PTSD
Mental Health Services and Support for PTSD
Healing is Possible
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be a challenging and distressing condition. At Bloom Health Centers, we offer therapy for PTSD so you can get the support you need to move forward. With multiple locations throughout Maryland and Virginia, including virtual and in-person options, we ensure that you can access counseling services for your PTSD. Contact us today to get started.
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About PTSD
Individuals who deal with traumatic events or experiences can develop PTSD. This disorder causes symptoms like anxiety and intrusive memories of the trauma. Some of PTSD’s effects have an obvious link to the event. For example, you can have flashbacks, nightmares, or unwanted memories of what happened. Meanwhile, other symptoms of PTSD change behavior, which can include unconscious actions like avoidant behavior, sleeping problems, and irritability.
How Can Bloom Health Centers Help My PTSD?
The issues associated with PTSD can get in the way of daily functioning and cause distress. PTSD treatment can help you:
- Change negative thought patterns
- Feel less anxiety and depression
- Get a better night’s sleep
- Improve focus
- Have more balanced moods
- Understand your behaviors
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Therapy at Bloom
Bloom Health Centers uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and its variants to relieve symptoms. The types of therapy we offer to patients with PTSD include:
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): In CBT, the therapist and patient work together to change the thoughts underlying the patient’s feelings and behaviors. PTSD can cause unhelpful thinking that makes it difficult to function. CBT challenges those thoughts to help the patient cope better in everyday life.
- Cognitive therapy: During cognitive therapy, the therapist and patient reframe the patient’s memories of the trauma. Together, they discuss the patient’s evaluations of their memories and figure out how to look at them in a productive way.
- Prolonged exposure therapy: In prolonged exposure therapy, the patient has gradual encounters with trauma-related triggers. Therapists provide this service when the patient has avoidant behaviors. Over time, the patient learns that the trigger is safe and that they do not need to avoid it.
Some of our patients with PTSD also receive antidepressants to manage their symptoms. Your psychiatrist will discuss whether they recommend them.
Services for Individuals With PTSD
Don’t suffer through PTSD symptoms any longer, get the help you need and start your journey forward. Bloom Health Centers serves children and adults throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Please contact us to request an appointment for you or a loved one today.
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