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PTSD Counselling in Surrey

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. While trauma affects everyone differently, PTSD symptoms can feel persistent and disruptive, making it difficult to feel safe, focused, or emotionally balanced in daily life.

At Forward Mind Counselling in Surrey, our registered clinical counsellors provide trauma-informed PTSD counselling for adults, youth, and children. We focus on helping you process trauma safely, reduce distressing symptoms, and rebuild a sense of stability and control.

What Can You Expect From PTSD Counselling?

PTSD counselling is paced carefully to ensure emotional safety and long-term healing. Sessions focus on understanding trauma responses while gradually developing coping skills and resilience.

During your 50-minute sessions, your counsellor will:

  • Explore how trauma has affected your thoughts, emotions, and nervous system
  • Help you manage symptoms such as flashbacks, hypervigilance, or emotional numbness
  • Teach grounding and regulation strategies to increase emotional stability
  • Support trauma processing when you feel ready

Therapy is collaborative, respectful, and adapted to your comfort level.

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Understanding PTSD and Trauma Responses

PTSD can result from a wide range of experiences, including accidents, assaults, medical trauma, childhood abuse, or sudden loss. Symptoms may include intrusive memories, nightmares, emotional reactivity, avoidance, or feeling disconnected from yourself or others.

Even when the traumatic event occurred long ago, your body and nervous system may still react as if the danger is present. Counselling helps retrain these responses and restore a sense of safety.

Therapeutic Modalities for PTSD Counselling

Our registered clinical counsellors use proven, evidence-based therapies tailored to your specific needs.

EMDR helps the brain reprocess traumatic memories so they become less emotionally distressing. This approach can reduce the intensity of trauma responses without requiring detailed verbal recounting.

CBT supports you in understanding how trauma has shaped your beliefs and reactions. Therapy focuses on reducing fear-based thinking and strengthening coping skills.

DBT provides tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, especially helpful when trauma leads to intense emotional responses.

ACT encourages acceptance of trauma-related experiences while helping you reconnect with values and meaningful life activities.

Your Path Forward

Healing from PTSD is possible, and you don’t have to face it alone. Our counsellors meet you where you are and support progress at a pace that feels safe and manageable.

Forward Mind Counselling offers both in-person and online PTSD counselling in Surrey.

Book a confidential PTSD counselling session today.

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