Trauma can profoundly affect our lives, leaving behind deep emotional and psychological scars that can be hard to navigate. Unprocessed trauma may show up as anxiety, anger, sadness, flashbacks, PTSD, or challenges in sleep and relationships.
We are here to provide a safe space to process your trauma and pursue healing.
Healing from trauma involves acknowledging the pain of what you’ve experienced, exploring your beliefs and emotions, and allowing God to work in your life to bring about restoration. You don’t have to walk this path alone; we are here to support you through every step of your healing journey.
Our Approach to Trauma Counseling:
At True Hope Christian Counseling, we provide a holistic approach to healing from trauma by targeting emotional, mental and spiritual health simultaneously.
We believe that true health is found in relationship with Christ and rely on biblical truths to inform concepts, beliefs, and behaviors. By integrating theology with research-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), we are able to provide comprehensive care that leads to more sustainable recovery outcomes over secular-therapy alone.
Through counseling, we provide a safe space for our clients to explore their thoughts, feelings, behaviors and faith. We aid our clients in identifying their thoughts patterns and reevaluating their assumptions in order to replace distortions and maladaptive behaviors with more balanced and effective thinking to restore sense of safety, self-worth, confidence and health.
We walk with our clients through their healing journey so that they may reconceptualize their understanding of the traumatic event(s), themselves and their ability to cope - finding hope amidst our pain through His grace and love and look to Him for restoration and healing.
Trauma Counseling FAQs
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Prior to your first session, we ask that you access and complete the required intake forms located on the client forms page. You will want to bring these with you to your initial appointment. If you prefer, you can instead arrive 10 minutes ahead of your first session to complete these items.
Upon arrival, please wait in the waiting room and your counselor will come out to greet you at your scheduled time. Your first session will be used to get to know you and your goals for counseling. You will be invited to share at your comfort level, and we will use this time to begin working towards your counseling goals.
At this time, we will also make a plan for ongoing therapy. Some find relief after a few sessions whereas others benefit from more regular, ongoing sessions.
The main goal of trauma counseling isn't necessarily to forget the traumatic event but rather to learn how to manage its memory without it causing distress or interfering with daily life. Through ongoing therapy, your counselor will guide you through different therapeutic techniques designed specifically for this purpose.
Ultimately, the duration and frequency of ongoing sessions will be unique to you, your progress and how best to achieve your therapeutic goals, heal from your trauma and find relief.
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Research has shown that trauma counseling is indeed effective in helping individuals recover from their traumatic experiences. In particular, counseling can allow you to:
Establish healthy coping skills
Replace negative thought patterns
Reframe the traumatic experience
Restore connection and improve relationships
Process feelings and beliefs
Relieve persistent rage, anger, and frustration
Reduce symptoms and triggers
In particular, a 2018 study found that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is among the most effective therapeutic approaches to treat trauma with between 61% - 82% of study participants with PTSD no longer meeting the diagnostic criteria after undergoing CBT therapies.
Dealing with trauma is not easy and recovery takes time but seeking professional help can provide you with the necessary tools to navigate your journey so that you find relief and healing.
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The standard rate for a 45 minute session is $150. Intensive 90 minute sessions are $300.
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True Hope Christian Counseling is an out of network provider with insurance. We are glad to supply a superbill that can be submitted to PPO insurance for reimbursement at your request. We do accept HSA, FSA, credit and debit cards, and most other forms of payment.
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Most of our clients prefer to visit our Colleyville office in person for counseling sessions. For those who prefer virtual sessions, we utilize secure and confidential platforms for telehealth sessions.
We are also able to accommodate in-home sessions upon request. Please note the rate for in-home counseling varies based on session length, travel distance, etc. We invite you to contact us to inquire about a good faith estimate for in-home counseling sessions.
You can Overcome your Trauma.
We are here to help.
We offer counseling for those in Southlake, Grapevine, Colleyville, Roanoke, Keller, and the greater Tarrant County.