Modalities TheraQ Offers for
Trauma Therapy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment designed to help children, teens, and their families heal from the effects of trauma. It combines the structured, skill-building tools of CBT with trauma-sensitive interventions that provide safety, validation, and coping strategies.
How it Helps
Traumatic experiences can leave kids and teens feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or disconnected. TF-CBT provides a safe, supportive space.
TheraQ helps with:
Learn healthy ways to manage overwhelming emotions
Understand and process what happened at their own pace
Reduce trauma symptoms like nightmares, flashbacks, or avoidance
Build confidence and resilience for the future
Strengthen communication and trust with supportive caregivers
Family Involvement
Because trauma impacts not just the individual but also their relationships, TF-CBT often includes parents or caregivers in the healing process. Caregivers learn how to support their child’s recovery, respond to trauma reminders, and create a sense of stability at home. This shared approach helps families rebuild trust and connection.
Why Choose TF-CBT at TheraQ?
At TheraQ, our clinicians trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) specialize in supporting children and teens after difficult experiences. Whether your family is coping with abuse, loss, identity-based harm, medical trauma, or other overwhelming events, we provide compassionate and affirming care. Our goal is to help young people feel safe, understood, and supported as they begin to heal.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based treatment for people who have experienced trauma. It is a specialized form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that focuses on the ways trauma can change how you see yourself, others, and the world around you. Many people carry beliefs after trauma such as “I can’t trust anyone,” “I should have done something differently,” or “I’m not safe anywhere.” CPT helps you recognize and reframe these thoughts so they no longer control your daily life.
How TheraQ Helps
Trauma can create cycles of guilt, shame, or fear that feel impossible to break.
TheraQ helps with:
Understand how trauma has affected your thoughts and beliefs
Challenge unhelpful or self-blaming thoughts
Reduce feelings of guilt, shame, and hopelessness
Feel more present, less “stuck” in the past
Reconnect with a sense of safety, trust, and control
What to Expect
In CPT, you’ll work step by step with your therapist to explore the connections between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. You’ll practice new ways of thinking that support healing, while moving at a pace that feels safe.
Why Choose CPT at TheraQ?
At TheraQ, our trauma-informed clinicians specialize in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to support individuals and families seeking therapy in California. We provide compassionate care for survivors of abuse, loss, discrimination, military trauma, and other life-altering experiences. Through CPT, we create a safe and collaborative space where you can process trauma, challenge unhelpful beliefs, and begin to reclaim your life with confidence and support.
Religious Trauma & Recovery Approaches
Religious trauma occurs when harmful beliefs, practices, or systems within a faith community cause lasting emotional, psychological, or relational pain. This may include fear-based teachings, controlling structures, rejection of identity, or high-pressure environments that discourage autonomy. It can also involve recovery from harmful group dynamics or cult involvement.
How Religious Trauma
Affects People
Religious trauma experiences often leave survivors struggling with negative thoughts and feelings.
TheraQ helps with:
Feelings of guilt, shame, or fear of punishment
Difficulty trusting themselves or others
Grief and loss after leaving a community
Struggles with identity, sexuality, or gender expression
Anxiety, depression, or symptoms similar to PTSD
Fear of rejection from family or community members
What to Expect
In therapy for religious trauma, you’ll gently work with your therapist to untangle how past beliefs and experiences have shaped your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Together, you’ll explore new ways of thinking and relating to yourself that foster healing, freedom, and self-compassion. Our clinicians move at a pace that feels safe and respectful of your story.
Why Choose TheraQ for Religious Trauma & Cult Recovery?
At TheraQ, our clinicians specialize in religious trauma therapy and cult recovery counseling in California. We understand the impact of spiritual abuse, high-control environments, and oppressive systems—especially when they affect marginalized identities. Our affirming, judgment-free space allows you to question, explore, and rebuild at your own pace. Whether you’re processing religious harm or rediscovering your sense of self beyond rigid beliefs, we’re here to support your healing journey.
Mindfulness-Based Techniques
Mindfulness is the practice of bringing gentle, nonjudgmental awareness to the present moment. In therapy, mindfulness-based techniques help clients pause, notice their thoughts and emotions, and respond with intention rather than reacting automatically. These practices are especially supportive for clients experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, or stress, where the mind often feels pulled into the past or future.
How Trauma Affects People
Mindfulness-based techniques can support healing and growth by helping you exist in the present moment.
TheraQ helps with:
Reduce anxiety, stress, and racing thoughts
Calm the body’s fight-or-flight response after trauma
Build awareness of emotions without being overwhelmed by them
Improve focus, concentration, and sleep
Develop compassion toward yourself and others
Create a sense of groundedness and safety in daily life
What to Expect in Therapy
Mindfulness in therapy isn’t about “emptying your mind” or forcing yourself to relax. Instead, it involves simple, practical exercises like:
TheraQ helps with:
Guided breathing or grounding practices
Body scans to reconnect with physical sensations
Mindful movement or stretching
Observing thoughts without judgment
Learning to stay present during moments of stress
These skills are adapted to each client’s comfort level and are always used as part of a broader, evidence-based treatment plan.
Why Choose TheraQ for Mindfulness-Based Care?
At TheraQ, we offer mindfulness-based therapy in California, integrating techniques into approaches like CBT, DBT, and trauma-focused care. This helps clients manage emotions, reconnect with their bodies, and build lasting strategies for resilience. Whether you’re healing from trauma, navigating depression or anxiety, or seeking more balance, our mindfulness-based counseling provides practical tools you can carry with you beyond each session.
Our Approach to Treating Trauma
At TheraQ, we recognize that recovery from trauma requires compassion, patience, and a nonjudgmental space. Our therapists trained in this area draw on a variety of approaches, including:
TheraQ helps with:
Trauma-Informed Therapy to process painful experiences safely and gradually
Attachment-Based Therapy to rebuild trust in relationships and self
Affirmative-CBT to challenge internalized shame and harmful beliefs
Humanistic and Feminist Approaches to empower survivors in reclaiming their voice and values
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to heal relational wounds and strengthen safe connections