Trauma & PTSD

Psychiatric care for trauma-related symptoms and post-traumatic stress across the lifespan.

Pax Mentis Psychiatry provides individualized, evidence-informed psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing trauma-related symptoms or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Care is thoughtful, paced, and grounded in an understanding of how trauma affects emotional regulation, sleep, cognition, and the nervous system.

Trauma responses vary widely and may emerge immediately after an event or months to years later. Symptoms are often shaped by prior experiences, medical factors, life context, and available support.

Areas of Focus

We provide evaluation and treatment for:

  • Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or distressing reminders

  • Hypervigilance, startle response, or persistent sense of threat

  • Sleep disruption, nightmares, or insomnia

  • Emotional numbing, irritability, or reactivity

  • Anxiety or depressive symptoms related to trauma

  • Trauma-related symptoms occurring alongside medical illness, perinatal experiences, or major life transitions

What to Expect

Trauma-Informed Psychiatric Evaluation

Your evaluation includes a careful review of trauma history (shared at your pace), current symptoms, sleep patterns, medical and psychiatric history, and prior treatment experiences. Appointments are structured to prioritize safety, clarity, and individualized planning.

Individualized Treatment

Care may include, as clinically appropriate:

  • Psychiatric medication management

  • Psychoeducation about trauma physiology and stress responses

  • Sleep and stabilization strategies

  • Behavioral and lifestyle supports

  • Values-based or faith-informed integration, when desired

Care is provided within an integrative, whole-person psychiatric model.

Collaborative Care

With your permission, care may be coordinated with therapists or other medical providers, particularly when trauma-focused psychotherapy is part of the broader treatment plan.

Why Pax Mentis Psychiatry for Trauma-Related Care

Patients receive care from a psychiatrist experienced in evaluating and treating trauma-related conditions across the lifespan, including presentations complicated by anxiety, mood symptoms, sleep disturbance, or medical and reproductive factors. Care is individualized, privacy-conscious, and guided by clinical judgment and patient values.