“It takes enormous trust and courage to allow yourself to remember.”
- Bessel A. van der Kolk
Trauma results from an exposure to an incident or a series of events that are emotionally disturbing, deeply distressing, or life-threatening - both real and perceived - that have lasting effects on an individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional and/or spiritual wellbeing.
Trauma can shatter a person’s sense of safety and security and leave them feeling helpless and hopeless. It can overwhelm their ability to cope and profoundly effect the ability to enjoy life.
Too often, people who experience trauma spend most of their energy trying to bury the memories. But as amazing as the brain is at protecting a person after a traumatic event, the buried trauma does not go away on its own. Side effects from dormant trauma can include substance use, isolation, depression, anxiety and a host of other diagnoses that make normal daily functioning nearly impossible.
Ohana Recovery is a place of safety and healing.
There are many effective therapeutic treatments for trauma, and Ohana Recovery strives to provide individualized care to optimize results. No two people are the same, and no two traumas have the same effect. We use an array of empirically proven modalities including:
We are passionate about helping trauma survivors learn to feel safe again and thrive. You deserve it, and we want to help you achieve it.
“… (Robb) braids the necessary, often painful deep work of recovering from trauma together beautifully. He has built and maintained a trust bond with our son that we believe has been life saving.”
– R², E