What are you running from that keeps you from soaring?

Rob Koehl, LPC

Unresolved trauma is a pervasive problem that effects every area of our lives. It causes us to question ourselves, effects our relationships and makes the world seem like a hostile place. Leaving us feeling disconnected, hyper-active and unable to relax or the opposite feeling lethargic and spaced out. Developmental or attachment trauma effects our ability to handle stressful situations, regulate emotions, control negative thoughts about ourselves, and enter into trusting relationships. Horrible events plague us until it is impossible to relax and feel safe in our own skin, sometimes leading to chronic pain and disease. Integrating into our whole and best selves by learning to notice and focus the mind, reduce emotional reactivity, and bring chronic distress into our window of tolerance, opens the door to finding more joy in life. 

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Integrative work

Integrative work includes two main categories of therapy, present focused and past focused. Present focused treatments focus on how to cope with the stress from trauma that a person struggles with on a daily basis. These are therapies that focus on skill building, working with thoughts, emotions, and behaviors as they overwhelm us in everyday life. Building DBT skills of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and relationship skills, are present focused skills that dissolve barriers to a fulfilling life. Past focused therapies focus on healing wounds from the past, resolving the emotions of grief, desensitizing, and reprocessing events that were beyond our ability to cope at the time.  It is important to have present focused skills and adequate supports in place, before starting past focused work like EMDR. 

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