Have you experienced trauma and continue struggling with the aftermath of its negative effects?

Here at Sierra Recovery in Malaga, we use evidence-based treatments and resources to provide the necessary care and support to help find the path to recovery.

We know how challenging trauma can be which is why our professional team of therapists have a compassionate approach to help you find peace and regain strength to combat these difficult emotions.

With several treatment options available, we are confident you will find a solution with us to overcome any traumatic event and restore a healthier and more balanced lifestyle.

What Are The Statistics Of Trauma In Spain?

According to the number of cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that were registered in Spain in 2022, the figure amounted to approximately 73,000.

This figure has significantly risen since 2011 when primary health care services in Spain attended to around 3,500 individuals with this condition.

This mental and behavioural disorder is a result of experiencing a traumatic incident, which one may assume people have been more exposed to such events in the last decade for such a heightened increase in cases.

The disorder produces symptoms of mental and physical distress accompanied by disturbing or distorted thoughts and persistent feelings of fear.

What Exactly Is PTSD?

Trauma is an intense response to situations that a person feels deeply personal with overwhelming thoughts that can be incredibly stressful and disturbing. Not only is the event itself stressful enough, but the experience can continue relentlessly as an individual perceives or reconstructs the effects.

As the negative feelings persist, this can lead to a profound feeling of helplessness which, in turn, has a severe impact on a person’s self-esteem. The result can make life miserable with the inability to connect and a whole range of unhealthy emotions.

The effects of trauma can vary significantly between individuals who have been exposed to some form of it. Some people may find the effects only temporary while others find it more challenging with bouts of anxiety and depression.

With this in mind, the healing process is likewise different for each person and often requires compassionate support to help overcome the complex emotions or reactions that may arise.

Our Trauma-Focused Therapies

Because we know traumatic stress is different between individuals, we have developed specialised programmes that are personalised and designed to address the adverse nuances when treating trauma.

We pride ourselves on being able to offer world-class therapy treatment to facilitate recovery and build up resilience.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Our CBT programme is finely tuned to unlock and address the disturbed thought patterns and behaviours that trauma engrains in individuals and becomes a way of life.

Reconstructing negative thought patterns can effectively ease the symptoms of trauma, allowing the individual to reflect on and regain more positive emotions.

Trauma-Focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

We use DBT to emphasise emotional regulation and promote mindfulness, which is crucial for clients struggling with the aftermath of traumatic events.

This specific programme integrates these principles with adapted trauma-focused care. Patients are enhanced with strong coping mechanisms to manage stress and emotional turmoil while navigating their recovery journey.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR is a therapy widely used and recognised for its effectiveness in treating PTSD or other trauma-related conditions. Our EMDR therapy sessions are focused to work by desensitising and reprocessing traumatic memories.

Trauma Therapy Options in Malaga

Individual Talk Therapy

Our one-on-one therapy sessions are designed to delve deeper into a person’s trauma experience. Professional therapists apply specialised and personalised techniques to allow for self-discovery, promote healing and restore empowerment.

Process Groups for Trauma

Sierra Recovery offers process groups that are specifically geared toward individuals facing traumatic experiences. Therapists may invite individuals to explore their inner feelings and expose their behaviours within a group while offering a supportive space to do so. This approach helps promote empathy, understanding and mutual group support.

Trauma-Informed Group Therapy

Group therapy sessions provide a stage to reach out and share experiences. By doing so, individuals build up a support community where they can turn to share coping techniques and bonds to help neutralise and ease traumatic responses.

Family Therapy for Different Types Of Trauma

Family therapy groups aim to restore, repair and strengthen relationships that may have become strained or damaged as a result of experiencing trauma. People who have experienced trauma, particularly childhood trauma may be more reluctant to open up about their experiences.

Therapists can help facilitate honest and open communication among family members with a focus on understanding, empathy and support for coping techniques. This form of talk therapy is fundamental in building bridges, confronting obstacles and nurturing genuine love and support.

