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Trauma treatment
Trauma therapy Amsterdam
Are you looking for trauma therapy in Amsterdam? Naturally, you'd prefer to seek therapy as close to home as possible. Still, it can be good to follow a therapy where you are away from your own environment. On this page we explain what U-center can do for you.
Trauma Treatment
Different types of therapy for your trauma
If you continue to suffer from PTSD symptoms after a major event, it is important to seek appropriate help. There are various forms of therapy that can help with trauma treatment.
EMDR treatment
The most well-known treatment for PTSD is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). During EMDR treatment, you recall the traumatic event or events under the guidance of a practitioner. Using certain stimuli, such as sounds, tapping your knees or via lights from an EMDR lamp, you get to work on processing this event. Check out this page on trauma treatment to read more about how an EMDR session works.
Psychotherapy
Trauma often affects all parts of your life. It often creates certain conscious or unconscious patterns in your life, such as avoiding certain situations. Through psychotherapy, you learn to better understand where your own behavior comes from and how to break patterns.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
This form of treatment assumes that your thoughts influence your feelings and behavior. During cognitive behavioral therapy, you work with a therapist on situations you encounter. With PTSD, this often takes the form of Imaginary Exposure (IE). In such a session you think back to the traumatic memory in a safe setting. Together with the therapist, you then work with the patterns, coping mechanisms and anxious thoughts that arise from this and get a better grip on your own thoughts, feelings and behavior.
Admission for PTSD
Trauma treatment at U-center
You may find that brief outpatient treatment is sufficient. Does this have no or insufficient effect? If so, you may benefit more from inpatient treatment. At U-center you follow different types of ptsd treatment to recover from your trauma. Your treatment consists of a 6-week inpatient stay followed by an 8-week outpatient stay at home.
The treatment center
U-center's clinic is located in the middle of the Limburg hills in Epen. The treatment center is equipped with a comfortable lounge, restaurant, gym, sauna and swimming pool. You stay during the 6-week treatment in your own room with private bathroom. Treatments take place in the various treatment rooms and group rooms.
The benefits of treatment at U-center
Treatment from your own environment
During inpatient treatment, you are away from your own environment. This allows you to fully focus on your recovery and you are not distracted by your daily activities. This ensures that you can make strides toward your recovery from PTSD in a short period of time.
Undergoing 6 weeks of intensive treatment means paying close attention to a comfortable stay. For example, the cooks in the kitchen make fresh food for you daily, and the support staff makes sure you are completely comfortable.
Multidisciplinary treatment
At U-center, you will be treated by a multidisciplinary team. This means that together with different psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and occupational therapists you will work on your trauma treatment. By applying different forms of therapy, we can examine which therapy has the most effect on your situation.
All at once - including underlying problems
You may be dealing with other mental health symptoms or diagnoses in addition to trauma. In addition to PTSD, you may also have depression or an addiction. During treatment at U-center, we take all of these diagnoses into account and you work on them simultaneously.