Where to Get Help With PTSD in Laguna Beach

Help Is Available in California

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health condition that impacts about nine million people in the U.S. A person can develop this mental illness either by experiencing a traumatic event (or events) or witnessing one. The symptoms of PTSD can be intense and disturbing. With treatment for PTSD in Laguna Beach, individuals can get the help they need to manage this condition. 

Alter Wellness Care offers a full range of mental health care services that include the treatment of PTSD in Laguna Beach. Our clinicians are credentialed, experienced, and have the consummate expertise to diagnose and treat mental health disorders in Laguna Beach. You should visit us for a diagnosis if you suffer from mental health disorder symptoms. At Alter Wellness Care, we treat each person with respect and dignity. We understand how the symptoms of a mental health disorder can affect lives, families, and communities. Visit us if you need PTSD in Laguna Beach treatment.

Alter Wellness Care features mental health treatment for Californians. Conditions like PTSD and others are often chronic and may be progressive if they’re not managed. At Alter Wellness Care, we treat symptoms of PTSD to help patients achieve some comfort and stability. Of course, we also treat the underlying condition and help patients understand their disorder and how to cope with it in healthy, effective ways. There is help for mental illness in California at Alter Wellness Care. 

PTSD is not a condition that can be ignored. People can react strongly to everyday occurrences like loud sounds or even something as seemingly innocuous as an accidental touch. These seemingly simple triggers can cause a powerful reaction that involves intense fear and panic. Let Alter Wellness Care help you manage your condition to achieve symptom relief and improved condition management.

Click here to contact Alter Wellness Care today at 866-520-2943 to learn more about our highly structured clinical programs designed to overcome mental health conditions. 

What Is PTSD?

PTSD is a mental health disorder that involves symptoms such as nightmares, panic, fear, recurring (and unwanted) memories, reliving traumatic events, and severe emotional distress. Many people also attempt to avoid situations or places that remind them of their traumatic experiences. They may also want to avoid discussing the event. People with the condition often have trouble maintaining close relationships and often ‘disconnect’ from friends and social situations. 

The disorder is treatable, but it often takes time, therapy, and meditation to get symptoms under control. Without treatment, symptoms can intensify. Anyone with symptoms of the disorder should seek an evaluation from a licensed and trained psychiatrist or psychiatric professional. With effective PTSD treatment, patients can get the support they need for improved symptom relief and effective management of the disorder. 

Who Is at Risk of PTSD?

People at risk of PTSD include individuals who serve in the military and first responders like police, firefighters, and emergency technicians. Anyone who experiences physical or sexual abuse is also at increased risk of developing the disorder as is anyone who experiences war or other traumatic events such as earthquakes or fires.

15 Symptoms of PTSD

There are many symptoms of PTSD. A person may not experience all of them or may experience some more intensely than others. The following is a list of the symptoms associated with PTSD:

1. Reliving the traumatic experience
2. Feelings of hopelessness
3. Experiencing panic or intense fear
4. Feeling emotionally numb
5. Trouble maintaining close relationships
6. Avoiding talking about the experience
7. Severe emotional distress
8. Nightmares
9. Insomnia
10. Angry outbursts
11. Experiencing flashbacks
12. Memory problems
13. Trouble experiencing positive feelings
14. Withdrawing from family, friends, and social situations
15. Self-destructive behaviors like self-medicating with drugs or drinking

Click here to contact Alter Wellness Care today at 866-520-2943 to learn more about our highly structured clinical programs designed to overcome mental health conditions.

Is Outpatient Treatment Available for PTSD in Laguna Beach?

Alter Behavioral Health offers treatment for PTSD in Laguna Beach. Outpatient treatment is ideal for patients who are stable enough to reside at home and make it to their therapy appointments.

How Is PTSD Treated?

PTSD is treatable even at its most severe. However, recovery can take time. Treatment for PTSD, as with any mental illness, should be individualized. At Alter Wellness Care, we begin treatment with a complete psychological evaluation and formal diagnosis. We discuss symptoms with patients to develop a treatment course to provide symptom relief and target the condition. Generally, treatment for PTSD involves psychotherapy and medication. 

Patients can expect to learn new skills that address their symptoms during therapy. They also learn coping strategies for those times when symptoms return–which is normal as the recovery process takes shape. It’s important to address all mental and behavioral health conditions together as they can impact one another. 

Our clinicians use the following forms of psychotherapy (talk therapy) to treat patients with PTSD:

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy: Cognitive-behavioral therapy is a form of psychotherapy that’s used to treat many types of mental health disorders and behavioral health conditions. This form of therapy targets the connections between a person’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. By focusing on the ‘problematic’ thoughts and feelings, clinicians can help patients change them to arrive at healthier behaviors. 
• Exposure therapy: During exposure therapy, clinicians help patients revisit traumatic events from a place of safety and well-being. This type of therapy is effective for treating nightmares and flashbacks. Clinicians may determine when the best time to initiate this therapy may be. 
• Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): EMDR is a unique treatment involving a physical aspect — guiding eye movements. During sessions, therapists guide eye movement and revisit the patient’s trauma through questions and discussion. The coordinated experience helps patients process the trauma by changing where the memories are stored in the brain. 

Get Help With PTSD in Laguna Beach From Alter Wellness Care

If you experience symptoms of PTSD, it’s important to get help so that this condition doesn’t progress. At Alter Wellness Care, we can treat PTSD and other mental health and mood disorders. With therapy, the often includes cognitive behavioral therapy and alternative therapies like art therapy, this condition can be managed. Medication can also provide welcome symptom relief.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health condition that impacts about nine million people in the U.S. A person can develop this mental illness either by experiencing a traumatic event (or events) or witnessing one. The symptoms of PTSD can be intense and disturbing. With PTSD Laguna Beach treatment, individuals can get the help they need to manage this condition. 

Alter Wellness Care offers a full range of mental health care services that include the treatment of PTSD. Our clinicians are credentialed, experienced, and have the consummate expertise to diagnose and treat mental health disorders. You should visit us for a diagnosis if you suffer from mental health disorder symptoms. At Alter Wellness Care, we treat each person with respect and dignity. We understand how the symptoms of a mental health disorder can affect lives, families, and communities. Call us at 866-520-2943 if you need treatment for PTSD in Laguna Beach.