01 · First steps
Know what happens before you book.
See the scheduling process, what the first conversation is for, and what you can expect from the beginning.
Your first visit →Trauma-focused counseling · Tampa & Florida
Support that meets you here
Trauma can affect the way your body, relationships, sleep, and sense of safety work. Care here is thoughtful, collaborative, and paced around the person rather than pushed by a template.
Adults & teensSecure online sessionsTelehealth across Florida
Support that starts with youTelehealth-only care across FloridaExplore telehealth →
A calm first conversation.No pressure to tell your whole story at once.
Insurance + access
Less guessing before you start.
We accept UHC / Optum, Cigna, Humana, Magellan, Carelon, TRICARE East, and Aetna. We can help verify your benefits and current clinician participation before you schedule.
UHC / OptumAccepted
AetnaAccepted
CignaAccepted
HumanaAccepted
CarelonAccepted
MagellanAccepted
TRICARE EastAcceptedSecure online careTelehealth across FloridaExplore →
Participation can vary by clinician and plan. We verify current benefits before treatment begins.
Find your way in
You do not need the clinical words.
Choose what feels closest. We will point you to useful information without asking for personal details.
Pick any option above. You can also browse what we treat.
Start where you are
Useful information without the clinical wall of text.
Whether you are looking for yourself, a teen, a partner, or someone you care about, the site is organized around the questions people actually have before beginning therapy.
You do not have to tell the whole story at onceYou can begin with what feels easiest to say while the rest is met with patience, listening, and no pressure
02 · What you are experiencing
Find language for what keeps showing up.
Explore PTSD, childhood trauma, relationship trauma, medical trauma, grief, frontline exposure, and complex trauma.
What we treat →03 · How therapy can help
Compare approaches without needing a psychology degree.
Read about EMDR, CPT, body-based work, IFS-informed care, and trauma therapy for teens.
How we help →Evidence-informed, person-centered
More than one way forward.
Treatment is matched to the person, the therapist’s training, and what feels appropriate. No single method is treated as the answer for everyone.
Approach
EMDR
Trauma processing with preparation and pacing.
ApproachCPT
Work with trauma-related beliefs and meanings.
ApproachSomatic
Attention to activation, shutdown, and regulation.
ApproachIFS-informed
Approach inner conflict with curiosity and compassion.
AgesTeen therapy
Developmentally responsive trauma-focused support.
Human moments
People arrive at very different points in the story.
Some people reach out days after something happens. Others come years later, when sleep, relationships, work, or a constant sense of alertness are still being interrupted. Both are valid times to begin.
Start small
You can begin with the part that feels easiest to say.
You do not have to organize everything before reaching out. Therapy can start with one concern, one recent moment, or even just the fact that something still does not feel settled.
What beginning can look like →No right timeline
You can come back to yourself at your own pace.
Starting later does not make what happened less important. Therapy can begin when the impact is becoming clearer—or when you simply feel ready to understand it differently.
See our approach →Adults & teens
Care should feel like it belongs to the person in the room.
Age, culture, responsibilities, and readiness all shape what useful care looks like. The work is collaborative, personal, and available through secure telehealth across Florida.
Explore online care →Online trauma therapy across Florida.
Trauma Counseling Center provides trauma-focused counseling for adults and teens. Care may address post-traumatic stress, childhood and developmental trauma, sexual assault and abuse, relationship trauma, medical trauma, traumatic grief, cumulative frontline exposure, and complex trauma.
Ready when you are
See appointment availability without making a phone call first.
Scheduling opens securely in SimplePractice. You can view currently offered times and request an appointment online.
Immediate support
If you need help right now
Trauma Counseling Center is not an emergency service. If there is immediate danger or a medical emergency, call 911. If you are in emotional crisis in the United States, call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.