Trauma therapy is a psychoanalytic therapy that can help individuals process the emotions behind any traumas from their past. Traumas such as childhood abuse, neglect, bullying or domestic violence are inflicted on us by other people in our lives. Conversely, some traumas are caused by forces beyond our control, such as an accident, a life-threatening experience or the death of a loved one.
At UKAT, we treat all traumas equally and seriously during trauma therapy. Everybody leads different lives, and traumas can vary greatly from person to person. Our highly-trained therapists are keenly aware of the role trauma can play in the development of behavioural addiction, drug addiction and alcohol addiction.
Post-Induction Therapy
Our trauma therapy is rooted in the practices of post-induction therapy (PIT). This therapy was pioneered by Pia Mellody, a senior clinical advisor at The Meadows in Wickenburg, Arizona. Drawing on her own experiences, Mellody realised that the trauma treatments available in the 1970s did not recognise how seemingly irrational behaviours may actually be symptoms of trauma.
So, Mellody based post-induction therapy on the fact that victims of trauma carry emotional baggage with them. If your childhood trauma is left unresolved, negative emotions can follow you into your adult life. These overwhelming feelings might be:
- Guilt
- Shame
- Anxiety
- Paranoia
- Mistrust
- Depression
- Self-hatred
Constantly battling with these upsetting feelings be very damaging to your self-esteem, lifestyle and perception of reality. Post-induction therapy invites victims to imagine themselves releasing their emotional baggage by transferring these distressing feelings onto the perpetrator of their abuse. This form of trauma therapy also identifies co-dependency as a symptom of stagnated emotional development, which is caused by the emotional baggage of trauma.