Post-Traumatic Growth Group
This is not a group where we will sit in a circle telling war-stories about trauma or loss. Here, we will cultivate the healing experiences necessary to grow from trauma. Sessions will be facilitated with an emphasis on safety, building ...
Hosted by Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy
DSW, LCSW, BCD, FAAETS, TEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
This is not a group where we will sit in a circle telling war-stories about trauma or loss. Here, we will cultivate the healing experiences necessary to grow from trauma. Sessions will be facilitated with an emphasis on safety, building ...
Women's Post-Traumatic Growth Group
New Cohort (9/23)- JOIN US! The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address: relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, and feelings of disconnect, unworthiness, and self-blame that often are by-products of trauma. This ...
Hosted by Lauren Sullivan
Counselor, LPC, MEd, MS, CET II, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
New Cohort (9/23)- JOIN US! The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address: relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, and feelings of disconnect, unworthiness, and self-blame that often are by-products of trauma. This ...
Women’s Post-Traumatic Growth Group
The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address; relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, feelings of disconnect, and feelings of defectiveness, which are often present following trauma. We will spend our time together ...
Hosted by Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy
DSW, LCSW, BCD, FAAETS, TEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address; relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, feelings of disconnect, and feelings of defectiveness, which are often present following trauma. We will spend our time together ...
Grief, Loss and Connection
There are no exact ‘rights or wrongs’ in dealing with loss, nor any specific timeframe where we expect to move beyond it. The death of someone significant in our lives affects each person uniquely and personally. It is through interacting ...
Hosted by Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy
DSW, LCSW, BCD, FAAETS, TEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
There are no exact ‘rights or wrongs’ in dealing with loss, nor any specific timeframe where we expect to move beyond it. The death of someone significant in our lives affects each person uniquely and personally. It is through interacting ...
Mixed Gender Group
This is a long-term psychotherapy group. All human beings need a sense of belonging and a positive sense of personal identity. Group provides a safe, meaningful and stimulating place to explore oneself more fully and heal from the losses and ...
Hosted by Karen Goren
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CGP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
This is a long-term psychotherapy group. All human beings need a sense of belonging and a positive sense of personal identity. Group provides a safe, meaningful and stimulating place to explore oneself more fully and heal from the losses and ...
Resilience Through Art Group (Women-Only)
**Weekly Expressive Arts Group Beginning on 5/1/24 - Please Reach Out to Register!** This group will allow participants to cultivate emotional resilience in a supportive, welcoming space. We will spend our time together exploring creativity to connect with your strengths ...
Hosted by Danielle McGrogan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW, CET II
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
**Weekly Expressive Arts Group Beginning on 5/1/24 - Please Reach Out to Register!** This group will allow participants to cultivate emotional resilience in a supportive, welcoming space. We will spend our time together exploring creativity to connect with your strengths ...
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Post-Traumatic Growth Group
This is not a group where we will sit in a circle telling war-stories about trauma or loss. Here, we will cultivate the healing experiences necessary to grow from trauma. Sessions will be facilitated with an emphasis on safety, building ...
Hosted by Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy
DSW, LCSW, BCD, FAAETS, TEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
This is not a group where we will sit in a circle telling war-stories about trauma or loss. Here, we will cultivate the healing experiences necessary to grow from trauma. Sessions will be facilitated with an emphasis on safety, building ...
Women's Post-Traumatic Growth Group
New Cohort (9/23)- JOIN US! The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address: relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, and feelings of disconnect, unworthiness, and self-blame that often are by-products of trauma. This ...
Hosted by Lauren Sullivan
Counselor, LPC, MEd, MS, CET II, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
New Cohort (9/23)- JOIN US! The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address: relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, and feelings of disconnect, unworthiness, and self-blame that often are by-products of trauma. This ...
Women’s Post-Traumatic Growth Group
The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address; relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, feelings of disconnect, and feelings of defectiveness, which are often present following trauma. We will spend our time together ...
Hosted by Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy
DSW, LCSW, BCD, FAAETS, TEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
The purpose of this counseling group is to bring together women who wish to address; relational trauma, emotional pain, self-medicating behaviors, feelings of disconnect, and feelings of defectiveness, which are often present following trauma. We will spend our time together ...
Grief, Loss and Connection
There are no exact ‘rights or wrongs’ in dealing with loss, nor any specific timeframe where we expect to move beyond it. The death of someone significant in our lives affects each person uniquely and personally. It is through interacting ...
Hosted by Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy
DSW, LCSW, BCD, FAAETS, TEP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
There are no exact ‘rights or wrongs’ in dealing with loss, nor any specific timeframe where we expect to move beyond it. The death of someone significant in our lives affects each person uniquely and personally. It is through interacting ...
Wellness & Self Care for First Responders
This in person group focuses on wellness and self-care for our First Responders and Veterans. There is no cost for First Responders & Veterans to attend. If interested in attending the next scheduled group, please call Shannon at 484.978.8913 or ...
