Traumatic events come in all types and sizes. Regardless of the size of your traumatic event, you are still affected in ways you may not even know yet. It is important to seek treatment for your trauma, and there are different types of therapy you will need to recover. 

Physical Therapy

Lots of traumas come with physical damage to the body. Assaults that leave you wrapped in casts and bandages, car accidents that leave you in traction and unable to walk, and war wounds that leave you without a limb are all types of physical trauma. With physical traumas, doctors want to help you regain as much independence and mobility as you are able. Ergo, once most of your wounds have healed, you are referred to a physical therapist for physical therapy. It may be a long road from there to recovery, but physical therapy will address your ability to move and think and act again. 

Psychological Therapy

With the aforementioned physical traumas, there is almost always a psychological trauma. War veterans experience post-traumatic stress disorder, as do victims of violent acts and assaults. Car accidents can leave their own psychological scars, especially if you survived while others in the accident were not so lucky. Given the mental devastation such events can cause, it is best that you seek counseling and psychological trauma therapy services after something so unexpected has left you, your life, and/or your body unrecognizable. 

Emotional Therapy

Emotional therapy goes hand in hand with psychological therapy, but it is still a different sort of therapy. You have to process feelings about how your life will be going forward. Imagine a famous concert pianist losing his/her hands to a terrible accident, and then having to process the emotions related to the fact that he/she will never play piano ever again. The sorrow to the depths of deep depression and the sense of total loss of oneself and a large part of one's identity are examples of the emotional aspects of trauma and having to address these feelings through therapy. 

Family Therapy

A traumatic event does not affect just you. It can also affect your immediate family and the relationships you have with them. While you are going through different types of therapy for yourself, it may become necessary to add family therapy to the mix so that you do not lose the relationships that will help you recover. 

For more information, contact trauma therapy services in your area.