PTSD – treatment of post-traumatic stress
PTSD can develop after an overwhelming or life-threatening experience, where memories, feelings and bodily reactions keep coming back – even long after the danger is over. At Nordisk Psykiatri in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, we offer trauma-focused psychotherapy for adults, without a referral and with short waiting times.
What is PTSD?
PTSD stands for post-traumatic stress disorder and can develop after one or more traumatic events that have been overwhelming, threatening or marked by strong helplessness. These can include accidents, violence, abuse, war, serious illness or other experiences in which you felt in danger. With PTSD, the body's alarm system continues to react even though the danger is over.
PTSD is not a sign of weakness.
It is a natural reaction to an unnatural event.
Living with PTSD
When trauma memories are processed
What happened cannot be changed. But through treatment, the memories can be processed so that they take up less space and are experienced as something that belongs to the past.
The memories can be experienced as disconnected images, sounds and bodily reactions – without a clear context or distance from what happened.
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In a safe setting, the memories are gradually connected with words, context and the experience of being safe now.
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The memories may still be there, but are increasingly experienced as something that happened then – not as something that is happening now.
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Psychotherapy is the first choice
Trauma-focused psychotherapy is the best-documented treatment for PTSD. Treatment is tailored individually, and different therapeutic methods are used depending on your situation, your symptoms and the difficulties you want help with. The course takes place in a safe setting and at a pace adapted to you.
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Two approaches we offer
01 · Prolonged Exposure (PE)
PE is a well-documented treatment method for PTSD. Treatment works gradually and systematically with trauma memories and situations that have become associated with danger and are therefore often avoided. The aim is to reduce anxiety and regain freedom and security in everyday life.
02 · Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps you develop a more flexible relationship with difficult thoughts, feelings and bodily reactions. The focus is on reducing the struggle with what is unpleasant and reducing avoidance, so that you can act more in the direction of what is important and meaningful to you.
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