Mental Health Professional
The likelihood that you know someone, or will know someone, who has experienced a traumatic event is high: 70% of U.S. adults have lived through at least one traumatic experience.
You can help a friend who is experiencing a trauma response cope with their distress in the following ways:
💙 Validate their emotional reactions. A wide variety of emotional responses, including anger, shame, guilt, and sadness, are normal after a traumatic event.
💙 Provide practical support. Offering to help with chores or take care of the kids may free up time and space for your loved one to process and heal.
💙 Don't rush the healing process. Healing does not occur on a universal timeline, and you cannot force someone to heal before they are ready.
💙 Help them locate resources. If the trauma response persists more than two weeks after the event, they may want to consider seeing a mental health professional.
Life by Design Therapy is one resource that offers support to individuals coping with trauma in the Bay Area. Encourage your loved one to contact us today if they need additional support -- or just want someone to talk to about the traumatic event.
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