Trauma and PTSD Treatment

Elements Trauma Treatment Programs: The Ranch

Trauma can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a severe anxiety disorder. The trauma may come in the form of extreme physical harm or danger or exposure to an event where others are harmed. Physical or emotional abuse, near-death experiences, extreme bodily harm, disaster, physical or sexual assault, or psychological damage and affliction can all lead to PTSD.

For those with trauma, everyday activities can become difficult or impossible to perform, even activities that the individual once enjoyed. Sleeping, eating, and concentration are affected, and school, work, and relationships become seriously impaired. Many with trauma will avoid triggers, which are places, events, or people who trigger them to relive or re-experience the original traumatic event.

The trauma of domestic abuse can make it difficult for women to have healthy relationships in the future. Issues of trust and an inability to feel safe may make them avoid relationships, or they may find they are drawn to similar personalities that traumatized them in the past. Without treatment, women who have suffered at the hands of abusers may find themselves repeating patterns throughout their lives.

The Ranch in Tennesse provides comprehensive recovery treatment for survivors of trauma of all types, including childhood traumas. The Ranch can also treat co-occurring addictive and compulsive disorders. The Ranch’s exceptional clinical team can treat the disorders related to or triggered by trauma: PTSD, acute stress disorder, dissociative disorder, OCD disorder (obsessive/compulsive disorder), and panic disorder.

The Ranch offers a number of highly effective treatment modalities for the treatment of trauma, with the goal of symptom relief so that clients can rebuild their lives and develop once again a sense of security and the ability to develop healthy relationships with people they can trust. These treatment options include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), equine therapy, art therapy, experiential role-play therapy, Tai Chi, and adventure therapy.

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