Benefits of Trauma Therapy In Malaga

Seeking trauma treatment can often feel more fearful than the condition itself. Few healthcare providers are fully competent and specialised in treating mental health conditions like trauma and use standard forms of treatment without focusing on an individual’s specific needs.

Medication is typically prescribed to ease the symptoms rather than address the condition as an illness.

At our rehab centre in Malaga, we focus on the root cause and work out what treatment is the most suitable for each person. Children and young people may be more vulnerable if they have experienced child trauma so we need to provide a specific approach to therapy to address both mind and body following a traumatic event.

We understand how trauma works so when you come to us in Malaga, you can rest assured know we will help you manage symptoms, confront and eventually overcome them. This is a brave step and a powerful decision in turning your life around for the better in many meaningful ways.

How To Find Relief from Trauma Symptoms

Trauma symptoms can be mild to severe depending on the experience and event exposed to together with how an individual responds to them. In moderate to severe cases, symptoms can be overwhelming and exhausting making every day seem like a constant battle. They can make you feel as though you are reliving time and time again those terrible moments through nightmares, flashbacks and extreme anxiety.

Therapy aims to provide moments of peace, ease stress and shake off troubling nightmares and flashbacks. Being released from the grip of these disturbing symptoms helps to reestablish a sense of calm allowing you to breathe easier and escape from overwhelming anxiety.

Improve Emotional Triggers

In response to trauma, emotions run wild like being on a never-ending roller coaster ride. These ups and downs of sadness, anger and stress can appear at any time and without warning.

The different types of trauma therapy available can help understand these feelings better and improve emotion regulation. Learning where they are coming from, and how to navigate and overcome them is an invaluable skill that not only is the best treatment for coping with trauma but also a great tool for dealing with the ups and downs in our daily routines.

Strengthen Relationships

People with PTSD or other forms of trauma can affect family relationships negatively.

Creating barriers between loved ones through fear of burdening them only reinforces sadness and anxiety. Therapy is used to help break down barriers and introduce new ways to communicate your feelings. Knowing how to express your emotions and needs more effectively can help repair strained relationships and rebuild trust and understanding.

Reclaim Control Of Your Life

Therapy is best recognised for providing a profound sense of empowerment.

When trauma manifests, individuals generally feel succumbed to symptoms and feel powerless. Therapy equips a person with powerful tools, techniques and strategies that, when combined, help take back control.

Rediscovering one’s inner self and strength allows a person to pursue exciting goals that have rekindled and help create a better future without being sidelined by the pains of trauma.

Treating Trauma as a Co-Occurring Disorder

Treating trauma alongside co-occurring disorders needs a comprehensive approach as often individuals who experience trauma may also be struggling with other conditions such as substance misuse, depression or anxiety.

At Sierra Recovery, we address these conditions with different techniques.

Trauma and Substance Abuse

Trauma and substance misuse consist of trauma-informed care with integrated addiction recovery techniques.

We use EMDR and CBT to help process memories and reduce their emotional charge while decreasing reliance on substance use as a coping mechanism. At the same time identifying the root cause of thought patterns and behaviours that contribute to substance misuse is conducted to help provide balanced coping strategies for both trauma and addiction.

Trauma and Depression

When trauma co-occurs with depression we resort to DBT for improving emotional regulation and resilience. Intense emotions of trauma and profound sadness associated with depression are navigated by the individual to help manage stress and depressive symptoms. DBT combined with other mindful practices alert an individual to present-moment awareness and acceptance.

Introducing holistic therapies such as yoga or meditation are additional alternative therapies that enhance the physical and emotional facets related to trauma and depression.

Trauma and Anxiety

Trauma and anxiety are treated with CBT for adverse thought patterns and behaviours and exposure therapy that safely exposes an individual to triggers and reminders to help reduce anxiety over time.

Other relaxation techniques, holistic therapies and mindfulness practices are also beneficial in cases of trauma and anxiety disorders.

Get Help For Trauma With Sierra Recovery

If you are experiencing trauma and need help, let Sierra Recovery be your first point of call to guide you to a better future.

We are committed to helping our patients through the healing process of trauma and offer our expertise, compassion, and comprehensive care and support.

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