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A trauma therapy center with a warm, home-like environment where individuals and families feel safe to explore their traumatic pasts and heal, not only to survive, but thrive in life.

10/30/2025

Trauma exists not just as a painful memory, but in the body as well. While talk therapy helps many people process pain, we heal more fully when the body is also involved.

If you’re looking for something that meets you where you are and helps you feel safe again, EFT tapping therapy might be the next step on your healing path. It can be a tool to help you find healing and relief from even long-standing and deep-rooted trauma.

Visit HelpingHealTrauma.com or call (317) 974-9495

10/28/2025

Trauma often injures a person’s ability to trust both themselves and others.

After trauma, the brain may go into a state of hyper-protection, becoming highly sensitive to perceived threats. This causes a person to scrutinize minor behaviors from others and anticipate the worst, even in healthy, stable relationships.

You may find yourself constantly testing the trustworthiness of others, and many people fail this high-stakes test.

This repeated disappointment leads to social isolation, which continues even after the initial traumatic experience has ended.

We can take small steps forward to begin to trust ourselves and recognize the goodness in others again.

HelpingHealTrauma.com — (317) 974-9495

10/26/2025

Our online “Train-the-Trainer” trauma-informed schools program will provide participants with the latest research, resources, and methods to conduct their own professional development trainings for trauma-informed practices in education.

Please join our Level 1 Professional Development session where we cover Social Emotional Learning (SEL), trauma, and data. This virtual 3-hour session is Thursday, November 6 at 8:30am.

Please visit the link below for investment info & signup ⬇️
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Check the link in our bio for more upcoming events. We look forward to working with you.

10/23/2025

“I lived entirely in my thoughts, analyzing everything, but feeling nothing. My emotions felt distant, like they belonged to someone else.”

Maybe you thought life was supposed to be like this -
Feelings being numb and dismissible. Emotions just frivolities to be disregarded.

You may have learned to numb these emotions away to survive in the past.

Know that there is no right or wrong way to feel. What if we let our feelings rise to the surface? Watch, listen, and feel without judgement.

10/20/2025

Many of our emotions are a response to what is happening right now. You can attribute your frustration, irritation, or hurt to the present situation.

Being triggered feels different.

The reaction is often overwhelming and disproportionate to the event. It may show up in the body through panic, shutdown, or flashbacks. One way to tell the difference is to ask yourself, “Am I reacting to this moment, or does this feel like it opened an old wound?”

Healing involves learning to recognize our triggers, understand where they come from, and build tools to manage them. This is part of the hard but necessary work of recovery and self-awareness.

10/17/2025

A healing reset can start with just one breath.

10/15/2025

Gabor Maté argues that conflict often arises between the need for authenticity and the need for attachment. Individuals may suppress their true selves to maintain social bonds.

Authenticity is the capacity to be aware of, connected to, and expressive of your inner knowing. It is an essential part of healing and living a more fulfilling, connected life.

10/13/2025

It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We are celebrating the histories, cultures, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples and their ancestors who live on this land.

Historical, intergenerational trauma impact both the past and present lives of indigenous people. Ongoing social policy and change impact healing as well. If you are Indigenous, know that your culture and history is more than the trauma you face.

10/11/2025

Coming out as LGBTQ+ is an act of courage and agency. It is to bravely proclaim your truth over and over again, in your own time and on your own terms.

You deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise.

“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start.” – Jason Collins

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10/10/2025

October 10th is world mental health day.

“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candour, more unashamed conversations.” - Glenn Close

10/07/2025

When trauma happens, control and hypervigilance emerge as tools to regain a sense of power, predictability, and safety from being hurt again.

So much of life is out of our control.

We can start to move towards a state of presence and peace by accepting the things we don’t have control over. Remember that the trauma happened TO you, and not because of you.

10/05/2025

“I have such a difficult time going to sleep at night. That is when I feel overwhelmed by all these scary feelings. I easily get startled by sounds and then my heart starts to race. It is so hard for me to relax.”

Let’s take a look at Sierra’s healing journey. She is a fictional person healing from a very real example of C-PTSD.

Sierra was exhausted. She had been having a difficult time sleeping for several months after she had been in a car accident. Even though she took sleep medication, her anxious feelings kept coming back.

Sierra had always identified as a “tough girl” someone who could handle anything. When she was little, her mother would rage and scream at her. She learned to hide her fear and pretend that she didn’t care. But ever since the car accident, she felt shaken and fragile.

When we began to explore the feeling of being scared, Sierra shared that it reminded her of how she had felt as a young girl. This accident brought those feelings to the surface.

Initially, therapy helped Sierra recognize that she was having flashbacks, a common symptom of C-PTSD. We helped her strengthen her resources so she could remind herself that she was safe now, even though she was having scary feelings.

She learned breathing and relaxation techniques to help with her sleep. Then, we focused on building self-compassion for the vulnerable feelings that were held inside the “tough girl” for so many years. As a result these practices she was relieved to share:

“I am final able to feel safe. Now I can settle my anxiety.”

Your healing journey might not be the exact same as Sierra’s, but hers is a reminder that you can heal from trauma too.

Excerpt taken from “A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD” by Arielle Schwartz, PhD

HelpingHealTrauma.com

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5950 North Keystone Avenue
Indianapolis, IN
46220

Telephone

+13179749495

Website

http://HelpingHealTrauma.com/

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