Throughout a woman's life, there are various stressors, as well as hormonal transitions, which can affect one’s mental wellbeing and functioning. For this reason, Colorway Wellness offers telehealth therapy for women in Virginia using an integrative, trauma-informed, evidence-based therapeutic approach. A collaborative and encouraging therapeutic process is used to provide a safe space to help you feel like your best self, live your best life, and believe the best is yet to come! One or more of the following therapies may be used in your personalized treatment plan:

• Cognitive Processing Therapy

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy

• Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy

• Internal Family Systems

• Mindfulness-Based Therapy

• Motivational Interviewing

• Narrative Therapy

• Solution-Focused Therapy

• Christian Counseling

Trauma is a distressing event that impacts one’s sense of control. When most people think about trauma, they tend to think about large ‘T’ traumas: being exposed to war, natural disasters, or abuse. Although, large ‘T’ traumas are some of the most profound, a person does not have to go through an overtly distressing event for it to affect them deeply. An accumulation of smaller events can still be traumatic. These types of events are known as little ‘t’ traumas.

Little ‘t’ traumas are events that exceed our capacity to cope and disrupt our emotional wellbeing. These distressing events are not inherently life-threatening, but perhaps better described as ego-threatening due to one feeling notably helpless. Some examples include:

• Death of a loved one or pet

• Betrayal, separation, or divorce

• Conflict with family or friends

• Work stress or loss of job

• Serious illness or injury

If you have endured multiple little ‘t’ traumas or even one large ‘T’ trauma and are aware of its impact on your life, there is good news. You don’t have to suffer in silence. At Colorway Wellness, trauma-focused therapy includes research-based treatments that are effective in reducing trauma symptoms so that you can feel like your best self, live your best life, and believe the best is yet to come!

Coping skills help you deal with stressful situations in life. Managing stress well can help you feel better mentally and physically so that you can perform your best. There are two main types of coping skills: problem-based coping and emotion-based coping. Understanding how they differ can help you determine the best coping strategy for you.

Problem-based coping is helpful when you need to change your situation, perhaps by removing a stressful thing from your life. Emotion-based coping is helpful when you need to take care of your feelings when you either don’t want to change your situation or when circumstances are out of your control.

Whether problem-based or emotion-based, healthy coping skills help calm stress without avoiding the issue. The right coping skill often depends on the situation and your specific needs in the moment. At Colorway Wellness we’ll work together to develop a “wellness toolbox” of coping skills to help you feel like your best self, live your best life, and believe the best is yet to come!