Trauma-Informed Care in Utah

Feel safe in your body again while restoring balance to your nervous system through trauma-informed therapies like EMDR and Accelerated Resolution. 

What is Trauma?

Trauma is a deeply distressing or disturbing experience that overwhelms an individual’s ability to cope, affecting both the mind and body.

It can lead to conditions such as PTSD and Complex PTSD, and causes persistent symptoms like flashbacks, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation.

These experiences disrupt the nervous system’s balance, leaving people feeling unsafe in their own bodies, caused by elevated cortisol levels.

Trauma therapies like EMDR and Accelerated Resolution help restore this balance by safely guiding individuals to process and release traumatic memories.

Trauma is complicated; many symptoms overlap with other mental health conditions, making it difficult to recognize and treat.

Harper Clinic’s empathetic team of trauma-informed therapists will learn your story and understand if your health problems are due to underlying trauma.

Stop living in survival mode and let Harper Clinic provide you with a space to learn about your trauma and heal from it.
Acute Trauma

The result of a single severe event: car accident, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or school shooting.

Prolonged exposure to distress that manifests into a trauma syndrome, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Causes could include serving in war or combat, experiencing domestic abuse, experiencing a medical injury or disease, etc.

This stems from on-going exposure to multiple traumatic events, often during the developmental years. This can include neglect, abuse, growing up in a dysfunctional family or violent community.

Recognizing the Signs of PTSD & Trauma

Trauma and PTSD impact more than just our emotions. They affect how a person thinks, feels, and interacts in daily life. Individuals also struggle with concentration and memory.

Emotional regulation becomes difficult, leading to overwhelming feelings or numbness, which can disrupt relationships and social interactions.

Trauma reshapes brain functions, causing heightened fear responses and difficulty distinguishing between past trauma and present safety.

Our compassionate team at Harper Clinic understands the toll trauma can take on the mind, body, and spirit. Treatment plans are tailored to your unique symptom presentation and evolve with your needs. 

Feel safe in your body and mind with trauma-informed treatment approaches rooted in compassion and empathy.

What is Trauma-Informed Care?

Trauma-informed care (TIC) is an approach that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma. TIC seeks to create safe, supportive environments where healing can begin. 

Instead of asking “What’s wrong with you?” our team shifts the focus to “What happened to you?” This mindset helps healthcare providers understand how trauma influences behavior, emotions, and responses to treatment. 

By integrating TIC into every aspect of care, TIC reduces retraumatization, improves patient engagement, and treatment adherence.

We learn your story and practice transparency, collaboration, and safety throughout all organizational levels.  

If you find yourself frozen from trauma, unable to move forward with your life, our team at Harper Clinic is waiting to help you begin your healing journey. 

Targeted PTSD Treatment for Rapid Symptom Relief

Targeting the underlying trauma that often drives mental health and addiction, EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy promote rapid, lasting relief by reprocessing distressing memories.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR is an evidence-based therapy designed to help patients process and reframe distressing trauma memories. Using guided bilateral eye movements, EMDR facilitates the brain’s natural healing to reduce the emotional intensity of traumatic memories.

Accelerated Resolution

ART offers symptom relief in fewer sessions than traditional therapies using imagery rescripting. Its structured yet gentle approach enables clients to gain control over trauma memories, promote emotional regulation, and accelerate recovery.

Breakthrough PTSD Treatment: Ketamine & TMS Therapy

Ketamine Therapy 

By targeting the brain’s glutamate system, ketamine disrupts neural patterns linked to fear and hyperarousal, promoting neuroplasticity and allowing the brain to form new, healthier connections.

Clinical studies show significant reductions in PTSD symptoms often within just a few sessions, making ketamine a promising option for those seeking faster recovery. 

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

TMS is a non-invasive, FDA-approved treatment that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate specific areas of the brain involved in mood. It activates neural pathways impaired by trauma, enhancing neuroplasticity and improving emotional regulation.

TMS provides gradual but sustained symptom relief without intense side effects. With a well-established safety profile and growing clinical evidence, TMS complements trauma therapies to improve quality of life.

Integrated Wellness for Trauma Recovery

Integrating body and mind, we offer complementary therapies including massage, yoga, life coaching, and Reiki to support emotional resilience and somatic symptoms of trauma.

Massage Therapy

Massage can release physical tension, reduce anxiety, and stress linked to PTSD. It encourages a safe reconnection with the body, often disrupted by trauma, and supports emotional regulation by lowering cortisol levels and increasing mood-enhancing neurotransmitters.

Trauma-Informed Yoga

Mindful movement and breath work are used to help clients regain control over their bodies and nervous systems. This gentle approach emphasizes safety, choice, and awareness, facilitating the release of trauma stored physically and emotionally.

Life Coaching

Life coaching provides trauma survivors with personalized guidance to rebuild their lives with clarity and confidence. Focused on goal-setting, resilience-building, and skill development, life coaching empowers clients to establish healthy boundaries and positive routines.

Reiki

This is an energy-based healing technique that uses gentle, non-invasive touch or energy work to address points in the body thought to align with chakras. It encourages trauma survivors to release tension and restore harmony within their bodies.

Benefits of Outpatient Trauma Treatment at Harper Clinic

Flexible Scheduling

Flexible scheduling options are designed to fit seamlessly into your busy life. Whether you are attending work or school, or managing home responsibilities, we offer appointment times that accommodate your needs, reducing barriers to consistent care and supporting your recovery without disruption.

Trauma-Informed Group Therapy

Our trauma-informed group therapy creates a supportive environment where individuals coping with trauma, grief, and PTSD can connect with peers who understand their experiences. This safe, facilitated setting fosters community, reduces isolation, and promotes healing through shared stories, encouragement, and collective strength.

Specialized Tracks 

We offer specialized trauma recovery tracks tailored to the unique needs of veterans and first responders. These programs address specific challenges related to military and emergency service experiences, ensuring culturally competent care, targeted interventions, and support that honors your service and sacrifice.

Skill Building and Psychoeducation

Our skill-building sessions empower patients with tools for trauma recovery, including setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, nervous system regulation, mindfulness practices, emotional recognition and regulation, distress tolerance, grounding techniques, self-compassion, and cognitive restructuring.

Stories of Hope and Healing

FAQs About Trauma Treatment

Yes, we accept most major insurance plans. Coverage varies by provider, plan, and the specific treatment. Please contact us or your insurer to verify your benefits.

For typical trauma therapy, many patients begin to notice improvements within 8 to 16 sessions, though the timeline varies based on individual needs, trauma severity, and the chosen treatment. EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, and Ketamine are known to provide rapid relief, with many patients reporting improvement in their symptoms after just a few sessions. 

Our clinical team conducts thorough assessments to tailor treatment plans to your unique symptoms and history. We offer a range of evidence-based therapies and collaborate with you to find the safest, most effective options.

PTSD usually results from a single traumatic event, causing symptoms like flashbacks and hyperarousal. Complex PTSD arises from prolonged or repeated trauma, especially during childhood, and includes additional challenges like emotional regulation difficulties, negative self-view, and relationship problems.

Currently, all services are conducted in person. While therapies like EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) can be offered online, in-person sessions typically yield better outcomes due to a deeper connection and the ability to observe non-verbal cues.

Personalized Trauma Treatment Targeting The Root of Your Symptoms

Comprehensive services designed for the treatment of trauma and PTSD, including evidence-based EMDR, Accelerated Resolution, and Ketamine Therapy for complex cases.