How long does it take to heal from trauma?
By Orit Krug | June 20th, 2020
The length of time it takes to heal from trauma depends on the therapeutic journey you have traveled so far.
If you’ve been in talk therapy for 20 years, then you may believe that it has taken you 20 years to heal from your trauma.
If you have been in energy healing for 5 years, then you may believe that it has taken 5 years to heal.
But the reality is that it doesn’t take that long to heal from trauma; it’s just that these forms of therapy don’t work to heal trauma effectively, quickly, or in a way that lasts.
Heal trauma by releasing it from the body
Your trauma is stored in your nervous system and body; however most therapies don’t fully heal your trauma by focusing on your physical body.
If you start to heal your trauma the right way and release it from your nervous system it can take as little as 3 months to start feeling results.
Of course, everyone’s healing journey is unique, and time-frames differ depending on factors such as your specific trauma history and your level of awareness you have right now about your trauma.
If you have never addressed your trauma or if you haven’t embarked on any healing then it could take longer because you’re just starting your journey.
However, my team and I have helped our clients experience healing in as little as three months, sometimes even less. Particularly with those who have undertaken other healing therapies and who know of and are aware of their trauma.
Once you work through your trauma from your body and nervous system, all the talking you’ve done in therapy synergizes into your experience and you can release the trauma and heal quite quickly.
Start your trauma healing journey today
The thing about healing your trauma is that it’s not hard. It may have felt hard to date because you’ve been trying therapies that don’t quite tap into your trauma. Or you may have been working through DIY programs that aren’t focusing on how to release trauma that is trapped specifically in your body.
But all that can stop when you choose to work with a dance movement therapist.
They are trained to work with you to gently and safely help you to reconnect with your body in order to rewire your nervous system for healing. And as a bonus: healing your trauma in this way is fun and it lasts!
Stop believing that your trauma cannot be healed.
I invite you to start your journey to heal from your trauma today, in a way that truly works and sticks.
You deserve to find peace in your body & let love in without fear.
The latest trauma research shows that cognitive-based therapies cannot fully access trauma stored in the non-verbal brain and body. Even alternative approaches, such as EMDR and Brain-Mapping, are often not enough to fully heal trauma from the physical body or nervous system.
This makes trauma healing a very frustrating journey for many people. They end up feeling stuck, even after spending decades of therapy and gaining so much self-awareness.
If you relate, you might’ve considered giving up on your healing. You might wonder if a fully integrated healing is not possible for you.
Every human being is 100% neurophysiologically capable of healing deeply & wholly, because we all have neural pathways that can be rewired from fear and overprotection to love, joy, and openness.
But even with an effective neuroscience-backed Somatic approach, going to weekly sessions could still require many more months or years until you feel that “click” in your body that finally makes you feel WHOLE.
That’s why I run Somatic Trauma Healing Retreats where many people experience accelerated, integrated, and lasting healing in just a few days.
(Disclaimer: each attendee must go through an application process that ensures this accelerated healing is possible for them).
If this sounds like something you might be interested in, I’d love to invite you to check out my retreats! There are several options from women’s healing, plant-assisted, 1:1, and more.
