Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder is what can follow violence, loss, abuse, or a life-threatening event: intrusive memories, hypervigilance, numbness, broken sleep. Complex PTSD, which follows prolonged or repeated trauma and also affects emotion regulation, self-worth, and relationships, has its own page. MindMorph treats both with trauma-informed care at a pace your nervous system can tolerate: safety and regulation first, then processing, with therapy, medication support when it helps, and ketamine-based options for some patients, in one plan held by one clinician. Care is in person in Lakewood, CO and by secure video for adults in Colorado and Oregon.
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How PTSD and complex PTSD differ
PTSD tends to center on a specific event; cPTSD reaches into identity, self-worth, and the ability to form secure connections. Both involve a nervous system that swings between hyperarousal (fight or flight) and shutdown (freeze or fawn). Trauma lives in the body as much as in memory, which is why the heart races without reason, sleep is restless, and trust, even in yourself, feels fragile. Symptoms may include:
- Intrusive memories or flashbacks
- Chronic anxiety or hypervigilance
- Emotional numbness or dissociation
- Difficulty trusting others
- Sleep disturbance or nightmares
- Shame, guilt, or emotional overwhelm
How MindMorph treats PTSD and cPTSD
The work runs from the bottom up: nervous system, then emotion, then cognition. Your body learns calm before your mind is asked to revisit pain. A plan may include:
- Trauma-focused psychotherapy: CBT, EMDR-informed processing, inner-child work, and compassion-based approaches, paced by you
- Parts work and somatic therapy: Internal Family Systems (IFS) parts work (I am IFS Level 1 Certified through the IFS Institute), which treats the protective and wounded parts of you as parts rather than as the whole of you, and polyvagal-based somatic work that uses grounding, breath, movement, and gentle body awareness to retrain the shift from threat to safety
- Mindfulness and breathwork, including trauma-informed vocal and somatic release breathwork for emotional regulation
- Holistic medication management: when medication is needed, prescribing guided by pharmacogenomic and lab data, reviewed every two to four weeks while being tuned
- Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy: low-dose, off-label sublingual sessions that can create enough emotional distance to process trauma held in the body, in person in Lakewood
- Spravato (esketamine): FDA-approved for treatment-resistant depression, considered when depression sits alongside the trauma symptoms
- Nutrition and sleep: addressing deficiencies, inflammation, and circadian disruption that keep trauma reactivity switched on
Results vary by individual. You control the pace of any trauma processing, and stabilization comes first.
How KAP and somatic sessions support trauma recovery
Trauma lives in implicit memory: sensations, breath, muscle tension. In ketamine-assisted and somatic sessions, patients often describe greater emotional distance from traumatic memories, the ability to observe rather than relive, a calm curiosity instead of overwhelm, release of stored fear or grief, and renewed access to self-compassion. These sessions take place in a quiet room arranged to regulate the senses. Individual experiences vary, and none of this is promised.
What a first visit looks like
A free consultation by phone or video, then a 90-minute evaluation. You will not be asked to retell everything that happened. The evaluation covers symptoms, history, sleep, substances, medical context, and what you want from the work, at whatever depth you choose that day. You leave with a plan that starts with stabilization.
Who this care is for, and who it is not for
It is for adults with PTSD or complex PTSD who want treatment that respects the body's pace, including people who have tried talk therapy and felt it went in circles, and people whose trauma is old enough that they stopped calling it trauma. It is also for those already on medication who want a prescriber and therapist in one person. It is not an emergency or crisis service, and it is not the right level of care for someone in acute danger; the consultation says so plainly if that is the case and helps you find the right door. Ketamine-based options are considered only after a full evaluation and only for some patients.
Cost and insurance
Evaluation, therapy, and medication management are in network with a number of Colorado and Oregon plans; current lists and self-pay rates are on the insurance and payment page. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is self-pay with a superbill. Coverage cannot be guaranteed.
The MindMorph difference
Trauma work is not forced here. Safety comes first, sequence matters, and the same clinician who manages any medication is the one doing the therapy, so nothing about your history has to be told twice. Trauma recovery is treated as a reconnection of biology, experience, and resilience rather than a single technique.
The approach is polyvagal-informed, with parts work and somatic therapy for what trauma leaves in the body. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is an off-label option inside a monitored framework, and Spravato is available when treatment-resistant depression is also present. Medication, when it is needed at all, is guided by genetics and labs, and the care respects your autonomy and lived experience. Care is available in English and Russian.
You are not broken; your body adapted to survive. Now it is learning how to live again.
Next step
Book a consultation or call (720) 504-2181. Trauma responds to treatment even decades after the events.
If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or call 911. This practice does not provide emergency services.
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Questions
With trauma-informed therapy at a pace your nervous system can tolerate: stabilization and safety first, then processing through parts work, somatic therapy, and trauma-focused psychotherapy. Medication support is added when it helps, and for some patients ketamine-assisted psychotherapy or Spravato is considered within one integrated plan. Results vary by individual.
Yes. Trauma therapy by secure video is effective for many people, and evaluation, therapy, and medication management are available to adults physically located in Colorado or Oregon at the time of the visit. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and Spravato sessions are in person at the Lakewood, Colorado office.
No. PTSD and complex PTSD respond to treatment even decades after the events. Long-standing symptoms often mean the nervous system settled into a protective pattern that no one ever helped it leave, not that the pattern is permanent. The first step is stabilization, and the pace is yours.
Not before you are ready, and possibly not in detail at all. Stabilization and safety come first, and much of the work happens through the body rather than through narrative. You control the pace of any trauma processing, and the evaluation covers your history at whatever depth you choose that day.
PTSD usually follows a specific traumatic event and centers on intrusive memories, hypervigilance, and avoidance. Complex PTSD follows chronic, repeated trauma, often in childhood or in relationships with no escape, and also affects identity, self-worth, and the ability to trust. Both are treated here, with pacing adjusted to each. Complex PTSD has its own page here.