Specialised Trauma Therapy for PTSD and Trauma-Related Symptoms
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Specialised Trauma Therapy for PTSD and Trauma-Related Symptoms
Unresolved traumatic events, painful memories or distressing experiences can continue to influence how you feel, contributing to anxiety, hyper-vigilance, intrusive thoughts, emotional reactivity or disturbed sleep.
Trauma does not always involve a catastrophic event like a natural disaster or sexual assault. It can be any experience that continues to trigger a strong or uncomfortable emotional response, long after the event itself has passed.
In many cases, people don’t know their past may be influencing how they feel, react or respond to stress in the present, so they don’t always seek professional help.
As a trauma resolution specialist and clinical hypnotherapist in Dublin, my role is to carefully explore your history and resolve the emotional distress attached to past experiences, so your nervous system can return to a more calm, stable state.
I specialise in resolving trauma and anxiety-related conditions such as PTSD, and have successfully treated many clients using clinical hypnotherapy and advanced trauma resolution methods.
By resolving the emotional distress attached to their past experiences, they often experience greater calm, confidence and freedom moving forward.
Trauma and post-traumatic stress can present in different ways. Common symptoms may include:
Some people recognise these symptoms as PTSD. Others may not identify with a formal diagnosis but still feel stuck, reactive or unsettled long after a distressing experience, such as a car accident or a sudden death.
If these patterns feel familiar, it may indicate that unresolved traumatic experiences – whether a single event or years of accumulated stress – are continuing to influence your nervous system.
“I experienced anxiety for years related to trauma from childhood and teenage years. After four sessions with Stephen I feel amazing for the first time in years.”
— Daniel (D. F.)
“I first visited Stephen a number of years ago for hypnosis and recently returned to try the Havening technique. I cannot put into words how powerful it is. It felt like years of slow therapy were dealt with in just one session.”
— Liz O’Connell
“Stephen helped me through crippling anxiety and PTSD. I was blown away at how effortless the process was.”
— Ashleigh Kennedy
“I experienced anxiety for years related to trauma from childhood and teenage years. After four sessions with Stephen I feel amazing for the first time in years.”
— Daniel (D. F.)
“I first visited Stephen a number of years ago for hypnosis and recently returned to try the Havening technique. I cannot put into words how powerful it is. It felt like years of slow therapy were dealt with in just one session.”
— Liz O’Connell
“Stephen helped me through crippling anxiety and PTSD. I was blown away at how effortless the process was.”
— Ashleigh Kennedy
Trauma can continue to affect you when distressing events or experiences from the past have never been clearly addressed and fully resolved.
If the emotional charge attached to those memories remains active, the nervous system may continue reacting as though the threat is still present, even though it clearly is not.
Many people attempt to manage symptoms such as anxiety, sleep disturbance or stress without addressing the underlying causes that are driving them.
While coping strategies, such as joining a support group, can offer temporary relief from these difficult emotions, these treatment options do not always resolve the root causes of the distress.
Effective trauma resolution involves carefully uncovering the events connected to your symptoms, and using specialised psychological methods to resolve the emotional distress linked to them.
When successfully treated, the fight-or-flight response attached to the traumatic events diminishes, allowing calmness and emotional resilience to return.
The aim of trauma treatment is to resolve the emotional distress attached to those experiences so your nervous system can return to a calmer, more regulated state, allowing you to get on with daily life.
This trauma treatment programme may be appropriate for you if:
Many people who have experienced traumatic events seek treatment after discovering that managing symptoms alone does not resolve the underlying causes of their difficulties.
Stephen Travers trained at the Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy in Ireland and has over two decades of experience working with clients experiencing anxiety disorders, trauma and stress-related conditions.
He specialises in resolving anxiety-based disorders and trauma using effective treatments including anxiety treatments, clinical hypnotherapy and advanced trauma resolution approaches.
Over the past two decades, he has worked with thousands of clients both online and at his Dublin hypnotherapy clinic, using structured psychological methods designed to create lasting change.
Stephen was also Ireland’s first Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner and is now an international Havening Techniques trainer, teaching therapists and health professionals around the world how to use it as a trauma focused way to treat PTSD and other mental health issues.
Effective trauma treatment begins with careful assessment.
During your initial consultation, we explore your history, symptoms and current difficulties, to determine whether unresolved traumatic events may be contributing to your presenting problems. It may be wise to also have a physical exam with your doctor or a mental health professional to rule out any clinical symptoms.
Many people are unsure whether they even have trauma or where their symptoms may be originating. Part of my role as a trauma resolution specialist is to carefully explore your history and uncover the experiences that may be driving your current difficulties, so I can help you gain control of your life.
