What happened to you doesn't have to define what comes next.
Sometimes an experience is over, but the impact of it isn’t.
You may find yourself overthinking, avoiding certain situations, feeling constantly on guard, struggling to trust, disconnecting from people, or reacting in ways you don’t fully understand.
Trauma therapy gives you space to understand those experiences and work through them at a pace that feels manageable.
The Empowering Space provides virtual trauma therapy for eligible clients throughout in Texas, Ohio, California & Michigan.
You can keep functioning and still be affected by what happened.
Trauma doesn’t always mean being unable to get through the day.
You might still work, study, raise children, care for other people, maintain relationships, and handle your responsibilities.
But internally, things may feel different.
You may notice:
Your mind rarely feels completely at rest • Certain situations make you anxious or uncomfortable • You avoid people, places, conversations, or memories • You have difficulty trusting others • You feel emotionally numb or disconnected • You stay alert even when you’re safe • You replay experiences in your mind • Relationships feel harder than they used to • You blame yourself for things that happened • You struggle to set boundaries • You feel disconnected from yourself
You don’t have to decide whether what happened was “bad enough” before asking for support.
Trauma can affect more than memories.
Difficult experiences can influence how you think, feel, respond, connect, and move through everyday life.
Trauma therapy may help people experiencing:
Anxiety & Hypervigilance
Feeling constantly alert, worried, tense, or prepared for something to go wrong.
Difficult Memories
Memories, thoughts, dreams, or reminders of past experiences that continue to feel distressing.
Avoidance
Avoiding situations, conversations, people, places, or emotions connected to what happened.
Emotional Numbness
Feeling disconnected from your emotions, relationships, or yourself.
Trust & Relationships
Finding it difficult to feel safe, vulnerable, or connected with other people.
Shame & Self-Blame
Carrying responsibility, guilt, or shame related to experiences that happened to you.
Boundaries
Finding it difficult to say no, communicate your needs, or recognize when something doesn’t feel right.
Overwhelm & Emotional Reactions
Experiencing reactions that feel bigger or harder to control than the situation seems to warrant.
Identity & Self-Understanding
Trying to understand how past experiences have shaped the way you see yourself.
There isn't one type of experience that "counts."
People seek trauma therapy after many different experiences.
These may include:
Childhood experiences • Difficult family environments • Relationship trauma • Abuse or neglect • Loss and grief • Medical experiences • Accidents • Violence • Military experiences • Workplace experiences • Major life events • Repeated stressful experiences • Experiences involving discrimination or identity-based stress
Sometimes people can point to a specific experience.
Other times, it’s a collection of experiences that accumulated over time.
Your experience doesn’t have to look like someone else’s to be worth talking about.
Therapy should fit the person, not the other way around.
There isn’t one therapy approach that works for everyone.
Depending on your experiences, goals, preferences, and therapist, trauma treatment may involve different approaches.
You don’t need to know which approach you need before getting started.
Your therapist can help you understand the options that may be appropriate for you.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR Therapy
Processing experiences that still feel present.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured therapy approach used to help people process distressing memories and experiences.
Rather than requiring you to repeatedly describe every detail of an experience, EMDR uses a structured process designed to help the brain process memories differently.
EMDR may be considered for concerns related to trauma and other distressing experiences.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Understanding the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns in the way you think, feel, and respond.
When difficult experiences shape beliefs about yourself, other people, or the world around you, CBT may help you recognize those patterns and develop different ways of responding.
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Care that considers what you’ve experienced.
Trauma-informed therapy isn’t one specific technique.
It’s an approach to care that recognizes how difficult experiences can affect emotional safety, trust, relationships, boundaries, and the way someone responds to the world around them.
The goal is to create a therapeutic environment where your experiences are approached with care and respect.
Other Therapeutic Approaches
TES clinicians may use additional therapeutic approaches depending on their training, specialties, and the needs of the client.
Implementation Note
Only add additional modalities after confirming which approaches TES clinicians currently provide.
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Each modality listed on the website should correspond to an actual clinician/service TES can provide.
No. That's something we can help you figure out.
It’s completely normal to see terms like EMDR, CBT, and trauma-informed therapy and not know which one applies to you.
You don’t need to research every therapy approach before asking for help.
