PTSD Treatment

PTSD is treatable — with the right modalities and the right pace.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is one of the most studied, most treatable mental health conditions in modern psychiatry. The challenge is rarely whether good treatment exists — it is whether patients can access it without being retraumatized along the way. Valor Health offers the full evidence-based PTSD toolkit in a deeply safe clinical environment.

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The body keeps the score — and the body can be helped to set it down.

EMDR

Certified clinicians

CPT/PE

VA-evidence-based

Phased

Safety-first model

Yes

Veteran-aware care

Clinical team reviewing trauma-informed protocols

Section 01

What PTSD actually is

PTSD is a normal physiological response to abnormal events. After exposure to a traumatic event — combat, assault, severe accident, sudden loss, medical trauma, childhood abuse — the brain's threat detection system gets stuck in 'on'. Symptoms cluster into four categories: intrusion (flashbacks, nightmares), avoidance (of triggers, thoughts, places), negative mood and cognition (numbness, shame, hopelessness), and arousal (hypervigilance, irritability, startle, sleep disruption).

Intrusion: flashbacks, nightmares
Avoidance of triggers and reminders
Negative mood and cognition
Hyperarousal and reactivity

Section 02

Phase 1: stabilization first, always

Good trauma treatment does not start with trauma processing. It starts with stabilization — building emotional regulation skills, establishing physical safety, restoring sleep, treating co-occurring conditions, and earning trust. Patients who jump straight into trauma processing without this foundation often get worse, not better. Our model gives stabilization the time it actually requires.

Sleep and nervous-system stabilization
DBT skills for emotional regulation
Grounding and resourcing techniques
Co-occurring condition treatment

Section 03

EMDR — eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

EMDR is one of the most evidence-based treatments for PTSD, endorsed by the WHO, APA and VA. Bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or sounds) is used while the patient briefly recalls traumatic material — allowing the brain to reprocess and 'file' the memory in a way it could not at the time of the event. Most patients see meaningful relief within 6–12 sessions. Our clinicians are EMDRIA-trained.

EMDRIA-trained therapists
WHO / APA / VA endorsed
Effective for single and complex trauma
6–12 sessions typical for single events

Medical and psychiatric oversight in therapy

Section 04

Cognitive Processing Therapy & Prolonged Exposure

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE) are the two other VA-endorsed first-line trauma treatments. CPT helps patients identify and modify trauma-related thought patterns. PE involves carefully paced confrontation of trauma memories and avoided situations. We use both for patients for whom they are the right fit — and offer them alongside EMDR, IFS and somatic modalities so treatment is matched to the person.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Prolonged Exposure (PE)
VA-endorsed first-line treatments
Matched to patient and trauma type

Section 05

Somatic and parts work

Trauma lives in the body. Modalities like Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) work directly with the physical and 'parts' experience of trauma — often reaching patients who have hit a wall with talk-only approaches. Our integrative team blends these with cognitive and behavioral modalities for whole-person trauma recovery.

Somatic Experiencing
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Yoga and breath-based regulation

Long-term aftercare and community support

Section 06

Trauma, addiction and integration

More than 60% of patients in addiction treatment have significant trauma histories. Treating one without the other rarely produces lasting change. Our integrated trauma-and-addiction program treats both — at the right pace, in the right order, with the right clinicians. Family work, medication management when appropriate, and long-term aftercare round out a program built to actually work.

Integrated trauma + addiction track
Family programming
Medication management when needed
Long-term aftercare and alumni community

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Recovery from trauma is possible.

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