At HopeGuide, We Specialize in Helping YOU
Heal From Trauma
What IS Trauma?
Trauma has become a bit of a buzzword in the last few years. It’s used to mean all sorts of things that it doesn’t REALLY mean.
If we’re doing to try to solve a problem, we need to understand what that problem is.
So what IS Trauma anyways?
Trauma is not a specific event.
Instead, it is how our bodies respond to an overwhelming experience. When we are unable to fully process and move though that experience, it can become stuck within us.
That “stuckness” is experienced in many different ways and can lead to significant illness and disease if left unreleased for too long.
At its core, Trauma is a name we give to the way in which our nervous system adapts to our environment.
When we experience trauma, it’s important to know that this is not a sign that we are broken.
It’s actually a sign that our bodies are doing exactly what they are designed to do!
Our bodies are wired for healing, and are capable of processing and releasing trauma over time. The lives we live in this modern world, however, often get in the way of that healing.
Our job at HopeGuide is to help you find your way back to your bodies natural healing so that you can experience the peace that you deserve!
How Do I Know if I Have Trauma?
If we live long enough, every single one of us will experience trauma at some point in our lives.
Although the official diagnosis for trauma is PTSD, it actually shows up in many different ways that may not get diagnosed.
Trauma shows up in quite a few different ways, and it’s different for everyone. However, some common symptoms are:
In Our Minds
In Our Relationships
In Our Emotions
In Our Bodies
Depression
Anxiety
Deep Sense of Aloneness
Feeling perpetually unsafe
Suicidality
Quick to Anger / Sadness
Feeling Overwhelmed
Exhaustion / Fatigue
Poor Digestion
Chronic Muscle Sorness
Thyroid Issues
Inability to sleep
Hypertension
Heart Palpitations
Difficulty Connecting
Codependent Patterns
Tendency to Isolation
Hypersensitivity to Others
Unstoppable patterns
Difficulty knowing when/who to trust
Dissociation
Inability to focus
Mental “Looping”
Fixating
Brain Fog
Flashbacks
Nightmares
The Holistic Mental Health Model for Trauma
Trauma is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed. And what’s worse, the proposed solutions can be quite ineffective and inefficient, and sometimes even make people feel worse instead of better.
At HopeGuide we use the Holistic Mental Health Model as the basis for our work with trauma, as it allows us to target the specific symptoms for each client.
It’s a smarter approach to working with trauma.
By starting with a thorough diagnostic process, addressing both our physiology and mythology (psychology), and utilizing the Core Four, our clients can often feel better much faster than they otherwise would.
Using The “Core Four”
Sleep
Eat
The things we put into our body have a direct effect on how we feel emotionally. When our gut health is poor, our mental health suffers. In fact, 90-95% of our serotonin is actually created in our gut.
Move
A 2016 Meta-Analysis of studies including over 250,000 participants clearly demonstrated the significant effect of exercise on mental health, and specifically on depression and anxiety.
Poor sleep has a profound impact on our mental health. In fact, it’s estimated that between 50-80% of psychiatric patients suffer from a sleep disorder. Fortunately, poor sleep is a solvable problem and is one of the areas we focus on at HopeGuide to improve mental health.
Connect
In this modern world, we have increased the number of connections we have, but decreased the quality of those connections. As of 2020, 61 percent of Americans report to being lonely (according to Cigna).
What Can I Do About My Trauma?
If you have trauma, you may have been told that you just need to learn to “Find Your New Normal.”
At HopeGuide, we’re calling bullsh*t on that. Our team has seen over a thousand people find their way into healing from trauma, and you can too.
Trauma is NOT a life sentence. You just need the right tools to heal.
At HopeGuide, it’s our mission to help you do just that. Whether that’s through one of the therapies we provide, or any of the tools or resources we recommend, our mission is to give you the guidance and support you need to find your way to feeling better, faster.
We help you find and use the right tools to help you feel better faster.
There are many different tools we can use to help you heal from trauma. Our job is to help you find the ones most suitable to your trauma AND your budget.
That’s why we guide every client through our 4-step process. We want to make sure that That’s why we take the time to get to know you first, including your specific healing priorities and budget; so we can help you find your unique path to healing.
