More specialised for trauma
Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or “small ‘t’ traumas” (EMDR, EFT Tapping, Trauma-focused CBT)
Common major traumas include:
- Those caused by disasters such as the recent bushfires
- Those caused by accidents
- Those caused by assaults
- Medical or dental trauma
- Those caused by witnessing horrific scenes and not being able to help e.g paramedics, firefighters
- Those caused by military service
- Those caused by workplace bullying
- Traumatic bereavement and loss
- Refugee-related trauma
- Relational trauma related to childhood abuse
- Domestic violence
Common minor traumas include:
- Those caused by highly distressing and personally meaningful losses, conflicts, situations, encounters, frustrations, hurts, dilemmas and provocations
- Memories of events that remain highly charged and painful no matter how far back in time they go