Trauma
Trauma can show up in many different ways – from feeling constantly on edge, to emotional shutdown, intrusive memories, or a sense that something from the past is still affecting the present. At The Clearing, we offer trauma-informed therapy for adults who feel ready to gently explore and work through difficult experiences, at a pace that feels safe and manageable.
Find the right therapist for youHow trauma can show up
- Feeling anxious, on edge, or hyper-alert
- Emotional numbness or shutdown
- Intrusive thoughts or memories
- Heightened emotional reactions that feel hard to control
- Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe
- Avoiding certain situations or reminders
- Feeling disconnected from yourself or others
- Negative thoughts about yourself & the world, or excessive guilt and shame
You don’t need to identify as having “trauma” to find this support helpful.
How trauma-focused therapy can help
Trauma therapy isn’t about diving into the past or forcing yourself to relive difficult experiences. It’s about helping you feel safer, more stable, and better able to understand what’s happening in your mind and body.
Create a sense of safety
Work in a way that prioritises emotional safety, stability, and trust.
Understand your responses
Make sense of how past experiences may still be affecting you now.
Process experiences at your pace
Gently work through difficult memories or emotions when it feels right for you to do so.
Trauma counselling
Counselling for trauma will support you to start gently exploring the traumatic experiences, how you've made sense of them and how they are continuing to affect you today.
Trauma isn’t always obvious. It can show up through how you feel day to day, or in more subtle repeating patterns that are hard to shift. We might experience obvious sudden intrusive memories, or avoidance of triggers, or simply have a sense that something difficult from the past is still casting a shadow over us.
In therapy you'll have a safe space where you can gradually unpick the ripple effect of these traumatic events, heal the wounds they've left behind and ultimately take back control of your life.
Is this the right support for you?
This support may be helpful if you:
- Feel negatively affected by past experiences
- Have intrusive thoughts or flashbacks
- Experience mood swings or intense emotional responses that are hard for your to control or understand
- Feel numb, shutdown or disconnected from yourself and others
- Find it hard to feel safe or to trust yourself and others
Book now if you want to:
- Be supported at a pace set by you
- Understand and address the ways that trauma is affecting you now
- Build your emotional resilience and find new ways of taking care of yourself
- Explore how you've made sense of the trauma and how this has affected your world-view
- Find closure and positive ways forward
Therapists offering trauma-informed support
Several members of our team have specific training and experience in this area. You can explore our therapist profiles below to find someone whose approach feels right for you.
Elizabeth
Senior Accredited Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Emotional overwhelm, numbness or shutdown
- Neurodiversity (ADHD & autism)
- Self-esteem & identity
- Anxiety
Approach
Depth psychotherapy drawing from the psychoanalytical, systemic & existential schools.
Availability
Online / telephone
Dr Rhian
Chartered Counselling Psychologist | Founder of The Clearing
Area of focus
- Identity & meaning
- Depression & low mood
- Mid-life struggles & life transitions
- Burnout & emotional exhaustion
- Anxiety & panic
Approach
Counselling psychology, integrating psychodynamic, person-centred, and existential therapies.
Availability
Online / telephone / in person
Location
Rural County Durham
Sharon
UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist
Area of focus
- Anxiety & panic
- Emotional regulation & overwhelm
- Relationship difficulties
- Shame & self-criticism
- Trauma & EMDR
Approach
Integrative psychotherapeutic counselling, centring on Transactional Analysis. EMDR is offered subject to assessment.
Availability
Online / telephone
Annette
BACP Registered Psychotherapeutic Counsellor
Area of focus
- Anxiety & low mood
- Relationship difficulties
- Existential issues
- Adjustment to change
- Jungian oriented psychotherapy
Approach
Integrative psychotherapy drawing from Transactional Analysis, Jungian Psychology & CBT.
Availability
Online / telephone / in person
Location
Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
We also offer support with:
- Anger & emotional regulation
- Anxiety
- Attachment & relationship patterns
- Bereavement & loss
- Burnout & Stress
- Child & young person therapy
- Compulsive behaviours
- Depression
- EMDR for Trauma
- Emotional numbness & shutdown
- Neurodiversity (ADHD & Autism)
- People-pleasing & boundaries
- Relationship & couples therapy
- Self-esteem & confidence
We are here for you
Whether you know what you need or are still figuring things out, we’ll take things at your pace. To help you decide whether it’s right for you, we offer 50% off your first session, giving you a gentle, low-pressure way to begin your journey toward feeling better.