Holistic eating disorder therapy Southeastern CT
First, when your teenager has an eating disorder, it’s important to act right away. Eating disorders can be life threatening. Read more in this article to understand eating disorders and recovery. Also, read further to learn how our team of eating disorder specialists help teenagers heal from trauma and PTSD. Also, you’ll learn how self harm, cutting, and trauma are connected. Lastly, the counselors for teenagers in Niantic help teach teenagers ways to stop self-harm and cutting. The team at Wisdom Within Counseling helps teenagers through eating disorder therapy in Southeastern CT.
Why do teenagers act in negative ways?
Now, many of the symptoms and behaviors in teenagers with eating disorders include negative behaviors. Further, negative behaviors of self-harm and cutting as well as eating disorders are side effects of PTSD. Negative behaviors spike after experiencing a traumatic event. Often, these negative behaviors elevate after reliving a memory of a traumatic event too. Further, you will see behavioral issues, self-harm, cutting and eating disorders after trauma. To add, these negative emotional reactions are a stress response to survive.
people with anger learn to heal and let go in time. From there, we help you create a positive coping skills toolbox for lifelong confidence. Never be ashamed of your feeling after trauma. All feelings are welcome in your therapy sessions at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, CT. You get to choose
from yoga, art, music, animals and outdoor nature therapies.
Is sexual abuse the root of self-harm and eating disorders? Well, trauma experiences are the root. Sexual abuse is just one form of trauma.
For example, after enduring sexual abuse as a toddler, your teenager may show negative behaviors. Or, if your teenager was adopted, you’ll commonly see anger and rebellion as a result of identity issues. Teenagers often have a negative outlook, which can lead you as a parent to also feel negative. Let us help you regain your calmness as a parent, call/text 860-451-9364.
An example of a teenager with an eating disorder
To begin, imagine you have a fifteen year old. And, her name is Bonnie. As a child, she was adopted. Sadly, enduring sexual abuse from age two to three years old is over now. But, as a child, her needs were never met. For one, as a child and now she may act out in sexual behaviors. To add, she may show low motivation in school, social withdrawal, and appear angry all the time. Further, sexual abuse is never something that can simply be forgotten. Even an experience like a school shooting or parent passing away can trigger PTSD. Also, Bonnie may create more instability for herself unintentionally without the help of professional therapy. On that note, with eating disorder therapy in Southeastern CT, Bonnie can grow up to have a successful life. If your teenager sounds like Bonnie, give our team of teen specialist a call 860-451-9364.
Is it better to talk openly about trauma or would talking make it worse?
Well, sweeping trauma under the rug never does good. For one, it might seem natural to not want to talk about it. Also, as a parent, you may not want to talk about the bad stuff. However, in a safe place such as at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, talking about trauma can be done carefully and with a professional. To talk about trauma, you always need a trauma informed mental health processional as a guide. We are a team of trauma specialists along the shoreline of Connecticut.
Did you know, about sixty percent of people living in the US will experience trauma before the age of six?
To add, at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic, we offer play therapy, art, yoga, music, animals and outdoor therapies. Furthermore, eating disorder therapy Southeastern CT includes trauma focused therapy. Within play therapy, the language of a child, we help children express the worst pain in positive ways. Plus, using art therapy, painting, creativity, and nurturing, we help teach young children and parents that the world is safe again.
Holistic eating disorder therapy Southeastern CT and PTSD counseling
For example, you’ve notice that your teenager is pushing food around on her plate. Also, she uses the bathroom for long periods of time after eating. This makes you feel upset and worry. As a little girl, she lived through hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Then, you wonder if she was sexually abused by a neighbor after relocating. Currently, she’s in high school and choosing not to eat much at all. We can help bring your teenager to a place where she feels safe, secure, and calm enough to let go and share her story.
What is holistic eating disorder therapy in Southeastern CT?
Further, working with a therapist for teens outside of the family can help her process important family issues. Creative eating disorder therapy in Southeastern CT can help her express the anger and loss she is experiencing through art, yoga, music, animals, and outdoor therapies. Instead of talking directly, she needs playfulness, laughter, and belonging. For instance, even a relaxing walk in the sun may help her feel normal and happy again. Or, painting creatively can help her use a universal language beyond words to express herself. Lastly, self-harm, eating disorders, and PTSD share interconnection in terms of negative behaviors. There are our specialities at Wisdom Within Counseling in Niantic.
We help you, as a parent, handle your anxiety and fear after trauma in a calm way
For example, if your child gets a dog bite, you may be afraid as a parent. Our team of therapists help you handle the after shock of trauma, fear, and anxiety, with calmness. And, if your teenager has a anorexia, bulimia, binge eating it food issues, we offer specialized eating disorder therapy Southeastern CT. Let us help your whole family thrive with confidence and connection. Call us for a phone consultation for eating disorder therapy Southeastern CT 860-451-9364.
