Individual
Individual
Healing looks different for everyone.
That’s why our individual trauma therapy programs are tailored to your needs, not a template. Whether you’re dealing with emotional trauma, work-related trauma, or healing from childhood trauma, your sessions are designed to move at your pace while keeping momentum.
We blend evidence-based trauma therapy methods such as EMDR trauma therapy, somatic regulation, and mindfulness-based approaches, all under the care of licensed trauma specialists who understand how to process trauma without re-traumatization safely.
You’ll meet daily for 7-21+ days, depending on your needs, in a safe, calm environment that feels more like a retreat than a clinic. Many clients describe this as the first time they’ve felt seen in years.
When we say intensive trauma therapy, we mean care that’s immersive enough to help your body and mind reconnect so you can finally exhale.
Battalion Chief: PTSD Trauma Center “Helped Give Me My Life Back”
After 26 years in the fire service, including nine as a battalion chief, Shawna reached a tipping point. The trauma of callouts, the long hours during California’s fierce fire season and the bureaucracy that comes with work in public safety combined to alter her outlook.
“It just started weighing on me to the point that I couldn’t even get out of my car when we went to an incident,” she said. “I would sit in my truck, and I just couldn’t physically get myself to get out. I didn’t have the energy to have another person come up to me and say they need help.”
Shawna was experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the symptoms had spread far beyond work. She described being angry and agitated—“adrenalized” is the word she uses—making her emotionally unavailable and straining relations with her two teenage children. She was not sleeping. She began drinking more. The physical stress on her body was so intense that Shawna thought she had arthritis.
“I felt like I was driving and it was raining so hard that the wipers could barely get the rain off the window,” she said. “So you can’t see the road ahead of you.”
Shawna signed on to visit to PTSD Center designed specifically to address PTSD experienced by firefighters, police, dispatchers and other first responders. Clients are taken care of from the time they arrive, allowing them to focus on the hard work of recovery. Food, accommodations and transportation are handled. Every participant receives a custom therapy plan and is paired with a licensed counselor.
The experience was so influential that Shawna actually returned for a second retreat months later, this time with a mission to work solely on her own issues with PTSD.
“Going to 11th Hour was a big part of helping me put the puzzle pieces together and connecting the dots so that I could understand what’s going on,” Shawna said. “A lot of times, when you get to that point, you just don’t even know where the root of the fire is.