Therapy For Childhood Trauma in Los Angeles County And Long Beach

How do childhood experiences impact us? The relationship we develop with our caregivers is extremely important because home is where we learn essential skills, such as: learning to trust ourselves and others, regulate our emotions, and navigate conflict.

Childhood trauma is an emotional response to a stressful event that was experienced, witnessed, or learned such as emotional, sexual, physical abuse and/or neglect. Emotional abuse can often be just as extreme as other forms of violence.

Children who weren’t provided with consistent safety, comfort, and protection in childhood can develop coping strategies to help them survive, such as hypersensitivity to the moods of others and hiding their feelings from others.

Adults who experienced childhood trauma may:

• Struggle to recognize, express, or regulate their emotions

• Experience frequent anxiety or panic attacks

• Feel overwhelmed by anger or persistent sadness

• Find it hard to trust themselves or those around them

• Carry feelings of shame, guilt, or low self-worth

• Avoid conflict to keep the peace, even at their own expense

• Face challenges in building and sustaining healthy relationships