Symbiosis Mental Health and Wellness, LLC
At symbiosis view therapy as a symbiotic relationship between therapist and client, where both parties contribute to growth and healing. As a trauma-informed therapist specializing in art therapy and EMDR, I believe in the power of connection and collaboration in ...
Hosted by Adrienne Terese Iannazzo
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, ATR-BC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22203
At symbiosis view therapy as a symbiotic relationship between therapist and client, where both parties contribute to growth and healing. As a trauma-informed therapist specializing in art therapy and EMDR, I believe in the power of connection and collaboration in ...
Military/First Responder Spouses Group
Serving our heroes is an honor and a challenge. Throughout the journey there are highs and lows, but strength amongst these spouses will remain, even when strength is hard to acknowledge. The Spouse's Group is held in a supportive environment ...
Hosted by Heidi Graybill
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CCTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Haymarket, VA 20169
Serving our heroes is an honor and a challenge. Throughout the journey there are highs and lows, but strength amongst these spouses will remain, even when strength is hard to acknowledge. The Spouse's Group is held in a supportive environment ...
The Corvus Center For Mental Health Services
Individualized, Effective, Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD and Emotional Dysregulation The Corvus Center provides gold standard Evidence-Based treatments specializing in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and serving those with Depression, Anxiety and Emotional Dysregulation. We focus on specialist model of care, rather than ...
Hosted by Sarah B Mulhaul
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Individualized, Effective, Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD and Emotional Dysregulation The Corvus Center provides gold standard Evidence-Based treatments specializing in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and serving those with Depression, Anxiety and Emotional Dysregulation. We focus on specialist model of care, rather than ...
Heedful Resolutions Behavioral Health Services
Heedful Resolutions Behavioral Health Services, LLC offers a nurturing space for transformative healing and self-discovery, welcoming children, adolescents, adults, and the LGBTIA+ community. Our team provides tailored therapies, including CBT, DBT, and EMDR, fostering deep personal connections for growth. We ...
Hosted by Heedful Resolutions Behavioral Health Services
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Ashland, VA 23005
Heedful Resolutions Behavioral Health Services, LLC offers a nurturing space for transformative healing and self-discovery, welcoming children, adolescents, adults, and the LGBTIA+ community. Our team provides tailored therapies, including CBT, DBT, and EMDR, fostering deep personal connections for growth. We ...
Unvaled Psychological
Therapy for Individuals & Families suffering from trauma and other psychological disorders
Hosted by Shannon 'libby' Cutshall
Psychologist, PhD, LCP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Norfolk, VA 23502
Therapy for Individuals & Families suffering from trauma and other psychological disorders
Grief and Loss Support Group - Adults, 2x a month
VIRTUAL Launching 04/09/24. Meets every other Tuesday through June. Join and find a safe space and empathetic support to speak candidly and learn how to better understand and cope with the struggles of grief and loss around death and illness. ...
Hosted by Tara R. Edwards
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
VIRTUAL Launching 04/09/24. Meets every other Tuesday through June. Join and find a safe space and empathetic support to speak candidly and learn how to better understand and cope with the struggles of grief and loss around death and illness. ...
Meal Support Therapy Group (In-person or Virtual)
A weekly, eating disorder therapy group to help you increase flexibility and overcome food fears in a safe environment. Led by a therapist, this group offers a supported meal, and a group therapeutic activity and processing. This group is uniquely ...
Hosted by Rock Recovery
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Group meets in Arlington, VA 22209
A weekly, eating disorder therapy group to help you increase flexibility and overcome food fears in a safe environment. Led by a therapist, this group offers a supported meal, and a group therapeutic activity and processing. This group is uniquely ...
Men's Sex and Porn Addiction Recovery Group
This weekly online therapy group has a maximum of eight members. We emphasize ongoing therapy, relationship skills and recovery support. Groups provide members with a confidential sounding board, can propel you forward in recovery, help with social skills, and teach ...
