Understand
Develop a clearer picture of triggers, protective responses and the ways past experiences affect current life.
Trauma & PTSD
Past experiences do not have to keep running the present.
A safe, paced approach to understanding and treating the emotional, physical and relational effects of trauma.
When trauma remains active
Trauma can follow a clearly identifiable event, or develop through repeated experiences such as neglect, criticism, rejection, racism or unsafe relationships. What matters is not whether an event looks “big enough” from the outside, but how the person’s mind and body have responded.
People may experience intrusive memories, nightmares, avoidance, hypervigilance, anxiety, shame, disconnection, low self-worth or difficulty regulating emotions.
You are not required to describe distressing experiences in detail in an initial website enquiry.
Process
Use an evidence-based treatment plan, which may include EMDR, to work safely with unresolved memories.
Reconnect
Build emotional regulation, confidence, relationships and the capacity to participate in meaningful life.
How therapy can help
Therapy provides a structured space to understand what happened, what your system learned from it and what is still being triggered in the present. Treatment is tailored and may combine EMDR with practical strategies drawn from ACT, CBT, DBT and other evidence-based approaches.
Is this an urgent service?
No. Power Psychology is not an emergency or crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 111. For urgent mental-health support, contact your local crisis team or another appropriate acute service.
This page provides general information and is not a diagnosis or substitute for individual clinical advice.
Next step
Check fit and current availability.
Share a brief description of the referral type without including a full trauma history.