Through structured questioning, it is often possible to accurately pinpoint the most important aspects of traumatic memories, events or periods of stress that are behind most mental health problems.
Once these are identified, I use clinical hypnotherapy and specialised methods to remove the emotional distress attached to those memories or triggers while you’re in a state of deep relaxation, allowing you to respond effectively and enjoy positive emotions when the session is done.
You do not need to relive traumatic experiences in detail for this process to work, making it ideal for people who have faced childhood abuse or sexual assault, and effectively treating PTSD. Hypnosis as a main treatment for trauma symptoms is calm, safe and relaxing.
When the emotional charge attached to a memory is resolved, the nervous system stops reacting to it as though the threat is still present. As this happens, the anxiety, reactions or symptoms those memories were generating often settle and resolve as well.
Many clients notice significant positive changes from the very first hypnosis session, with trauma resolution typically occurring within a focused programme lasting a few weeks.
Sessions last approximately one hour and follow a clear, structured and personalised approach.
Each treatment plan is tailored to your individual history and problems.
Most clients complete their trauma resolution work within a brief, focused programme of sessions. The exact number depends on the complexity of the trauma and how long symptoms have been present.
If you are unsure whether trauma may be contributing to your mental health symptoms, the first step is a complimentary 20-minute phone consultation.
During this call I assess your situation to determine whether unresolved trauma may be contributing to your presenting problems and whether this treatment approach is appropriate for you.
This also gives you the opportunity to ask questions and feel confident that this is the right next step for you.
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Sessions last approximately one hour and follow a clear, structured and personalised approach.
Each treatment plan is tailored to your individual history and problems.
Most clients complete their trauma resolution work within a brief, focused programme of sessions. The exact number depends on the complexity of the trauma and how long symptoms have been present.
If you are unsure whether trauma may be contributing to your mental health symptoms, the first step is a complimentary 20-minute phone consultation.
During this call I assess your situation to determine whether unresolved trauma may be contributing to your presenting problems and whether this treatment approach is appropriate for you.
This also gives you the opportunity to ask questions and feel confident that this is the right next step for you.
Yes. Clinical hypnotherapy can help reduce and resolve the emotional distress attached to traumatic events or experiences. When the nervous system continues reacting as though a past threat is still present, symptoms such as anxiety, hyper-vigilance or panic can persist.
The aim of trauma treatment is to resolve the emotional charge attached to the memory rather than simply managing symptoms and enabling mental health conditions like depression to thrive.
No. In many cases, trauma resolution can be achieved without going into the full details of a past event or experience.
The process focuses on calming and clearing the nervous system’s reaction to the memory rather than repeatedly talking about it. In some post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD cases the work can even be done content-free, meaning you do not need to describe the traumatic experience in detail for the treatment to be effective.
Many people are unsure whether they have trauma or where their symptoms began. Identifying the underlying experiences, traumatic events, or stressful periods contributing to your mood symptoms is part of the assessment process.
Through structured questioning it is often possible to pinpoint the events or experiences that may be influencing your current symptoms, even if you are not consciously aware of them at first.
It is possible for a healthcare professional to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder if people have intrusive memories, nightmares, hyper-vigilance, emotional reactivity, anxiety, sleep disturbance and avoidance of certain places or situations.
These risk factors can accumulate when the nervous system continues reacting as though a past threat is still present.
Yes. An unresolved traumatic event can contribute to anxiety, panic attacks, fears, phobias and other stress-related symptoms.
When the nervous system continues reacting as though a threat is still present, these symptoms can persist or intensify. Resolving the trauma often reduces or resolves the associated symptoms.
The number of sessions depends on the complexity of the traumatic events and how long symptoms have been present.
Many clients notice positive results early in the process, with trauma resolution often occurring within a brief, focused programme of sessions rather than open-ended therapy.
Traditional talking therapies often focus on understanding the problem by reliving each traumatic event and developing coping strategies as a way to treat PTSD.
My hypnosis-based trauma treatment focuses specifically on resolving the emotional distress attached to particular memories or experiences that are contributing to current symptoms or mental health conditions.
The aim is to calm the nervous system’s reaction to traumatic events so the associated symptoms can reduce or resolve.
If you are ready to feel calmer, more resilient and free from the emotional distress connected to past experiences, the first step is a confidential 20-minute phone consultation.
During this call, I will assess your situation, explore any presenting problems that may be linked to unresolved trauma, and determine whether this approach is appropriate for you.
Complimentary 20-minute phone consultation
