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Trauma Therapy

services offered by DFW certified EMDR therapist, Cara McLeod

How Trauma Therapy Can Help

Cara McLeod, a certified trauma therapist in Frisco, specializes in providing therapy to help individuals process and heal from traumatic events. With a compassionate and client-centered approach, Cara offers a safe and supportive environment for individuals to reprocess their trauma experiences, develop coping strategies, and work toward recovery and resilience.

Trauma can result from various distressing events, including physical or emotional abuse, childhood neglect, accidents, loss, unexpected life changes, or other sudden, life altering experiences. This often results in symptoms of anxiety, depression, flashbacks, hypervigilance and difficulty trusting others. Cara's trauma therapy approach integrates evidence-based techniques of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy, and somatic experiencing, to help clients process their trauma, manage distressing symptoms, and rebuild a sense of safety and empowerment.

Through a personalized and trauma-informed therapeutic process, Cara collaborates with clients to address underlying factors contributing to their unhealed trauma, explore its impact on their mental and emotional well-being, and develop coping mechanisms to navigate triggers and setbacks. By creating a trusting and empathetic therapeutic relationship, she guides individuals in processing their experiences, fostering resilience, and promoting healing and growth.

Cara's trauma therapy sessions focus on cultivating mindfulness, emotion regulation, and self-compassion as essential tools for managing trauma-related symptoms and fostering post-traumatic growth. By empowering clients to reclaim their sense of agency and worth, she helps establish the foundation needed to move forward with renewed strength.

Schedule An Appointment

If you have experienced trauma and are seeking compassionate and effective trauma therapy in Frisco, consider reaching out to Cara to embark on a journey toward healing, self-discovery, and renewed hope.

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Therapies Offered  ​

EMDR

EMDR is a structured therapy for trauma, anxiety and depression that helps individuals reprocess negative memories to facilitate healing.

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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

CBT is based on the idea that our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are interconnected. This therapy focuses on identifying and changing negative thinking and behavior.

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Rational Emotive (REBT)

REBT is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy that focuses on helping individuals recognize and change irrational beliefs that lead to negative emotional and behavioral patterns.

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Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

MBCT combines principles of cognitive behavioral therapy and the practice of mindfulness to promote improved present moment awareness, emotion regulation and resilience.

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