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Holistic Approach To PTSD Therapy

Release the heavy toll of trauma and stress in a supportive environment. At the Holistic Psychotherapy Center, we bolster your sense of safety and trust so you can reclaim yourself and get your power.
Encino Office
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Step Out of The Shadow of Your Past

You are capable of making great change. Free yourself from past experiences that overburden your mind and body, holding you back from the quality of life you deserve.

Your Own Pace, Your Way

We honor your pace and listen to you as we do the healing work in a process that grounds you and allows you to build personal resilience in a balanced way on your terms.

A Trauma-Informed Approach

Get support for every aspect of your PTSD experience with a comprehensive treatment approach that avoids retraumatizing. addresses trauma triggers and promotes stability and strength-based care.

“I Don’t Feel Safe”

One of the prominent lingering effects of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the difficulty of feeling safe and secure in daily life. It feels as if you can be on edge of danger in a moment’s notice, even in a non-threatening environment. You can find yourself being hypervigilant and extremely alert to your surroundings. Sensory sensitivity, jumpiness, anticipation of possible danger, anxiety, and an array of physical and emotional symptoms make it almost impossible to relax. Anything can trigger the “not feeling safe” experience. Loud noises, crowded places, certain smells and images, aggressive behavior, and feeling powerless are common triggers of PTSD.

Resetting Your Nervous System

The main marker of PTSD is dysregulation. Your body gets chronically stuck in “flight- flight-freeze” mode which triggers survival reactions and produces a whole slew of physical and psychological symptoms, all at once, which can feel overwhelming and exhausting. You’re battling anxiety, panic attacks, depression, shutdown, and more. You may find yourself getting easily distressed and unable to consistently calm your body and mind.

At the Holistic Psychotherapy Center, we work with you on releasing trapped emotions, beliefs, and memories that are at the root of your imbalances. We teach your body how to regulate the breath, get grounded, and set healthy boundaries in your life. All this rebuilds your nervous system to be more stable and resilient.

Sources of PTSD

PTSD can develop from a wide range of experiences, not limited to experiences of war, terror attacks, violence, accidents, or natural disasters. Experiences of abuse, violence, bullying, neglect, an unstable home environment, personal health problems, and life changes like the loss of a loved one, can all create a lingering effect of not feeling safe and feeling deeply insecure.

Bearing witness to traumatic events can be traumatic in and of itself. This entails witnessing the trauma of a loved one or trying to help a traumatized person. Even overexposure to traumatic stories and images on TV or social media can trigger PTSD. If you feel you may have developed traumatic stress from witnessing trauma, please seek help for PTSD.

Many patients experience many physical symptoms associated with PTSD. This can manifest as increased sensitivity to allergies, or even new food sensitivities. You may experience aches and pains, fatigue, nausea, headaches, insomnia, and mysterious symptoms and or sensations. PTSD often causes chronic stress symptoms that are hard to diagnose to test. The ongoing symptoms leave you feeling worried, exhausted, and trapped.

The Faces of PTSD

Hypervigilance / Inability to relax / Chronic stress / Burnout / Easily triggered / Memory flashbacks / Poor focus / Dissociation / Panic attacks / Anxiety / Fatigue / Social withdrawal / Fear of taking risks / Insomnia / Mood swings / Muscle cramps / Poor digestion / Sensory overload / Sensory processing difficulties / Frequent colds / Allergies / Food sensitivities

Reclaim Yourself from Trauma

Modalities For Overcoming Anxiety
Integrated Physical Emotional Clearing (IPEC) Therapy
IPEC Therapy is a body-mind therapeutic method that uses muscle testing to detect traumatic stress contributing to PTSD that’s been imprinted in the body and mind. The treatment includes using personalized protocols to restore balance to a dysregulated nervous system, helping heal PTSD naturally.
Trigger Recognition

Equips you with the skills to recognize and understand your stress triggers. This awareness prevents stress from feeling unpredictable and overwhelming, fostering a sense of control and preparedness.

