Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Trauma-focused CBT is a structured and supportive approach that helps you understand and manage the impact of traumatic or distressing experiences. It works by exploring the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, and gently challenging patterns that may be keeping you stuck in distress or fear. Through this process, you can develop new ways of thinking and coping, regain a sense of safety, and rebuild confidence in daily life.
This evidence-based therapy is recommended by the NHS and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related difficulties. Trauma-focused CBT offers a compassionate and effective path toward recovery, helping you move forward with greater resilience and emotional wellbeing.
Core Components of Trauma Therapy
Safety and Stabilisation – developing tools to manage distress, regulate emotions, and restore a sense of control.
Understanding Trauma – gentle psychoeducation to help you make sense of how trauma affects the body, mind, and relationships.
Processing and Integration – using approaches such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) and other trauma-informed methods to support healing and reduce distress.
Reconnection and Growth – rebuilding confidence, self-compassion, and a sense of connection with yourself and others.
How It Works
Understanding patterns that have developed in response to trauma
Building resilience and emotional regulation skills
Gradually processing and integrating traumatic memories
Re-establishing safety, trust, and self-worth
Treatment Format
Assessment and stabilisation – creating safety, understanding your story, and developing coping resources.
Trauma processing – using methods such as EMDR or other trauma-informed approaches to work through distressing memories and experiences.
Integration and reconnection – consolidating gains, building meaning, and supporting ongoing wellbeing.