Hosted by Shannon Fitzpatrick Thomas
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newtown Square, PA 19073
This in person group focuses on wellness and self-care for our First Responders and Veterans. There is no cost for First Responders & Veterans to attend. If interested in attending the next scheduled group, please call Shannon at 484.978.8913 or ...
Women's Trauma Therapy Group - Starting 9/20/22
This is a 12-week therapy group which is both educational and process-oriented. It provides women with a safe, nurturing environment to heal from the effects of trauma in their lives. The goal of the group is to help women empower ...
Hosted by Nancy A Cooper, MA, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Havertown, PA 19083
This is a 12-week therapy group which is both educational and process-oriented. It provides women with a safe, nurturing environment to heal from the effects of trauma in their lives. The goal of the group is to help women empower ...
Healing from Trauma - Online Group
This online group is a brave space for female-identified individuals impacted by trauma (emotional, sexual, psychological, or physical) to heal from the effects of their past abuse. It is designed to help you identify the ways in which your past ...
Hosted by Donna J. Harris
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, MA, LCSW, CGP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Drexel Hill, PA 19026
This online group is a brave space for female-identified individuals impacted by trauma (emotional, sexual, psychological, or physical) to heal from the effects of their past abuse. It is designed to help you identify the ways in which your past ...
EMDR & Trauma Intensives
Try our EMDR intensives for rapid change. We'll process a lot in a short time, making quick, intense changes. No more slow progress—identify important traumas and beliefs, establish safety and resources, then reprocess memories and beliefs for a new outlook.
Hosted by Kelly Stavrides
Marriage & Family Therapist, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Try our EMDR intensives for rapid change. We'll process a lot in a short time, making quick, intense changes. No more slow progress—identify important traumas and beliefs, establish safety and resources, then reprocess memories and beliefs for a new outlook.
Wellness and Self Care for Clinicians
This group focuses on the importance of self care for Clinicians. Helping the helpers through a variety of modalities. Start date TBD.
Hosted by Shannon Fitzpatrick Thomas
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Newtown Square, PA 19073
This group focuses on the importance of self care for Clinicians. Helping the helpers through a variety of modalities. Start date TBD.
Mending Mind & Body: A Virtual Trauma Group
This group will process and engage in psychoeducation around sexual trauma. The group utilizes somatic tools to identify the effect of trauma on the nervous system and find ways to regulate the body's trauma responses. The groups aim is to ...
Hosted by Laura Elizabeth Farrell
Pre-Licensed Professional, LSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Wayne, PA 19087
This group will process and engage in psychoeducation around sexual trauma. The group utilizes somatic tools to identify the effect of trauma on the nervous system and find ways to regulate the body's trauma responses. The groups aim is to ...
Calm Mind Therapy, LLC
Calm Mind Therapy is a supportive space for healing. We are staffed by two Licensed Clinical Social Workers — and best friends — who take a relational approach to providing mental health care to individuals, adolescents, couples, and families. Let ...
Hosted by Megan Matusky
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Ardmore, PA 19003
Calm Mind Therapy is a supportive space for healing. We are staffed by two Licensed Clinical Social Workers — and best friends — who take a relational approach to providing mental health care to individuals, adolescents, couples, and families. Let ...
Mixed Gender Group
This is a long-term psychotherapy group. All human beings need a sense of belonging and a positive sense of personal identity. Group provides a safe, meaningful and stimulating place to explore oneself more fully and heal from the losses and ...
Hosted by Karen Goren
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CGP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
This is a long-term psychotherapy group. All human beings need a sense of belonging and a positive sense of personal identity. Group provides a safe, meaningful and stimulating place to explore oneself more fully and heal from the losses and ...
Resilience Through Art Group (Women-Only)
**Weekly Expressive Arts Group Beginning on 5/1/24 - Please Reach Out to Register!** This group will allow participants to cultivate emotional resilience in a supportive, welcoming space. We will spend our time together exploring creativity to connect with your strengths ...
Hosted by Danielle McGrogan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW, CET II
Verified Verified
Group meets in Media, PA 19063
**Weekly Expressive Arts Group Beginning on 5/1/24 - Please Reach Out to Register!** This group will allow participants to cultivate emotional resilience in a supportive, welcoming space. We will spend our time together exploring creativity to connect with your strengths ...
Groups for Girls & Women with Eating Concerns
You are not alone. Emotional eating is a common problem, which may indicate dissatisfaction and frustration from unfulfilled aspects of personal life. If you find yourself returning to the cupboard multiple times, you may wish to ask, "What is my ...
Hosted by Michelle L Dean
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, CGP, HLM
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lansdowne, PA 19050
You are not alone. Emotional eating is a common problem, which may indicate dissatisfaction and frustration from unfulfilled aspects of personal life. If you find yourself returning to the cupboard multiple times, you may wish to ask, "What is my ...
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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.