Light Therapy
Light Therapy is a non-invasive treatment that balances the body’s energy flow in the meridians like in acupuncture, only without using needles. Using the energy of light, this body’s energy flow is restored, promoting natural healing.
Life Perspective Enhancement

Helps you see the broader context of your life’s events. By understanding the bigger picture, we assist in identifying the underlying causes of PTSD, leading to more effective coping strategies.

Guided Imagery
This is a powerful technique to quickly & deeply calm your body and relax your mind. This helps turn off an overactive stress response, which is ever-present when struggling with PTSD.
Breathwork

Teaches controlled breathing techniques. Proper breathwork is a cornerstone of managing stress, aiding in calming the mind and body, and providing an immediate tool for stress relief.

Tapping (EFT)
This therapeutic intervention involves gentle tapping on specific reflex points along the body. It combines principles from traditional Chinese acupressure and modern psychology. Tapping on specific points along the body sends signals to the nervous system and brain to help release physical and emotional stress patterns and trigger PTSD memories.
Meridian Therapy
Meridian therapy balances powerful acupuncture points along the body’s meridian pathways. Working with these points helps release physical and emotional blocks that affect nervous system functions, which often get dysregulated by PTSD. Positive effects include a deep sense of calm and grounding of the nervous system.
Affirmations
Affirmations are personalized positive statements designed to foster confidence and positive intention to help you feel grounded and supported. They help rewire body-mind pathways to promote healing and rebalancing of the nervous system. Affirmations are powerful healing messages that help you feel stronger during difficult times.
At the Holistic Psychotherapy Center, we are on a mission to help you heal. We welcome you into a safe and calming space that has been designed to support you both during therapy sessions and within your daily life.
With our holistic approach to PTSD, you can finally reclaim your energy, your health, your joy in life that you want but can’t because of struggles with PTSD. We offer a wide range of healing methods from talk therapy to somatic-based therapy. We also offer energy therapy and muscle testing to help tune into truths only your body can share and release trapped stress non-verbally. We offer guided meditation, tapping, affirmations, and even weighted stuffed animals for sensory comfort and support in difficult times.
Encino Office
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FAQ

Holistic psychotherapy treats PTSD by integrating traditional psychotherapy with alternative healing practices. It aims to address the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of trauma, offering a comprehensive path to recovery.
Unlike conventional treatments that may focus primarily on medication and cognitive therapy, holistic therapy incorporates practices such as somatic tools, mindfulness, energy healing, affirmations, and other alternative modalities to treat the whole person, not just the symptoms. Our aim is not just to relieve the trauma but to help you get back to feeling and being innately authentic self.
Yes, it can. We don’t prescribe or recommend medication to our patients. However, if you’re already taking medication, it will not interfere with our treatment plan. You can continue to take the medication if you choose.
Benefits include reduced stress levels, improved emotional balance, enhanced physical health, and a deeper sense of overall well-being. We aim to not only foster long-lasting recovery but to support yourself so you can thrive in creating the life you want for yourself.
Individuals seeking a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan that goes beyond symptoms and labels, conventional therapies, including those open to exploring alternative healing practices.
We will get to learn about you and your particular issues of PTSD and then share with you how we work and what we can offer you. You will get a chance to learn if we are the right fit for you.
Expect to be welcomed to a warm and friendly meeting! We will start to get to know you and TOGETHER understand your PTSD issues, goals, and priorities. All this will help us develop a personalized treatment plan.
The timeline varies for each individual, depending on the nature and severity of the trauma. Many start to notice progress within a few weeks of ongoing therapy and continue to heal and improve over time.
Holistic therapies prioritize natural and non-invasive methods, maximizing safety and comfort and minimizing stress.

To get started, schedule a free consultation here. You’ll get a chance to speak with one of our therapists and get a sense of who we are and the therapies we offer.

We offer family therapy sessions to help families who need guidance on how to understand, cope, and support a family member with PTSD.
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We prioritize your comfort and convenience. Whether you prefer in-office face-to-face sessions or the flexibility of remote tele-therapy, our dedicated therapists are here to support your journey from anywhere you choose.

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16550 Ventura Blvd UNIT 318, Encino, CA 91436

Hours

Weekdays – 9AM – 7PM (pacific time)
Sundays – Closed
Legal Holidays – Closed

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