“I no longer feel shame or fear, and my relationships have improved tremendously after therapy with Dr. Hacker” (former client, age 26)Trauma & Abuse Recovery
Recovery from all forms of abuse is possible, no matter what you have suffered. Finding the right resources in therapy is important, then utilizing tools such as EMDR (see below), mindfulness, compassion, somatic experiencing, DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), and other techniques, to help you establish excellent coping skills when you don’t feel so excellent are very helpful. Building a therapeutic alliance with your therapist is actually the most proven factor in therapy. Then, addressing your wounds, learning how to heal, and establishing important parts of a support system outside therapy will help you mend your heart and step into wholeness.
My role in facilitating healing from abuse is to first, offer a compassionate environment, through which you feel comfortable to share what has happened to you. My skills and experience can be utilized to work with your memories, your current responses to relationships and situations, and help your nervous system and your brain to rewire to healthier and happier patterns of coping.
My practice offers EMDR, (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), an integrative psychotherapy approach especially designed for resolution of trauma and negative beliefs and memories held in the brain and body (EMDRIA.org). I also utilize other tools such as meditation (which helps calm the parasympathetic nervous system), somatic experiencing (which helps free the trauma and emotions from the body), and Internal Family Systems (working with the experiences inside you that are in the driver’s seat), guided imagery, and others. Working together, we can address symptoms in your mind, body, and spirit that can free you from the long term unwanted effects of trauma.
Treatment Options:
EMDR - eye movements that stimulate the brain to heal painful emotions and memories by moving them or reprocessing them so that they no longer intrude in your everyday life.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) - working with different “parts” of yourself to gain more confidence in your relationship with yourself and others.
Meditation
Somatic Experiencing - helps release the stuck emotions and patterns from the body
Emotional Freedom Technique or tapping therapy - easily learned skill that utilizes pressure points. It can be used anytime anywhere to reduce anxiety, negative feelings, thoughts, and beliefs.
Energy work such as Reiki, which is found to calm the nervous system and balance emotions.
Trauma & Abuse THERAPIST
It is very important you find the right therapist for you, and that you find one who actually does have the training and experience to help you heal. There are many people who call themselves trauma therapists. Look into the training and experience of anyone you choose to help you. Contact me for a free consultation
