Trauma Therapy Services
Take a Step Towards Healing
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Connect face-to-face with a therapist who understands your experiences and can offer direct support.
Virtual Sessions
Get the help you need from wherever you’re comfortable. Our online sessions are convenient, secure, and just as effective.
Treatment for Trauma: What to Expect
Trauma can leave deep marks, but our therapy services are here to help. We offer understanding, supportive care to help you work through difficult experiences. Our goal is to assist you in finding strength and resilience to overcome these challenges.
Our sessions are a safe place to talk about hard things. We’ll work at a pace that feels right for you. You’ll learn how to handle difficult emotions and start to see your past in a new light. Our therapists are here to guide and support you every step of the way.
Meet Our Trauma Therapy Specialists
Our team is made up of caring therapists who specialize in helping people who’ve been through trauma. Our therapists are experienced in various trauma-informed therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness practices.
See What People Are Saying About Us
EXCELLENT Based on 29 reviews Posted on Google Tristan CiminiNovember 2, 2025Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Chris leads sessions with thoughtfulness and curiosity. He has helped my partner and I learn so much about each other and given us many practical tools and exercises to try outside of session. I highly recommend his practice!Posted on Google Michelle MirandaOctober 29, 2025Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Working with Chris has truly changed our lives for the better. After nearly 20 years of marriage, we found ourselves facing one of the most difficult periods we’d ever experienced, and Chris guided us through it with compassion, patience, and incredible insight. His approach helped us not only reconnect as a couple but also grow individually. Because of Chris, we feel stronger, more self-aware, and better equipped with the tools to communicate and work through challenges on our own. He created a space where we could be honest, heard, and understood, and that made all the difference. We are deeply grateful for his support and can honestly say that knowing him has made us better people and partners. I wholeheartedly recommend Chris to anyone seeking genuine help and guidance. It took us years to find someone who truly understood us and could get to the root of our challenges, and Chris did exactly that. We truly love and appreciate him and know we wouldn’t be where we are today without his support.Posted on Google GLOctober 29, 2025Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Chris is a caring, exceptionally kind, and intelligent person—really, the only therapist who has measurably improved the quality of my life. He not only helped me to stabilize after crisis but has taken up the enormous task of working through my trauma history and anxiety with me. I've been in therapy on and off for 30 years, and I've never trusted someone more to guide this challenging, necessary work. Chris balances extensive knowledge with gentleness and humor in a way that just works. He has helped me step back from my entrenched thoughts and behaviors enough to start to make sense of myself, ask for what I need in my life, and, perhaps most importantly, start to feel safe again. I feel very lucky to have found him.Posted on Google Marie LOctober 29, 2025Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. My partner and I saw Bethany for couples therapy. Bethany is just wonderful—a truly warm and lovely person. She was able to work very gently with my partner, who had not previously been in therapy, and he went from feeling anxious about the experience to being able to integrate the knowledge and practices he learned into his life, improving his confidence and allowing him to recognize his own resilience. I attribute this to Bethany's amiable and supportive approach. We are both grateful to her!Posted on Google D COctober 29, 2025Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Dr. Tickner is warm, knowledgeable, insightful, and has a way to lighten the mood at the best possible times. He is a pleasure to work with, and probably the best I’ve met in his profession.Posted on Google Charles IrvinAugust 22, 2024Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Chris T is the best therapist ever! He runs the practice with his wife, Andrea, who is also amazing. I would recommend working with anyone on their team.Posted on Google John SloanJune 10, 2024Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I had the good fortune of training with Chris early in my career. He is compassionate, thoughtful, and brings deep knowledge and experience to the work. I am so grateful for the time I spent at California Integrative Therapy. He hires exceptional therapists and I do not hesitate to refer clients to this practice. The therapists there bring a breadth of experience and a variety of approaches to the work--whether you're looking for couples therapy, treatment for depression or anxiety, or healing from trauma, I highly recommend you give them a call.
The Benefits of Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy can help reduce feelings of fear and sadness, make sense of past traumas, and build new ways of coping. Many find that they sleep better, feel more hopeful, and enjoy life more after therapy. Additionally, engaging in trauma therapy often leads to improved relationships and a renewed sense of personal strength and resilience, empowering you to face life’s challenges with a newfound confidence.
Reaching out for help is a big step, and we’re here to make it as easy as possible. Get in touch to begin your journey towards recovery and peace.
frequently asked questions about Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy helps by providing a safe space where you can process traumatic experiences at your own pace. It focuses on understanding and managing the emotions associated with trauma, helping to reduce its hold over your daily life.
It’s completely okay to take your time. Therapy is a process, and you’re in control. We’ll work on building trust and safety first, and you can share when you feel ready.
Yes, therapy can be very effective in reducing symptoms like nightmares, anxiety, flashbacks, and other trauma-related experiences. We’ll teach you strategies to cope with these symptoms.
Your privacy is our utmost priority. Everything discussed in therapy is confidential, except in cases where there’s a risk of harm to yourself or others.
If your traumatic experience is impacting your daily life, relationships, or mental well-being, it might be time to seek therapy. Signs include persistent anxiety, mood changes, avoidance of certain situations, and difficulty coping with daily tasks.
We use a variety of techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness practices, tailored to suit your specific needs.
It’s not uncommon to feel a range of emotions when processing trauma. Some sessions might be challenging, but our goal is to guide you through these feelings safely and help you find relief.
We’ll equip you with coping strategies to manage overwhelming emotions both during and outside of therapy sessions. Learning these skills is a key part of the therapeutic process.
Yes, we provide trauma therapy for all age groups, with approaches tailored to each age group’s specific needs and developmental stages.
Starting therapy is as simple as reaching out to us. We’ll guide you through the process of setting up an initial consultation to discuss your needs and how we can help.