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Complex trauma is typically linked to long-term, repeated, or chronic trauma, often occurring in relationships where a person should have been safe (for example, ongoing childhood neglect or abuse, repeated interpersonal violence, coercive control, or chronic exposure to threat. This kind of trauma can affect a person’s sense of safety, self, emotional regulation, and ability to form trusting relationships.
At The Cohen Clinic, we provide therapy for adults in Toronto who are coping with the effects of complex trauma, including emotional overwhelm, chronic shame, relationship difficulties, hypervigilance, dissociation, and trauma-related anxiety or depression.
Trauma is a lasting emotional response that can follow distressing experiences and can impact a person’s ability to regulate emotions and navigate relationships.
Complex trauma is generally associated with ongoing, repeated trauma, rather than a single incident. Complex PTSD tends to result from long-term, chronic trauma and can affect a person’s ability to form healthy, trusting relationships.
Complex trauma can shape how someone experiences the world, especially under stress.
Some people who have experienced chronic interpersonal trauma may experience a pattern sometimes described as complex PTSD (C-PTSD). This term is often used when trauma has wide-ranging effects, including difficulties in emotion regulation, self-perception, and relationships.
A therapist can help you understand whether your symptoms fit trauma-related patterns (including PTSD symptoms) and what type of treatment approach is most appropriate.
Effective trauma therapy is typically individualized, paced carefully, and grounded in safety and stabilization. Focusing on safety (physical and emotional) early in treatment, and notes that people with more severe trauma histories may initially benefit from present-focused treatments that build coping skills before doing deeper trauma processing.
Common approaches to trauma therapy, including CBT, psychodynamic therapy, somatic therapy, and EMDR.
At The Cohen Clinic, we offer therapy that is practical, trauma-informed, and tailored to your goals. Treatment may focus on:
If complex trauma is affecting your mental health, relationships, or daily functioning, support is available. Therapy can help you feel safer in your body, more stable emotionally, and more connected to your life.
At The Cohen Clinic, we’re here to support you.
Book an Appointment today to begin your therapy journey.