Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
You deserve a provider who understands that PTSD is not a sign of weakness — it is a natural response to an extraordinary experience, and it responds to the right care.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that develops in some individuals after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Traumatic events that can lead to PTSD include combat exposure, physical or sexual assault, accidents, natural disasters, sudden loss, or prolonged exposure to threatening situations.
PTSD is characterized by four types of symptoms: re-experiencing the trauma through flashbacks or nightmares, avoiding reminders of the event, negative changes in thoughts and mood, and heightened reactivity or hyperarousal. These symptoms can significantly interfere with relationships, work, and the ability to feel safe in everyday life.
PTSD is a recognized medical condition with effective, evidence-based treatment options. With the right psychiatric care, many individuals experience significant symptom relief and are able to rebuild a sense of safety, stability, and connection.
PTSD presents across four recognized symptom categories. Understanding how these affect you individually is the first step toward building an effective treatment plan.
Flashbacks, intrusive memories, nightmares, or intense distress when reminded of the traumatic event — as though the trauma is happening again in the present moment.
Deliberately avoiding thoughts, feelings, places, people, or situations that serve as reminders of the trauma, often at significant cost to daily life.
Persistent feelings of guilt, shame, hopelessness, emotional numbness, or difficulty experiencing positive emotions that developed or worsened after the trauma.
Being easily startled, difficulty sleeping, irritability, angry outbursts, difficulty concentrating, or feeling constantly on guard for potential danger.
If your experiences match the following, a psychiatric evaluation can help determine whether PTSD is involved and what your treatment options are.
You do not need to have been in combat or experienced a single dramatic event to develop PTSD. Trauma takes many forms, and all of them deserve care.
Flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, avoidance behaviors, emotional numbness, intrusive trauma memories, sleep disturbance, difficulty feeling safe
Psychiatric Evaluation (Required for all new patients)
30–60 minutes
Insurance and Self-Pay Options Available
Telehealth (New York & Kansas residents only)
PTSD can develop immediately following a traumatic event or appear weeks, months, or even years later. There is no set timeline, and delayed-onset PTSD is a recognized and well-documented clinical presentation.
SSRIs and SNRIs are the first-line medications for PTSD. Other medications may be used to address specific symptoms such as nightmares, sleep disruption, or hyperarousal. Your treatment plan will be individualized based on your specific symptom profile.
Many individuals with PTSD experience significant symptom reduction and a meaningfully improved quality of life with appropriate treatment. While every person's journey is different, meaningful recovery is achievable with consistent psychiatric support.
You will not be asked to recount traumatic details during the psychiatric evaluation. The focus is on understanding your current symptoms and how they are affecting your life — not on revisiting the trauma in clinical depth.
Yes. Psychiatric evaluation and medication management for PTSD are available via telehealth for residents of New York and Kansas.
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PTSD is treatable. With the right support, healing is not only possible — it is something you deserve to pursue.
