Trauma & PTSD
Living with the aftershock of trauma can feel as overwhelming and threatening as the original experience. Healing from it does not have to. At our centers in Chicago, Oak Park, and Boulder, we specialize in trauma & PTSD therapy, providing a compassionate and safe environment to help you process your experiences and heal.
How To Get Started With Wildflower
Request a Free Consultation
Schedule a 15-minute call online or by phone. We’ll cover key details and make sure we’re the right fit for your needs.
Complete New Client Paperwork
Receive registration forms pre-visit. Your therapist will review details, ensuring clarity on our policies and guidelines.
Attend Your First
Therapy Session
During a 60-minute intake session, you’ll get to know your therapist better and discuss your treatment needs.
Feeling Overwhelmed?
We’ll Help You Find Your Calm.
Everyone struggles with their mental health from time to time, and there are some challenges no one should face alone. Therapy can help you navigate these challenges with emotional clarity, resilience, and strength.
Navigating Life After Trauma: Healing and Integration
After experiencing a traumatic event or series of events, you might find that it changes the relationship you have with yourself, the people in your life, and the world around you. We understand how the ripple effects of trauma infiltrate these various domains of your life and make you more susceptible to anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. You do not need to navigate these difficulties alone and healing from traumatic experiences is possible.
Building safety and trust within the therapeutic relationship is absolutely essential to healing. You will find our clinicians to be genuine, caring, and committed to your well-being. We will create a safe space where you can begin to make sense of what has happened to you and move toward integration and healing.
Trauma & PTSD Therapy: Your Journey Through Recovery
Our therapists are trauma-informed and use a wide range of evidence-based treatments to help you address lingering symptoms of trauma or PTSD, such as flashbacks, intrusive memories, increased reactivity, negative mood, distress, and dissociation. Through tailored psychotherapy sessions, we’ll help you restore connection, purpose, and joy in your present life.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Harness the power of DBT to regulate emotions, increase distress tolerance, and improve interpersonal relationships. DBT aids in creating a balanced and stable emotional environment, essential for trauma recovery.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
EMDR uses eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation to assist trauma survivors in processing distressing memories and beliefs. EMDR is one of the most thoroughly researched trauma-focused psychotherapies available.
Exposure and Response Prevention
ERP involves progressively exposing yourself to the cognitions, emotions, objects, places, or events that trigger your anxiety or compulsions. This is a client-centered approach, and the therapist will not try to push you farther than you are willing and able to go.
Somatic-Based Therapies
Somatic therapies provide a holistic approach to healing trauma by integrating both the mind and body. Through embodied practices, these approaches address the physical manifestations of trauma, facilitating deeper emotional processing and release.
Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy
Delving beyond traditional methods, Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy offers a safe space to explore and release bodily stored trauma. Through mindful movements and breathwork, it promotes grounding and a renewed sense of embodiment.
Prolonged Exposure
Delve deep into evidence-based therapies like prolonged exposure that focus on confronting and desensitizing reactions to trauma. These therapeutic protocols aim to individuals reduce avoidance behaviors and promote healing.
Flourish With Wildflower:
Discover. Heal. Grow.
Dive into a transformative therapy experience with Wildflower. Uncover hidden strengths, embrace emotional growth and journey toward a renewed sense of self.
Core Tenets of Wildflower’s
Clinical Philosophy
Deeply Relational &
Personalized Therapy
We recognize that you are the expert on your life. Therapy at Wildflower is a collaborative journey. Our caring, affirming therapists tailor sessions to your unique needs and experiences, emphasizing the therapeutic relationship as a catalyst for growth.
Commitment to
Excellence & Learning
Every client deserves the best of our clinical skills and knowledge. Our team is a community of professionals who not only uphold shared values and clinical excellence but also engage in regular training and consultation to stay at the forefront of therapeutic practices.
Stigma-Free View on
Mental Health
Mental health is a vital component of overall well-being, deserving of attention without any stigma or judgment. Everyone faces challenges, and seeking help is a sign of resilience and strength. Every person’s mental health journey is valid, and we aim to support that with the utmost respect.
Advocates of Social
Justice & Inclusivity
We recognize that no one exists in a vacuum. Complex systems of oppression and privilege shape individuals’ lives. We believe that as mental health professionals, we have an obligation to promote social justice and contribute to a world that celebrates every person’s inherent worth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Clients’ Growth Stories
Wildflower and my therapist provided a safe, warm, understanding, non-judgmental space, both literally and figuratively, to do meaningful work. I am so grateful for my therapist’s compassion and guidance.
I can’t thank [my Wildflower therapist] enough for getting me through the roughest times of my life, not only through my postpartum depression but through Covid. Therapy was never something that I thought I would ever need but it’s something that changed my life. If you are looking for something that will help you get through whatever you’re going through in life this is definitely the place for you. They will make sure that you find a therapist that fits your needs. (…) You guys are amazing for what you do!
Wildflower is such a warm space with incredibly caring therapists! I have grown so much during my years here and always recommend coming here to friends looking for a therapist.
My experience at Wildflower has been absolutely seamless. Starting therapy takes courage and Wildflower respects that by responding to inquiries quickly and in a straightforward manner. It became very obvious that my therapist had been matched with me thoughtfully. I have loved my time working with [my therapist], even working through difficult topics and situations. I recommend Wildflower to anyone looking to be pushed towards growth in a respectful and safe space.
Wildflower has been a breath of fresh air. I’ve gone to a few different offices over the years and this is by far the best experience I’ve had. From the space itself to the people you hire, you’ve made something that can be very intimidating to people easy and enjoyable.
The Wildflower team guided me through what I can only hope was the most difficult period of my life. During a nightmarish time of crisis, extreme grief and trauma, they matched me with an exceptional therapist who was genuine, caring, and attuned. Our weekly sessions were simultaneously the best and hardest parts of my week … and eventually the heaviness got lighter.
Blooming Insights:
The Latest from the Wildflower Blog
We believe that knowledge and learning are key aspects of helping you to grow and thrive on your mental health journey. Stay updated with our latest articles on emotional well-being, perinatal mental health, sexuality, and more on our blog.
Blossom Into Your Best Self with Wildflower
Work with Wildflower to cultivate emotional strength and clarity. With expert support and a deeply personal touch, let’s nurture your growth and well-being. Ready to bloom? We’re here to guide you.
