydney:
- Overt – means that something either something or an event or both was seen and experienced either physically or emotionally.
- Covert means that the event was either hidden or invisible. You know that something is wong even though you can’t quite put your finger on it. This is because you sense that something happened but you don’t know what it is.
- Chronic means that whatever disturbed you or whatever happened in the past continues to do so now.
Developmental Trauma
Developmental is when the security of early infant relationships with parents or caregivers breaks down for some reason. This can be neglect, abuse, or both. Neglect and abuse are not necessarily deliberate or intentional. Sometimes these breakdowns stem from parental or caregiver stress and/or their own personal traumatic history. Parents have a history too, and it is not uncommon for this to impact children as they are growing up.
Conditions that can have a History of Trauma
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Suicidal ideation
- Borderline personality Disorder
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Neurodiversity – ADHD, ADD, Austism, Asperger’s, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia
Unbound woundedness waiting to be heard.