PTSD & Trauma Treatment
PTSD and trauma therapy in Minnesota for adults and teens experiencing anxiety, flashbacks, emotional distress, hypervigilance, and unresolved trauma symptoms. Trauma-focused treatment helps individuals process painful experiences, build resilience, and regain a sense of safety and control.
Quick Facts
Who We Help: Adults, teens, and individuals recovering from traumatic experiences and PTSD symptoms
Conditions Treated: PTSD, trauma, anxiety, panic attacks, emotional dysregulation, flashbacks, chronic stress, and trauma-related depression
Therapeutic Approaches: EMDR, CBT, trauma-focused therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, and medication management
Session Types: Individual trauma therapy, psychiatric medication management, and telehealth therapy
Session Lengths: Varies based on treatment goals and individual needs
Care Options: In-person therapy and online treatment across Minnesota
Locations: Brooklyn Center, Eagan, Golden Valley, North St. Paul, and Shakopee
Insurance: Major insurance plans accepted including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medica, Medicare, Medicaid, and United Healthcare
Understanding Trauma: Lifting the Weight You’re Carrying
Trauma therapy focuses on addressing the root of your emotional pain by processing the memories and experiences that have become trapped in the brain. These unresolved traumas can create ongoing distress, affecting your daily life in ways that may feel overwhelming or unmanageable. Whether stemming from acute, chronic, or complex trauma, these painful memories can resurface unexpectedly, making it difficult to move forward and fully embrace life.
Through a range of therapeutic approaches, such as EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and other trauma-focused modalities, we help you reprocess these memories, easing their emotional grip and empowering you to heal. Our approach is designed to help you reconnect with your body, mind, and spirit, so you can regain a sense of safety and control. By addressing the trauma at its core, you can gain clarity, build resilience, and move forward with freedom, leaving behind the weight of past experiences. The healing journey is a path of reclaiming your peace, strength, and the life you deserve.
Traumas can vary widely, but they generally fall into a few categories:
Acute Trauma: Results from a single, overwhelming event, such as an accident, assault, or natural disaster
Chronic Trauma: Repeated and prolonged exposure to events, such as ongoing abuse, neglect, or living in a warzone, can create complex emotional wounds
Complex Trauma: Often stemming from prolonged abuse or neglect, complex trauma involves multiple, layered events that disrupt a person’s sense of safety, identity, and relationships
Historical or Collective Trauma: Groups of people who experience large-scale events such as genocide, displacement, or cultural destruction can suffer from collective trauma that affects community identity and emotional well-being across generations.
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What Is PTSD & Trauma Therapy?
Trauma therapy helps individuals process distressing experiences that continue affecting emotional health, relationships, thoughts, and daily functioning. Treatment focuses on reducing the emotional intensity connected to traumatic memories while helping individuals feel safer, more grounded, and more in control.
At BHSI, trauma therapy is personalized to each person’s experiences, symptoms, and comfort level.
How Can Trauma Therapy Help?
Trauma therapy helps individuals better understand how traumatic experiences affect the mind and body while developing healthier ways to cope with emotional distress. Treatment may help reduce anxiety, hypervigilance, flashbacks, emotional numbness, panic, and negative self-beliefs connected to trauma.
Therapy also supports emotional regulation, resilience, self-compassion, and rebuilding a sense of stability in daily life.
Transforming Pain into Strength
Work through painful memories and emotions, allowing healing and release of past trauma
Challenge and reframe limiting beliefs formed by traumatic experiences to build a healthier self-image
Develop new skills and strategies to manage emotional distress, turning pain into emotional resilience
Empower yourself to reclaim control over your life, thoughts, and reactions, while building self confidence
Learn techniques to regulate emotions, reducing the impact of past trauma on your present well-being
Cultivate a mindset of self-compassion, allowing you to embrace your healing journey with patience and kindness
How PTSD & Trauma Treatment Works
1. Initial Consultation
Your therapist learns more about your experiences, symptoms, emotional triggers, and goals for treatment.
2. Personalized Assessment
Treatment is tailored to your trauma history, emotional needs, and level of readiness for processing difficult experiences.
3. Building Safety and Coping Skills
Therapy begins with developing emotional regulation tools, grounding strategies, and a sense of safety within the therapeutic relationship.
4. Trauma Processing
Using approaches such as EMDR and trauma-focused therapy, sessions help process unresolved memories and reduce emotional distress connected to past experiences.
5. Ongoing Healing and Support
Treatment continues to focus on resilience, self-awareness, healthier coping patterns, and long-term emotional healing.
Healing from Trauma: A Safe Space for Recovery
At BHSI, we are committed to providing a welcoming, judgment-free environment where your healing journey is our priority. Our trauma therapists work closely with you to uncover the root causes of your experiences and guide you toward lasting healing. Together, we’ll develop personalized strategies to help you process your trauma, manage emotional challenges, and build resilience for the future. With the added convenience of coordinated care, including psychotherapy and medication management, we ensure that you have the comprehensive support you need. Whether you choose in-person sessions at one of our five Twin Cities locations or prefer virtual therapy, relief is within reach.
FAQ
What types of trauma can therapy help with?
Trauma therapy can help individuals recovering from abuse, assault, accidents, medical trauma, grief, neglect, violence, childhood trauma, relationship trauma, and other distressing experiences.
What is PTSD?
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, emotional numbness, hypervigilance, and avoidance behaviors.
Is EMDR effective for trauma treatment?
Yes. EMDR is considered an evidence-based therapy for trauma and PTSD and is commonly used to help individuals process distressing memories in a safer and more manageable way.
Do you offer online trauma therapy in Minnesota?
Yes. BHSI offers both in-person and telehealth trauma therapy services throughout Minnesota.
Can medication help with PTSD symptoms?
For some individuals, medication management may help reduce symptoms such as anxiety, depression, panic, sleep difficulties, or mood instability connected to trauma.
Do you accept insurance?
Yes. BHSI accepts many major insurance plans, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Medica, Medicare, Medicaid, and United Healthcare.
Sources & Evidence-Based Care
BHSI uses evidence-based trauma treatment approaches supported by leading mental health organizations and clinical research.
- EMDR therapy is recognized as an effective treatment for PTSD and trauma-related symptoms.
American Psychological Association (APA): https://www.apa.org - Trauma-focused therapies, including CBT, are supported for the treatment of PTSD and emotional distress following traumatic experiences.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): https://www.nimh.nih.gov - Early mental health support and trauma-informed care can improve emotional recovery and long-term well-being after trauma exposure.