Hosted by Nan Tilbury
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CSAT, CDWF
Verified Verified
Group meets in Reston, VA 20190
This weekly online therapy group has a maximum of eight members. We emphasize ongoing therapy, relationship skills and recovery support. Groups provide members with a confidential sounding board, can propel you forward in recovery, help with social skills, and teach ...
Virtual High School Adoptee Group
STARTING TUESDAY 3/21. This is a six week virtual group for High School students who are preparing for ending high school (juniors and seniors) who are also adoptees. Adoptees struggle even more with identity as we prepare for next steps ...
STARTING TUESDAY 3/21. This is a six week virtual group for High School students who are preparing for ending high school (juniors and seniors) who are also adoptees. Adoptees struggle even more with identity as we prepare for next steps ...
Industrial Post Traumatic Stress Evaluation
Individual/group assessment and evaluation for post-traumatic stress related to workplace trauma. Service consists of a evaluation of a formal psychometric screening instrument, individual evaluation interview, and formal evaluation results and fitness for return to work recommendations.
Hosted by Byron S. Branham
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, CCTP, NPT-C
Verified Verified
Group meets in Roanoke, VA 24018
Individual/group assessment and evaluation for post-traumatic stress related to workplace trauma. Service consists of a evaluation of a formal psychometric screening instrument, individual evaluation interview, and formal evaluation results and fitness for return to work recommendations.
Meridian Psychotherapy
These 3-day workshops assist those struggling in three relationships. Love addicts assign too much time, attention and value to another person while neglecting to care for themselves. Love avoidants systematically use relational walls during intimate contact in order to prevent ...
Hosted by Cara Ruth Weed
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Virginia Beach, VA 23455
These 3-day workshops assist those struggling in three relationships. Love addicts assign too much time, attention and value to another person while neglecting to care for themselves. Love avoidants systematically use relational walls during intimate contact in order to prevent ...
Women's Trauma Group
Please call for more information about the group. New group beginning on February 20, 2023.
Hosted by Kristi Madison
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, LSATP, MAC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Manassas, VA 20110
Please call for more information about the group. New group beginning on February 20, 2023.
Coming to Our Senses: Stress & Trauma Recovery
This is an interactive 6 week class to support all of you-- mind/body/spirit-- in your recovery from stress and trauma. You will learn tools and receive support for lessening anxiety, depression and fear while growing in your sense of connection ...
Hosted by Waller Thompson
Licensed Professional Counselor, EdD, LPC, SEP, NARM
Verified Verified
Group meets in Richmond, VA 23235
This is an interactive 6 week class to support all of you-- mind/body/spirit-- in your recovery from stress and trauma. You will learn tools and receive support for lessening anxiety, depression and fear while growing in your sense of connection ...
Have You Called Your Mother?! -in person
Weekly in-person process group for women with emotionally immature mothers. Did you experience emotional neglect or abuse as a child, mother’s substance use, narcissism, shame/criticism, high expectations, volatility, dismissiveness? This group is a space to explore these hurts along with ...
Hosted by Christina Frank
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fairfax, VA 22030
Weekly in-person process group for women with emotionally immature mothers. Did you experience emotional neglect or abuse as a child, mother’s substance use, narcissism, shame/criticism, high expectations, volatility, dismissiveness? This group is a space to explore these hurts along with ...
EMDR Consultation
EMDR in office consultation group. September - January then February - June. Break July and August. Become a certified EMDR practitioner. Enhance your skills. Collaborate with other professionals to improve case work. Stay up to date on developments in the ...
Hosted by Mary C. Ray
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ACSW, SEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Alexandria, VA 22314
EMDR in office consultation group. September - January then February - June. Break July and August. Become a certified EMDR practitioner. Enhance your skills. Collaborate with other professionals to improve case work. Stay up to date on developments in the ...
Sex Addiction Group
The group is 1 1/2 hrs. and it focuses on recovery from sex addiction (compulsion). Problematic sexual behavior is viewed as a disease. The focus is to assist each individual to make the necessary changes to achieve healthy relationships with ...
