Trauma and Therapy
Coping with traumatic stress can be extremely difficult. Trauma affects our physiology, psychology, social life, and spiritual world. As you try to handle the consequences of trauma, you may find yourself suffering from significant changes in your relationships and your sense of identity.
By noticing shifts in thinking and behavior that have occurred as a result of trauma, we can begin to reprocess problem areas and shift into more positive, fulfilling, and rewarding life patterns.
The overarching goal of therapy for someone who has suffered trauma is to move from a state of traumatization to one of transformation. As we work together, you will learn strategies for creating new meaning from the trauma experience. I will provide tools for you to build up resiliency, strength, wisdom, and self-identity from what has been endured and survived.
Therapy has been shown to help with treatment of traumatic stress. Different types of therapy may work better for certain individuals and for that reason, I tailor the method of therapy that I use directly to the needs of each person.
I also work with people who are struggling with depression and relationship conflict, as well as parenting concerns.
A licensed clinical psychologist, Constance Burton, PsyD, provides affordable psychotherapy for relationship conflict, depression, and trauma. Her two offices are easily located in San Francisco (3352A Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94118) and Palo Alto, CA (560 Oxford St., Suite 6B, Palo Alto, CA 94306). These locations are accessible from many Peninsula locations such as Menlo Park, Mountain View, San Mateo, Burlingame, and other major Bay Area cities. Telephone: (650) 465-5527 or email connie@drconnieburton.com. For a Site Map, click here.