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Trauma Therapy

services offered by Friso Licensed Counselor, Cara McLeod

How Trauma Therapy Can Help

Cara McLeod, a licensed counselor in Frisco, specializes in providing trauma therapy to help individuals process and heal from the effects of traumatic experiences. With a compassionate and client-centered approach, Cara offers a safe and supportive environment for individuals to explore their trauma, develop coping strategies, and work toward recovery and resilience.

Trauma can result from various distressing events, including physical or emotional abuse, accidents, loss, sudden life changes, or other traumatic incidents. 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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