Hosted by Patty Smith
Marriage & Family Therapist, LPC, LMFT, CSAT, CAC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Virginia Beach, VA 23455
The group is 1 1/2 hrs. and it focuses on recovery from sex addiction (compulsion). Problematic sexual behavior is viewed as a disease. The focus is to assist each individual to make the necessary changes to achieve healthy relationships with ...
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Retreats
We offer monthly 5 hour KAP retreats in our yoga studio located in the Wellness Junction. Attendance is limited to up to 7 attendees. The retreat format offers the benefit of healing in community with the added support and energy ...
We offer monthly 5 hour KAP retreats in our yoga studio located in the Wellness Junction. Attendance is limited to up to 7 attendees. The retreat format offers the benefit of healing in community with the added support and energy ...
Anam Therapy Counseling, Inc.
We are a Telehealth Group Practice specializing in the treatment of adolescents (and their families), young adults, adults and couples. Our goal is to help our clients live happier, more successful lives. We strive to provide a safe, space to ...
Hosted by Anam Therapy Counseling Inc. Group Practice- Heather Whitney
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chesapeake, VA 23321
We are a Telehealth Group Practice specializing in the treatment of adolescents (and their families), young adults, adults and couples. Our goal is to help our clients live happier, more successful lives. We strive to provide a safe, space to ...
Survive and Thrive Support Group
Tea & Empathy Counseling will be hosting an 8-week long group counseling, centered around support for trauma survivors and education on growing through a traumatic history. With sufficient interest, the group will begin May 9th and will run Thursdays from ...
Hosted by Tea & Empathy Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Tea & Empathy Counseling will be hosting an 8-week long group counseling, centered around support for trauma survivors and education on growing through a traumatic history. With sufficient interest, the group will begin May 9th and will run Thursdays from ...
Unstoppable Self Worth Group
Do you find yourself getting to the same type of relationships? When you look in the mirror how do you feel about yourself? It all boils down to your self worth and your confidence. What you feel about you guides ...
Hosted by Samantha Saunders
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lake Ridge, VA 22192
Do you find yourself getting to the same type of relationships? When you look in the mirror how do you feel about yourself? It all boils down to your self worth and your confidence. What you feel about you guides ...
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Trauma and PTSD Support Groups
When should I seek treatment for trauma?
Not everyone who undergoes trauma needs therapy to heal, but many do. If, after experiencing a traumatic event, you find yourself struggling with symptoms such as nightmares, dissociation, irritability, or emotional numbness—especially if these symptoms last more than a month and are severe enough to interfere with your daily functioning—you may benefit from seeking out therapy with a trauma-informed provider.
How long does trauma therapy take?
Different types of therapy for trauma unfold on different timelines. Prolonged exposure therapy and cognitive processing therapy, for example, each take about three months, while trauma-informed CBT may last anywhere from 8 to 25 sessions. Other approaches, especially those that are less structured or that incorporate elements from multiple modalities, may be more open-ended, though many patients report feeling better within the first few months of treatment.
What happens if trauma is left untreated?
Unaddressed trauma can have serious—even devastating—effects on relationships, career, and day-to-day functioning. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can lead people to distrust or lash out at others, making it difficult to maintain intimate relationships; it can also trigger symptoms such as flashbacks or hyperreactivity that can interfere with a person’s ability to function effectively, personally and/or professionally. Some sufferers turn to drugs to find relief. Symptoms may lessen on their own with time, but there is no guarantee that PTSD will resolve on its own.
Can PTSD come back after treatment?
It is possible for PTSD symptoms to recur months or years after successful treatment. This is because, like most mental health disorders, it is not possible to “cure” PTSD, and stressful life events may cause symptoms to recur in even the most resilient individuals. There is no shame in re-experiencing PTSD symptoms nor in returning to therapy when such relapses occur; indeed, many forms of trauma therapy explicitly encourage periodic “maintenance sessions” to reinforce coping skills and ensure that symptoms stay manageable.