Trauma & Abuse
Rozan has completed intensive training regarding the effects of trauma in our lives, including a trauma certification program through the Assisi Institute: The International Center for the Study of Archetypal Patterns.
Trauma comes in many forms, including sexual, physical, emotional, and religious abuse. Situations that cause a great deal of shame, embarrassment, and humiliation keep individuals stuck repeating the same negative themes. These themes or patterns include behaviors that you have played out over and over. If you have experienced abuse that prevents you from having happy, healthy relationships with others, you may want to consider counseling. The following are other examples of how you are affected by a trauma in your life:
By engaging in the counseling process, you have an opportunity to frame your loss in healthy, productive ways. You will gain the necessary tools to:
Trauma comes in many forms, including sexual, physical, emotional, and religious abuse. Situations that cause a great deal of shame, embarrassment, and humiliation keep individuals stuck repeating the same negative themes. These themes or patterns include behaviors that you have played out over and over. If you have experienced abuse that prevents you from having happy, healthy relationships with others, you may want to consider counseling. The following are other examples of how you are affected by a trauma in your life:
- Feel stuck and don't know what to do.
- Repeat patterns in your life that are not healthy ones.
- Lack the ability to experience a wide range of emotions (feel numb to much of life).
- Feel powerless, lack trust in the world, do not feel safe.
- Abuse, for example, drugs or alcohol.
- Experience guilt and inferiority.
By engaging in the counseling process, you have an opportunity to frame your loss in healthy, productive ways. You will gain the necessary tools to:
- Feel safe in the world by naming the abuse.
- Gain a sense of control in your life.
- Transform the traumatic memory.
- Learn to stand up for yourself in healthy ways.
