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CONDITIONS WE TREAT

PTSD and trauma, met with care.

Lingering effects of difficult experiences – flashbacks, hypervigilance, avoidance, or emotional numbness. Care that approaches trauma without retraumatizing.

WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE

Trauma changes the way your nervous system works.

Trauma is the brain and body’s response to overwhelming experience – events that exceeded your capacity to process them at the time. PTSD is one specific pattern that can develop, but trauma effects can show up in many forms, including in people who never receive a formal PTSD diagnosis.

The defining feature is that the experience is not over. The body responds as if the threat is still present. Sleep is broken. Trust is harder. The world feels less safe in ways that do not match current reality.

At LumenMind, we approach trauma care carefully. We do not require you to recount events you are not ready to discuss. We focus on stabilization first, work at your pace, and coordinate closely with trauma-specialized therapists when that is part of your care.

SIGNS YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE

Intrusive memories, nightmares, or flashbacks
Avoidance of reminders of the event or experience
Heightened startle response or hypervigilance
Difficulty trusting people or feeling safe
Emotional numbness or disconnection
Sleep disturbances or chronic exhaustion

WHEN TO CONSIDER GETTING HELP

Trauma does not always announce itself.

Consider reaching out if:

A past event or experience continues to affect how you feel, sleep, or function.
You experience flashbacks, intrusive memories, or panic responses.
You avoid people, places, or topics that remind you of what happened.
You feel disconnected from yourself or your relationships.
Previous therapy or care has not addressed trauma directly.

HOW WE TREAT TRAUMA

Care that moves at your pace.

Trauma-informed evaluation

We use frameworks that respect your readiness, your safety, and your sense of control over the process. You do not have to recount everything at once.

Medication when helpful

Some patients benefit from medication that helps with sleep, hypervigilance, mood, or panic responses. We discuss options carefully and prescribe selectively.

Coordinated trauma therapy

Trauma-specialized therapy (EMDR, somatic approaches, trauma-focused CBT) is often central to recovery. We help connect you with therapists trained in these modalities.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About trauma care.

Do I need to talk about what happened in detail?

Not with us. We are psychiatric providers, not trauma therapists. We can help with stabilization, medication, and sleep – and connect you with therapists who specialize in trauma-focused work when you are ready. The detailed processing typically happens in therapy, at your pace.

I am not sure if what I experienced "counts" as trauma. Should I still come?

Yes. Trauma is defined by your response to events, not by how the events compare to other people’s experiences. If something is still affecting you, that is enough reason to come in.

Can medication help with PTSD?

For some patients, yes – particularly for symptoms like sleep disturbance, hypervigilance, depression, or panic. Medication is rarely the whole treatment for PTSD, but it can make therapy more accessible.

I have heard that some trauma therapies are intense. Are you involved in those?

Only as a coordinating provider. EMDR, prolonged exposure, and similar therapies are powerful but require specialized training. We refer to qualified therapists and coordinate care alongside them.

What if I am not ready to deal with the past yet?

That is fine. Trauma care does not always start with the trauma. Sometimes the first months focus on sleep, day-to-day stability, and current functioning. We meet you where you are.

Ready to talk through what is going on?

An evaluation is the first step. We will figure out together what kind of care fits.