PTSD
PTSD Counseling in Omaha, NE
Trauma changes you. Whether you’ve experienced a single traumatic event or repeated trauma, surviving abuse, combat, accident, assault, or loss, trauma affects how you see yourself, others, and the world. PTSD symptoms can feel overwhelming these include intrusive memories, nightmares, hypervigilance, emotional numbness, and avoidance that interrupt your daily life.
At Blue Sky Counseling, I specialize in trauma-informed therapy designed to help you process traumatic experiences, reduce symptoms, and reclaim your life. Healing from trauma is possible, and you don’t have to do it alone.
Understanding PTSD
PTSD is a real condition that develops when your nervous system gets stuck in survival mode after an overwhelming experience. Long after the danger has passed, your brain and body continue to react as if the threat is still present. This can manifest as flashbacks, nightmares, panic, avoidance, and a constant feeling of being on high alert.
PTSD symptoms typically include:
Intrusive Memories – Flashbacks, nightmares, or unwanted thoughts about the event that feel like it’s happening now.
Avoidance – Avoiding people, places, conversations, or activities that remind you of what happened.
Negative Thoughts and Beliefs – Feeling your fault, believing you’re unsafe, or holding negative beliefs about yourself or others.
Hyperarousal – Feeling constantly on edge, startling easily, difficulty sleeping, irritability or anger.
Emotional Numbness – Difficulty feeling positive emotions, withdrawal from activities you once enjoyed.
The good news is that PTSD is highly treatable. With proper counseling, you can process the experience, reduce symptoms, and rebuild your life.
When Trauma Leads to More Complex Needs
Some people experience repeated or prolonged trauma, childhood abuse, or situations involving significant betrayal. These experiences can create complex trauma that affects your sense of self, relationships, and how you relate to the world. While this page focuses on PTSD, if your situation involves complex trauma, specialized approaches may be beneficial.
Carly Spring is trained in trauma-informed care and uses somatic therapies to address trauma held in your body. If your needs go beyond standard PTSD counseling, she can discuss whether trauma-focused counseling might complement your treatment.
How PTSD Counseling Works
At Blue Sky Counseling, I use evidence-based therapeutic approaches specifically designed for PTSD. The goal is to help you process the experience, reduce symptoms, and rebuild your sense of safety and control.
My approach is holistic, recognizing that PTSD affects your whole person. Through specialized techniques, I help you work through traumatic memories while maintaining your sense of safety throughout the process.
Evidence-Based Techniques Include:
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) – Helping you understand how the trauma has shaped your thoughts and beliefs, then working to challenge beliefs that keep PTSD symptoms active.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy – Gradually facing traumatic memories and situations you’ve been avoiding in a safe, controlled way. This helps your nervous system learn that remembering doesn’t mean you’re in danger.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) – Using bilateral stimulation while processing traumatic memories to help your brain reprocess the experience naturally.
Somatic Therapies – PTSD lives in your body as tension, numbness, and physical reactions. Somatic approaches help you reconnect with your body safely, releasing trauma stored there through breathwork and body awareness.
Grounding and Stabilization Techniques – Learning concrete tools to manage flashbacks, panic, and intrusive memories when they occur, helping you stay present in the moment.
What to Expect in PTSD Counseling
During your first session, we’ll discuss what happened, how PTSD is affecting you, and what recovery looks like for you. There’s no rush, and you’re in complete control of what you share.
PTSD counseling is collaborative. You’re not a passive patient, you’re an active partner in your healing. We work at a pace that feels safe for you, processing memories gradually rather than all at once. Progress often comes slowly, and that’s okay. With consistent effort and the right support, most people experience significant PTSD symptom reduction.
Sessions typically focus on both managing current symptoms and processing the traumatic experience. You’ll learn practical tools for managing flashbacks and panic between sessions, gradually expanding your capacity to face situations you’ve been avoiding.
Benefits of PTSD Counseling
- Reduced Flashbacks and Nightmares – As you process the experience, intrusive memories become less frequent and less intense. You can remember what happened without feeling like it’s happening now.
- Decreased Hypervigilance – Your nervous system gradually learns it’s safe to relax. You feel less on edge, sleep improves, and you can engage with your surroundings without constant scanning for threat.
- Restored Relationships – Withdrawing from others is a natural PTSD response, but isolation makes symptoms worse. Counseling helps you rebuild connections and trust with people you care about.
- Reclaimed Life Activities – Places, situations, or activities you’ve been avoiding become accessible again. You can drive safely, spend time in crowds, or engage in hobbies that PTSD had taken from you.
- Sense of Control – PTSD makes you feel at the mercy of your symptoms. Counseling helps you develop agency, recognizing that you can manage the experience rather than it managing you.
- Long-Term Resilience – The skills you learn apply beyond PTSD. You develop a deeper capacity to handle life’s challenges and recover from difficult experiences.
- Restored Self-Belief – Many people with PTSD blame themselves or question their worth after what happened. Counseling helps you process guilt and shame, rebuilding a compassionate relationship with yourself.
Carly Spring’s Approach to Grief Counseling
As a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner with extensive experience, I understand that anxiety affects each person differently. Your anxiety isn’t about weakness or failure, it’s a sign that your nervous system needs support and new tools.
I bring a warm, non-judgmental approach to counseling. You can expect straightforward honesty combined with genuine care. If something isn’t working, we’ll adjust our approach. Your progress and comfort matter most to me.
I’m passionate about helping adults in Omaha move from anxiety-driven lives to lives guided by their own values and goals.
In-Person and Telehealth Grief Counseling
Whether you prefer in-person sessions at my Omaha office or telehealth appointments from the comfort of your home, compassionate PTSD counseling is available. Trauma affects each person differently, and therapy is tailored to meet you where you are in your healing journey.
I provide a safe, non-judgmental space where you can process traumatic experiences at your own pace. Together, we focus on building coping skills, restoring a sense of safety, and helping you regain control over your thoughts, emotions, and daily life.
My goal is to help adults in Omaha move from trauma-driven reactions to a life guided by resilience, stability, and personal values.
In-Person Sessions
Meet face-to-face in my comfortable Omaha office for trauma-informed PTSD counseling with focused, personal support.
- Private, comfortable office environment
- Face-to-face therapeutic connection
- Convenient Omaha location
Telehealth Sessions
Receive PTSD counseling from the comfort and privacy of your own home through secure video sessions.
- Convenient home-based sessions
- Secure, HIPAA-compliant platform
- Equally effective as in-person therapy
Begin Your PTSD Recovery
If PTSD is affecting your life, professional support can help. You’ve already shown incredible strength in surviving. Counseling helps you move from survival to thriving.
Contact Blue Sky Counseling today to schedule a confidential consultation about PTSD counseling.
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