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Trauma Therapy for Healing and Resilience
What is Trauma?
Trauma can result from overwhelming experiences such as abuse, accidents, grief, or chronic stress. Whether it’s a single event or ongoing challenges, trauma affects emotional, physical, and mental well-being. Trauma therapy offers a safe space for healing and understanding, providing the support needed to process and move forward.
How Trauma Affects Life
Trauma can impact many areas of life, including:
- PTSD: Flashbacks, nightmares, and heightened anxiety in response to reminders of the traumatic event.
- Emotional Struggles: Difficulty managing emotions, including feelings of anger, fear, or numbness.
- Relational Strain: Challenges in building and maintaining healthy relationships due to trust or attachment issues.
- Physical Effects: Chronic pain, tension, and sleep disturbances often linked to trauma.
- Negative Thought Patterns: Trauma can shape how you view yourself, others, and the world around you, often leading to feelings of shame, guilt, or worthlessness.
Trauma-Informed Care
Our trauma-informed approach ensures that every step of your healing journey is guided by empathy and respect. Therapy focuses on creating a safe healing environment, where you are in control of the pace and direction of your recovery. We take into account how trauma impacts your life and tailor our sessions to meet your unique needs.
The Healing Process
Healing from trauma is a journey that involves:
- Resilience Building: Developing coping strategies to manage triggers and emotions.
- Processing Pain: Gently addressing painful memories at your own pace, with full support.
- Empowerment: Gaining a sense of control over your life, decisions, and recovery.
- Self-Compassion: Learning to treat yourself with kindness and understanding as you navigate your healing journey.
Client-Centered Care
We believe in client-centered care, where you are empowered to make choices throughout your treatment. Our goal is to support you in rebuilding trust in yourself, developing emotional strength, and creating a life that reflects your true resilience.
Begin Healing
If you are ready to start your journey toward healing and emotional well-being, we are here to support you every step of the way. Begin Healing today and take the first step in reclaiming your life. Schedule a Trauma Consultation to discuss your unique needs and begin your recovery.
Welcome Video
This brief video tells you what to expect in our first session
“Roger was very sensitive to our needs and worked diligently to really hear us and respond. Also appreciated his humanness and humor spliced throughout his empathetic session with us.”
User
“He was able to get us to express our feelings in a controlled setting without pointing blame.”
User
“Roger was a great help in a time of separation between my wife & me. He got us together and issues were addressed and we had tools to recommit to our relationship. We celebrate 32 years married on Thanksgiving Day 11/26.”
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Many Health Insurance plans provide payment for our services.
We are a Network Provider for below listed insurers.
Aetna,
CareSource,
Medical Mutual of Ohio, Ohio Medicare,
Optum, United Behavioral Health, United Healthcare (not Community, Medicare / Medicaid plans).
If we don’t accept your insurance, we can bill your insurance as out of network provider. Health Saving plans always accepted.
Roger Gerwe, LISW
Family Health Counseling Serv
7373 Beechmont Ave L120
Cincinnati, Ohio 45230
Contact us
Email: rogergerwe@gmail.com
Phone: (513) 624 6550
I’ve spent most of my career helping struggling persons, couples and families. I have extensive experience with a wide range of problems including substance abuse, marriage and family issues, anxiety, depression, abuse and trauma. My approach to therapy is both person centered and solution focused. Together, we will make your counseling experience best fit your personal needs. We will set specific goals to ensure that you are making therapeutic gains in our work together. I’m genuine and have positive regard for you. I immediately work on building a solid relationship with you and helping you learn new and healthier solutions to your problems and concerns. Call me and let me assist you in a healthier, happier and more satisfactory life today.
I am a social worker in private practice in Cincinnati for the past 30 years. I specialize and have extensive experience in the healing of relational problems. These include marriage and family problems, as well as addictions of all sorts, and post trauma and past child abuse treatment. I have been independently licensed as a social worker and addiction counselor for the past 30 years. I have several years of post graduate family therapy training. My training and experience also includes memory reconsolidation techniques such as (EMDR) Eye Movement Desentization and Reprocessing, (ICE) Identify Calm Exchange and (ART) Accelerated Resolution Therapies.
I’m also a “Give an Hour” clinician offering free services for returning post 911 American veterans and their families. For more information go to www.giveanhour.org