Trauma Therapy for Children, Teens, Adults, and Families
Trauma can affect sleep, emotions, behavior, relationships, and daily life long after an experience has ended. Chrysalis Health provides individualized support to help children, teens, adults, and families understand their symptoms and take the next appropriate step.
- A specialist generally responds within 48 hours
- Telehealth available
- Insurance options accepted
You do not need an existing PTSD diagnosis to request services.
Trauma Therapy at Chrysalis Health
Chrysalis Health provides individualized trauma therapy for children, teens, adults, and families experiencing trauma-related symptoms, post-traumatic stress, and difficulty functioning after frightening or overwhelming experiences. Care begins with an assessment and may include individual therapy, family therapy, psychiatric services, case management, telehealth, and community-based support based on clinical needs and availability.
What Is Trauma Therapy?
Trauma therapy is mental health treatment that helps people understand and manage the emotional, behavioral, physical, and relationship effects of traumatic experiences.
Treatment is individualized based on the person’s symptoms, history, age, safety, strengths, and goals.
When Trauma Affects Daily Life
Trauma reactions may improve over time. Professional support may help when symptoms continue, worsen, or interfere with everyday life.
These symptoms do not automatically mean someone has PTSD. An assessment can help identify what is happening and determine the appropriate next step.
Common signs include:
- Anxiety, fear, anger, sadness, or emotional numbness
- Nightmares, intrusive memories, or strong reactions to reminders
- Avoiding people, places, or situations
- Feeling tense, constantly alert, or unsafe
- Difficulty sleeping or concentrating
- Problems at work, school, home, or in relationships
- Increased substance use or difficulty managing daily responsibilities
An assessment can help identify what is happening and determine the appropriate next step.
Experiences That May Lead Someone to Seek Trauma Therapy
Trauma may follow a single event, repeated experiences, or ongoing circumstances that feel threatening or overwhelming.
How trauma affects someone may depend on what happened, whether the danger continues, and what support was available.
People may seek support after experiencing or witnessing:
- Abuse or neglect
- Domestic or community violence
- Assault or crime
- Serious accidents or medical emergencies
- Sudden or traumatic loss
- Natural disasters
- Bullying or family instability
- Military or combat experiences
How Trauma Therapy Works
Treatment begins with an assessment of the person’s symptoms, experiences, safety, strengths, support system, and daily functioning.
Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder are related, but they are not the same. Not everyone who experiences trauma develops PTSD, and symptoms may also overlap with anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, or substance use concerns.
An individualized treatment plan may include:
- Individual or family therapy
- Parent or caregiver involvement
- Coping and emotional-regulation skills
- Help identifying and managing triggers
- Treatment for anxiety, depression, grief, or related concerns
- Psychiatric services or medication management when appropriate
- Telehealth, case management, or community-based care
What Is Trauma-Informed Therapy?
Trauma-informed therapy recognizes that past experiences may affect a person’s emotions, behavior, relationships, sense of safety, and response to treatment.
This approach emphasizes trust, clear communication, personal choice, collaboration, and appropriate pacing. Clients should understand what to expect, participate in treatment decisions, and never feel forced to discuss traumatic experiences before they are ready.
You do not need an existing PTSD diagnosis to request services. A clinician can assess your symptoms and recommend an appropriate next step.
Trauma and PTSD Are Not the Same
Trauma refers to an experience and its emotional, physical, or psychological effects. PTSD is a diagnosable mental health condition that may develop when trauma-related symptoms continue and interfere with daily functioning.
Not everyone who experiences trauma develops PTSD. Symptoms may also overlap with anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, or substance use concerns.
Treatment Moves at an Appropriate Pace
Trauma therapy may involve painful emotions, memories, or triggers. Treatment should move at an appropriate pace and should not force someone to discuss experiences before they are ready.
Telehealth and Community-Based Care
Depending on the program and location, Chrysalis Health may provide services through secure telehealth, in the client’s home, at school, in the community, or in an office.
Telehealth may reduce transportation and scheduling barriers.
Depending on the program and location, services may be provided through secure telehealth, in the client’s home, at school, in the community, or in an office.
Service settings depend on clinical needs, location, eligibility, insurance coverage, technology access, and provider availability.
Trauma Therapy for Children and Teens
Children and teens may express trauma through changes in behavior, sleep, school performance, emotions, physical wellbeing, or relationships.
Treatment may include child-focused counseling, family participation, coping strategies, caregiver guidance, and psychiatric support when appropriate.
Parents and caregivers may help by sharing behavioral history, participating in selected sessions, reinforcing coping skills, monitoring changes, and strengthening safety and routines at home.
Possible signs include:
- Nightmares, new fears, or separation anxiety
- Anger, aggression, or emotional outbursts
- Withdrawal from family or friends
- School avoidance or declining performance
- Difficulty concentrating or returning to earlier behaviors
- Risk-taking, substance use, or strong reactions to reminders
Trauma Therapy for Adults and Families
Adults may seek trauma therapy for recent experiences, childhood trauma, repeated exposure to distressing events, or symptoms that have continued for years.
Trauma can also affect communication, trust, emotional closeness, and household stability. Family therapy may help reduce blame, improve communication, establish healthier boundaries, and strengthen support.
Treatment may help address:
- Anxiety, depression, or sleep problems
- Avoidance, anger, grief, guilt, or shame
- Difficulty trusting others
- Relationship or parenting concerns
- Substance use or difficulty functioning
What to Expect When Requesting Services
You do not need an existing diagnosis or a specific treatment in mind before reaching out. A specialist generally responds within 48 hours.
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Request Services
Complete the online form or call (888) 587-0335.
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Speak With a Specialist
Discuss your concerns, location, insurance information, and available services.
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Complete an Assessment
A clinician evaluates symptoms, safety, functioning, strengths, and treatment needs.
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Begin an Individualized Treatment Plan
Chrysalis Health helps determine the appropriate services, provider, and level of care.
Why Choose Chrysalis Health?
Chrysalis Health has provided behavioral health services since 1995 and offers individualized care for children, teens, adults, and families.
Clients may benefit from:
- Individual and family therapy
- Psychiatric services and medication management
- Telehealth and community-based care
- Commercial and Medicaid insurance options
- Income-based rates for qualifying self-pay clients
- Locations in Florida, Ohio, and Texas
Services, insurance participation, and provider availability vary by location.
Get Started With Trauma Therapy
You do not need to diagnose yourself, determine whether trauma is causing your symptoms, or choose a specific type of therapy before reaching out.
A Chrysalis Health specialist can discuss your concerns, location, insurance information, available services, and next steps. A specialist generally responds within 48 hours.
Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department if someone is in immediate danger. In the United States, call or text 988 for immediate crisis support involving suicidal thoughts, self-harm risk, or another urgent mental health concern.
Frequently Asked Questions About Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy is mental health treatment that helps people manage the emotional, behavioral, physical, and relationship effects of traumatic experiences.
Trauma-informed therapy considers how past experiences may affect a person’s emotions, behavior, communication, sense of safety, and response to treatment.
Consider requesting services when symptoms continue, worsen, or interfere with sleep, work, school, relationships, or daily responsibilities.
No. You can request services without an existing PTSD diagnosis. A clinician can assess your symptoms and recommend an appropriate next step.
Trauma therapy may involve painful emotions, memories, or triggers. Treatment should move at an appropriate pace and should not force someone to discuss experiences before they are ready.
Request services online or call (888) 587-0335. A specialist will review your needs and help schedule an assessment.
Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department if someone is in immediate danger. In the United States, call or text 988 for immediate crisis support involving suicidal thoughts, self-harm risk, or another urgent mental health concern.