Trauma & PTSD Therapy
Healing From The Impact Of Trauma
At Marina Edelman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Westlake Village, CA, I understand the profound impact that traumatic experiences can have on your life and your interpersonal relationships. I offer comprehensive and holistic care designed to help individuals recover from trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), guiding you towards a path of healing and renewed well-being.
What Is Trauma Counseling & Therapy?
PTSD is an anxiety disorder that affects approximately 7.7 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 3.5% of the adult population at any given time. It is natural for a person who experiences or witnesses a traumatic event to feel afraid and react in a “fight or flight” manner. Their body responds to fear by preparing to defend against, or avoid, a perceived danger. However, in PTSD, this natural, healthy reaction is changed or damaged, causing individuals to feel stressed or frightened even when they are no longer in danger.
Anyone can get PTSD at any age, including first responders, survivors of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, accidents, disasters, and many other serious events perceived as dangerous.
How Marina Edelman Supports Your Recovery
I offer specialized trauma therapy designed to address the unique challenges of your symptoms. My treatment plan is highly collaborative, respectful of your history, and uniquely tailored to your values and needs.
I focus on:
- Targeting Past Experiences: Addressing the roots of your trauma.
- Identifying Current Triggers: Understanding and managing what brings up distressing feelings or memories.
- Preparing for Future Challenges: Equipping you with coping strategies and resilience for potential future stressors.
Through this active approach, clients often experience a release from presenting symptoms, a decrease in disturbing flashbacks, improved self-esteem, and the elimination of physical symptoms such as a racing heart. Our sessions utilize strategies backed by researched and evidence-based treatments to help you gain insight, develop practical solutions, and make lasting improvements.
Beyond trauma, I offer support with various mental health concerns, including mood and anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, reproductive mental health, psychological assessments, and common stressors like life transitions, decreased productivity, anger, and grief. I also address relationship and communication issues, offering couples counseling, marriage therapy, family therapy, divorce mediation, and more.
Take the First Step Towards Change
Many clients choose to address stress through couples therapy, where we work directly on the relational patterns driving emotional overload.
Contact Marina Edelman, LMFT, today for a confidential consultation.
Learn More About Marina Edelman’s Services
You can also find more information on her Psychology Today profile: Marina Edelman – Psychology Today. Or explore resources on the AEDP Institute website: Marina Edelman – AEDP Institute
FAQ Section
Can relationship problems really cause chronic emotional overload ?
Yes. Relationship distress is one of the most significant contributors to chronic stress. Ongoing conflict, emotional disconnection, or feeling unsupported keeps the nervous system in a heightened state of alert, which can lead to anxiety, burnout, and physical symptoms over time.
Is stress management therapy different from couples therapy?
Stress management therapy often overlaps with couples therapy when stress is driven by relationship dynamics. For many clients, addressing communication patterns, emotional safety, and conflict directly within the relationship leads to more effective and lasting stress reduction.
Should we seek couples therapy if overwhelm is affecting our relationship?
Yes. If stress is contributing to frequent conflict, emotional distance, or decreased intimacy, couples therapy can help identify the patterns fueling stress and create healthier ways of relating.
Do you offer burnout counseling for individuals as well as couples?
Yes. I work with both individuals and couples. Individual therapy often focuses on stress related to relationships, emotional regulation, and personal boundaries, while couples therapy addresses shared relational dynamics.
Do you offer stress management therapy via telehealth?
Yes. I provide therapy to clients throughout California via secure telehealth, in addition to in-person sessions in Westlake Village, CA.
Serving Westlake Village, Malibu, Calabasas, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, Camarillo, Oak Park, and surrounding areas in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, and beyond in the state of California via telehealth.