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Trauma and CBT in Durham

My Solution Wellbeing Counselling Durham offers Trauma Therapy face to face or online in Durham. We have a dedicated team who are qualified and trained in Trauma based therapy. Individual sessions start from £60 and are 50 minutes long.

Trauma therapy is a specialised form of therapy designed to support clients to process, heal and deal with emotional, psychological and physical effects of distress suffered from trauma.

Trauma symptoms include physical, behavioural and emotional changes that affect how a person feels, thinks and reacts after a negative experience in life.

Common Symptoms of Trauma

Intrusion and Reliving

  • Flashbacks: Feeling as if the event is happening again.
  • Nightmares: Bad dreams related to the event.
  • Intrusive thoughts: Unwanted, repeated memories of the trauma.

Avoidance

  • Staying away: Avoiding people, places, or things that bring back memories.
  • Emotional numbing: Feeling detached, empty, or unable to experience joy.
  • Social withdrawal: Pulling away from friends, family, and normal activities.

Arousal and Reactivity

  • Hypervigilance, feeling constantly on guard or looking for danger.
  • Startle response: Getting jumpy or easily frightened by sudden noises.
  • Irritability: Having angry outbursts or aggressive behaviour.
  • Sleep issues: Trouble falling or staying asleep.

Physical Signs

  • Aches and pains: Unexplained headaches or stomach problems.
  • Body reactions: Rapid heartbeat, sweating, shaking, or dizziness.
  • Fatigue: Feeling very tired or worn out.

My Solution Wellbeing Counselling Durham always completes an assessment with every individual to support them with the best suited therapy for their treatment.

Top Evidence-Based Trauma Therapies

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): A specific type of CBT focused heavily on challenging “stuck points” or distorted beliefs (like guilt or blame) related to the trauma.
  • Somatic Therapies: Body-based approaches like Somatic Experiencing or Sensorimotor Psychotherapy that focus on physical sensations to release tension and calm a dis-regulated nervous system without forcing you to retell the story.
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT): A structured talk therapy that helps you identify and change unhelpful beliefs, reduce distress, and process painful memories.
  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR): A specialised method using guided side-to-side eye movements or other bilateral stimulation to help your brain reprocess stuck traumatic memories so they lose their emotional charge.
  • Trauma-Informed Mindfulness: Uses gentle grounding techniques and body awareness to build emotional resilience and reduce the intensity of flashbacks

Get in Touch

My Solution Wellbeing Durham has made Trauma Therapy simple to access with face to face appointments in Durham or at the comfort of your home online. Sessions start from £60 or if you block book 6 sessions you receive a £10 discount. Sessions can be booked online with the counsellor of your choice. My Solution Wellbeing has over 100 therapists to choose from.

Tel: 0800 098 2806
Email: office@mysolutionwellbeing.com

Areas We Also Cover

We cover the whole of County Durham and Durham

  • Chester-le-Street
  • Bishop Auckland
  • Spennymoor
  • Newton Aycliffe
  • Seaham
  • Peterlee
  • Consett
  • Stanley
  • Durham City Centre

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Frequently Asked Questions

Find quick answers to common questions about our services, appointments, and support options.

We are a counselling and wellbeing service providing support for adults, children businesses schools and communities. We change the way people get help with facing life’s challenges by providing private, affordable, confidential and convenient support and access to a trained therapist. My Solution Wellbeing provides professional counselling anywhere, through a computer, tablet or smartphone or face to face.

After you contact us, we will match you to an available counsellor who fits your objectives, required preferences, and the type of concerns you are dealing with. Different counsellors have different approaches and areas of focus and you can find this here, so it’s important to find the right person who can achieve the best results for you and your areas of concern. We have found that we are able to provide a successful match; however, if you have a session with a therapist and you feel your counsellor isn’t a good fit for you, you are course able to change this and be matched to a different counsellor. It is led by you.

Our counsellors are all qualified, experienced trained, and accredited. They have a different approaches such as Person Centered, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy or CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focussed Therapy and much more. They have been qualified and certified by their professional board after successfully completing the necessary education, exams, training and practice. While their experience, expertise and background vary, they all possess at least 5 years’ experience and extensive hands-on experience. Click here to learn more about the counsellors.

We take this very seriously and as a result, our team ensures that each therapist is fully qualified vetted and in good standing. Counsellors are required to provide documentation, proof of identity, and references. We thoroughly cross-check their qualifications, references and information as well as completing a DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) Check. Our head of Service will also ask for feedback from the client about the therapist should they wish to give it.

My Solution Wellbeing may be right for you if you’re looking to be the best version of yourself and looking to improve the quality of your life. Sometimes life situations and circumstances rock us and it interferes in our ability to lead a balanced life and we feel unable to self-regulate our emotions and feelings. Whenever this happens and your happiness is compromised and this feeling prevents you from achieving your goals, we may be able to help. We have counsellors who are specialized in specific issues, such as stress, anxiety, anger, depressions, relationships, parenting, addictions, eating, sleeping, trauma, family conflicts, LGBT matters, transgender and transitioning, grief, religion, self esteem, abuse, sexual exploitation and more.

Payment is made prior to your session over the phone.

If you decide you would like further sessions, you can pay for further sessions by direct bank payment or payment machine. You can discuss this with your therapist on how to book further sessions. There may be an option to have a reduced rate if you purchase a few sessions in advance. Please refer to blockbooking.

Payment must be made in advance of appointment.

If you can’t attend please give 48 hours notice and your appointment will be moved to a mutually agreed date. Failure to do this will result in payment lost. Please note we do not offer refunds, however, we can offer a credit note valid for 1 month.

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