Trauma

Trauma Therapy

Trauma can affect the mind, body, emotions, and relationships. It may come from a single overwhelming event or from repeated experiences of stress, fear, neglect, loss, instability, conflict, or emotional pain. Sometimes people know exactly what affected them. Other times, they only notice the symptoms, anxiety, emotional reactivity, numbness, avoidance, shame, sleep issues, or difficulty trusting others.

Behrang Therapy, trauma therapy offers a safe and structured space to understand the impact of painful experiences and work toward emotional stability, self-understanding, and healing.

You May Benefit From Trauma Therapy If You Experience

  • emotional numbness or shutdown
  • intrusive memories or distressing reminders
  • anxiety, fear, or hypervigilance
  • difficulty trusting others
  • strong emotional reactions that feel hard to control
  • shame, guilt, or self-blame
  • avoidance of certain people, places, or topics
  • relationship patterns connected to past pain

Trauma and the Body

Trauma is not only a memory. It can live in the body through tension, panic-like symptoms, fatigue, sleep disruption, pain sensitivity, or a constant sense of alertness. Therapy can help you understand these responses as survival patterns, not personal weakness.

How Trauma Therapy Can Help


Trauma therapy is not about forcing you to talk about everything before you feel ready. The work begins with safety, stabilization, emotional regulation, and understanding your nervous system. Over time, therapy may help you process painful experiences, reduce the emotional intensity of triggers, and reconnect with yourself and others.

Sessions may include trauma-informed counseling, grounding skills, emotional regulation, parts work, self-compassion, meaning-making, and approaches informed by evidence-based trauma therapy models.

EMDR Therapy and Trauma Recovery

EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a structured trauma therapy approach that can help people process distressing memories and reduce the emotional intensity connected to past experiences. Instead of focusing only on talking about what happened, EMDR helps the brain reprocess painful memories so they feel less overwhelming in the present. It may be helpful for trauma, anxiety, disturbing memories, emotional triggers, fear responses, and negative beliefs about the self that developed after difficult experiences. EMDR therapy is always done at a careful and supportive pace, with attention to safety, emotional regulation, and the client’s readiness.

Therapy in English and Farsi

For many immigrants and Farsi-speaking clients, trauma may be connected to migration, family separation, cultural pressure, political instability, war-related stress, loss, or adjustment to a new country. Being able to speak in your preferred language can make therapy feel more natural and emotionally accurate.

Book a Free Consultation

If past experiences continue to affect your present life, trauma therapy may help you feel more grounded, clear, and connected. You can book a free 20-minute consultation to discuss your needs.

FAQ

Do I have to talk about traumatic events in detail?
No. Trauma therapy moves at a pace that respects your readiness and emotional safety.

Can trauma therapy help with anxiety and relationship issues?
Yes. Trauma often affects anxiety, trust, communication, emotional regulation, and attachment patterns.

Do you offer trauma therapy in Farsi?
Yes. Trauma therapy is available in English and Farsi.

Can EMDR be performed online?

Yes. EMDR can be done online using videos and other online tools.