Restore present-day safety
Develop grounding and regulation skills that help your body distinguish then from now.
Conditions we support
Healing does not require you to relive everything before you feel safe.
Healing does not require you to relive everything before you feel safe.
Trauma can keep the past active in your body, relationships, sleep, and sense of safety. BAC takes a paced, collaborative approach that respects your boundaries and helps restore choice.
Reduce trauma’s hold
When you are ready, use evidence-informed therapy to work with memories, beliefs, avoidance, and triggers.
Support sleep and mood
Evaluate related anxiety, depression, nightmares, or other symptoms and coordinate treatment when appropriate.
Recognizing Trauma & PTSD
The body can keep responding after the danger has passed.
Memories, nightmares, or body reactions arrive without warning
You avoid people, places, feelings, or situations connected to what happened
You stay on guard even when part of you knows you are safe
Numbness, guilt, anger, or disconnection is affecting relationships and daily life
Want support without being pushed to tell everything?
Trauma care can begin with sleep, safety, body reactions, or what is difficult now—not a detailed retelling.
Look at the whole pattern
Trauma can make the past feel physically present.
We notice how protection shows up through vigilance, numbness, memory, avoidance, relationships, and the body, then work at a pace that preserves choice.
Sleep & energyMood & anxietyRelationshipsLife demands
Build safety before depth
Anchor in the present
Use sensory cues, movement, and orientation to help your body register where and when you are now.
Widen the window
Build capacity for difficult feelings without forcing disclosure or moving faster than safety allows.
Restore choice
Practice boundaries and responses that make triggers less able to decide the rest of your day.
There is a path forward
Healing begins with safety, trust, and your pace.
Questions we hear often
Questions about pace, privacy, and control.
Clear answers can make the first step feel more manageable.
Will I have to describe the trauma in detail?+
Not before you are ready. Your provider will explain the approach, respect your boundaries, and prioritize safety and consent throughout care.
Can trauma affect the body?+
Yes. Trauma-related stress can show up through sleep changes, tension, startle responses, digestive symptoms, pain, or other physical experiences.
Is telehealth appropriate for trauma care?+
It may be for some people and situations. Your provider will consider privacy, safety, symptoms, support, and clinical fit with you.
You decide how much of the story enters the room.
Start with what is happening now and what would help you feel safer in daily life.
If you need urgent help: BAC is not an emergency provider. Call 911 for immediate danger, or call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.