Trauma Therapy in Red Deer, AB
Trauma-Informed Counselling • Healing, Safety & Resilience • Adult Individual Therapy
What is Trauma Therapy?
Trauma therapy is a supportive and specialized form of counselling that helps people heal from the emotional and nervous system impacts of overwhelming or distressing experiences. Trauma can result from a single event or from ongoing experiences such as unsafe relationships, chronic stress, emotional neglect, loss, or situations where your needs were not met.
Trauma therapy focuses on creating safety, understanding your responses, and restoring a sense of control. Rather than asking “what’s wrong with you,” this approach explores what happened to you and how your mind and body adapted to survive.
How Trauma Can Show Up
Trauma does not always look the same for everyone. You may benefit from trauma therapy if you experience:
Persistent anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional shutdown
Difficulty trusting others or yourself
Strong emotional reactions that feel hard to manage
Shame, self-blame, or feeling “too much” or “not enough”
Relationship patterns that feel painful or repeating
Feeling stuck, disconnected, or on edge
You do not need a specific diagnosis or a single traumatic event to seek trauma-informed counselling. If your nervous system feels overwhelmed or unsafe, trauma therapy can help.
How Trauma Therapy Works
Trauma therapy is collaborative, paced, and grounded in respect for your lived experience. Our work together may include:
Creating Safety and Trust
Establishing a consistent, supportive therapeutic relationship where your boundaries, autonomy, and emotional safety are prioritized.
Understanding Patterns and Triggers
Exploring how past experiences influence your thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and relationships in the present.
Nervous System Support
Learning how your body responds to stress and developing skills to regulate overwhelm, reduce reactivity, and increase emotional stability.
Building Self-Compassion
Shifting away from shame and self-judgment toward understanding, acceptance, and care for yourself.
Supporting Meaningful Change
Developing tools and insights that support healthier relationships, improved emotional regulation, and a greater sense of ease in daily life.
You are never required to share details before you are ready. Therapy moves at your pace.
What You Can Expect in
Trauma-Informed Counselling
A warm, non-judgmental, and supportive environment
An attachment-based lens that views behaviours as protective responses
Collaboration on goals that feel realistic and meaningful to you
Respect for your autonomy and readiness
Tools to support emotional regulation and self-understanding
Trauma therapy is not about reliving the past — it is about helping your nervous system feel safer in the present.
Benefits of Trauma Therapy
Many people find that trauma-informed counselling supports:
Reduced anxiety and emotional overwhelm
Increased emotional awareness and regulation
Improved self-esteem and self-compassion
Healthier relationship patterns
Greater clarity, stability, and resilience
A deeper sense of safety and connection in daily life
Healing looks different for everyone, and your therapy plan will be tailored to your unique needs.
Trauma Therapy Options
At Oak and Stone Therapy, trauma counselling is offered as:
In-person therapy sessions in Red Deer, Alberta
Virtual (online) therapy
Walk and Talk therapy
Individual adult therapy
All sessions are grounded in a trauma-informed, attachment-based approach that honors your experiences and your pace.
Ready to Begin Trauma Therapy?
Trauma therapy can help you move toward greater emotional safety, self-understanding, and connection. You don’t have to carry this alone.
Serving Red Deer, Alberta and surrounding areas
Contact Oak and Stone Therapy to book your first session
Frequently Asked Questions
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The length of time for trauma therapy varies depending on your goals and needs. Some people attend weekly sessions initially, while others choose a more flexible schedule. We will decide together what feels most supportive.
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Your first session focuses on getting to know you, understanding what brings you to therapy, and creating a sense of safety. There is no pressure to share more than you are comfortable with
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No. Trauma therapy can support people who have experienced ongoing stress, emotional neglect, attachment wounds, or repeated relational hurt. Trauma is not defined by the event itself, but by how it affected your sense of safety and ability to cope.
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Yes. Virtual trauma counselling is available and can be a supportive option for many people.
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No. Trauma therapy does not require you to share details before you feel ready. Healing can happen by focusing on safety, emotional regulation, and understanding your responses in the present. You always have control over what you share and when.
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Yes. Counselling sessions are confidential and conducted within professional and ethical guidelines.
"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."
- Carl Jung