DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA THERAPY

Developmental Trauma Therapy at Neurobloom looks like:

There are numerous ways therapists can treat developmental trauma. These are modalities of rehabilitation that are commonly used. A therapist who is aware of the underlying issue can use many of these forms in conjunction with others.

• Attachment Therapy – helps client’s bond to a therapist that can stand in for an early caregiver who they could not attach to healthily.
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – works with patterns of thinking that connect to a negative experience of self.
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy – teaches clients to track body impulses, muscular tension, breathing, and heart rate as it feels trauma resurfacing.
• Somatic Experiencing – focuses on the body to discharge the emotions of trauma so the body can return to its natural balance to heal.
• Narrative Therapy - Narrative therapy empowers trauma and abuse survivors by helping them retell their stories in a healing way.
• Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with Children and Families (DDP) - strives to influence all key adults in the child’s life so that they can help the child experience safety within their relationships and become open to discovering new qualities about self and others.

Through developmental trauma therapy, a person can process and heal from relational trauma. Trauma-informed treatment helps develop emotional flexibility and the emotional health of a child, adolescent, or young person to gain back control of pain-based symptoms like anxiety. Trauma based therapy addresses the relational wounding related to early attachment issues with primary caregivers. It is possible to establish a trusting bond with a caring therapist and have a positive therapeutic experience that can change the child’s life.