Start with what you’re experiencing.
Our therapist-matching process can help you explore clinicians based on your:
Concerns • Goals • Location • Insurance • Availability • Preferences • Interest in a specific therapy approach, when applicable
Feeling comfortable with your therapist matters.
Trauma therapy can involve conversations and experiences that feel personal.
Finding someone whose approach, experience, and communication style feel right for you can make a meaningful difference.
Our therapist-matching process can help you explore available clinicians based on your needs and preferences.
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Tell us what you're looking for
Answer a few questions about your needs and preferences.
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See your therapist matches
Explore clinicians who may fit what you’re looking for.
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Review their profiles
Learn about specialties, approaches, insurance, state eligibility, and availability.
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Schedule
Choose an available therapist and appointment.
You set the pace.
Starting trauma therapy doesn’t necessarily mean immediately talking through the most difficult thing that has happened to you.
Therapy may begin with understanding what you’re experiencing now and building the tools and sense of safety needed to approach difficult experiences.
Depending on your needs, therapy may involve:
Understanding your reactions • Identifying triggers • Learning ways to manage overwhelming emotions • Building coping skills • Working on boundaries • Exploring relationship patterns • Challenging unhelpful beliefs • Processing difficult memories • Reconnecting with yourself • Building a stronger sense of emotional safety
Your treatment will depend on your needs, goals, and therapist.
Support from a space where you feel comfortable.
The Empowering Space provides virtual trauma therapy for eligible clients throughout:
Texas, Ohio, California & Michigan
The therapists available to you will depend on your location, their state eligibility, specialties, training, and current availability.
Therapy should feel possible.
The Empowering Space works with a variety of insurance providers, although coverage varies by clinician, state, service, and individual plan.
Lower-cost therapy with supervised graduate-level clinical interns may also be available for eligible clients.
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What is trauma therapy?
Trauma therapy is therapy that considers how difficult or distressing experiences may be affecting your thoughts, emotions, relationships, behaviors, and everyday life.
Different therapeutic approaches may be used depending on your experiences and goals.
Do I need to have PTSD to receive trauma therapy?
No.
People seek trauma therapy for many reasons and experiences.
You don’t need to determine your own diagnosis before reaching out for support.
What's the difference between trauma therapy, EMDR, and CBT?
Trauma therapy is a broad term for therapy focused on the impact of difficult or traumatic experiences.
EMDR and CBT are specific therapeutic approaches that may be used as part of treatment.
The right approach depends on the individual, their experiences, their goals, and the therapist’s clinical judgment and training.
What is EMDR?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
It is a structured therapeutic approach used to help people process distressing memories and experiences.
Not every TES therapist provides EMDR, so therapist availability should be confirmed through the matching or intake process.
What is CBT?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the relationships between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
It may help people identify patterns that contribute to distress and develop different ways of thinking about or responding to situations.
Will I have to talk about everything that happened?
Not necessarily.
Trauma therapy should move at a pace appropriate for you and the treatment approach being used.
You and your therapist can discuss what you’re comfortable addressing and how treatment will proceed.
Can family therapy help after a major life change?
Yes.
Families may seek therapy while navigating changes such as divorce, separation, remarriage, relocation, loss, changing caregiving responsibilities, or other major transitions.
Therapy can help family members understand how the change is affecting each person and how they can move through it together.
How do I know which therapy approach I need?
You don’t have to decide before starting.
Tell us what you’re experiencing and what you’re looking for, and our matching process can help you explore therapists with relevant specialties and approaches.
Is trauma therapy available virtually?
Yes.
The Empowering Space provides virtual therapy for eligible clients throughout Texas, Ohio, and California.
Available clinicians and modalities vary based on state eligibility, training, and availability.
Do you accept insurance for trauma therapy?
TES works with a variety of insurance providers.
Coverage varies by clinician, service, location, and individual insurance plan.
Not sure what the next step should be?
If you already know you’re interested in EMDR, CBT, or another approach, tell us during the matching process.
If you don’t know, that’s okay too.
Start by telling us what’s been going on.
What happened is part of your story. It doesn't have to write the rest of it.
You don’t need to have the right terminology.
You don’t need to know which therapy technique you need.
And you don’t need to wait until things become harder.
Start with what you’re experiencing now.