PTSD, Trauma & CPTSD Therapy in Colorado Springs
For when you no longer feel safe in your own body. Therapy for trauma, PTSD, complex PTSD (CPTSD), moral injury, and childhood wounds, in person in Colorado Springs and online across Colorado.
Trauma isn’t what happens to us. It’s what happens in our bodies as a result.
After a traumatic experience, many people no longer feel safe in their own body. Trauma is the impact of what happened, along with the systems of protection we build so we never have to feel that way again. It can look like avoiding reminders, thinking about it all the time, or trying really hard not to think about it at all. It can look like nightmares, feeling like you’re right back where it happened, a racing heart, a nervous system that won’t settle, and a world that suddenly looks black and white.
Trauma changes how we see ourselves, other people, and the world. Sometimes the hardest part is what it does to our relationships. And trauma isn’t always a violent, life-or-death experience. It can be the quiet betrayals of growing up, when our needs weren’t met or someone couldn’t love us the way we needed. When that kind of hurt happens over and over, especially in childhood or in relationships we couldn’t leave, it is often called complex PTSD, or CPTSD. Those social and emotional triggers can be just as hard to process, and even harder to identify.
The shiny little acronyms don’t matter.
Every client responds differently, and no two treatment plans are the same. For one person, healing means learning to step back from painful thoughts and reconnect with their values. For another, it means working through moral injury after something violated who they are. For someone else, it means using somatic therapy to go back to the place they were wounded, where we can witness the hurt together and address how it caused them to lose themselves and their connection to others.
We draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and somatic work. But what matters most is that we take the time to get to know you and build trust, so that when you’re ready to go back to those hard places, we can work together to resolve them. You stay in control of the pace.
What healing looks like.
Healing from trauma looks like reconnecting with ourselves. I sometimes ask clients to draw a line between where good feelings stop and bad feelings start. When someone no longer needs that line, and begins to accept every emotion and experience as information, there is room not only for healing but for joy.
We can’t protect ourselves from everything that hurts and still expect to feel all the joy, love, and peace life has to offer. That’s the hidden cost of self-protection we can’t see when we’re suffering. As people heal, they begin to take chances. They learn that suffering is resistance to pain. Life is hard, and pain is inevitable. But with enough time, what we’ve been through can make sense as something we needed in order to grow. It’s hard to imagine right now, but we can even become grateful for the things that hurt us most.
From Nick
In my own experience, a big part of healing meant finally accepting the grief and loss I carried from combat. I had built many detours to avoid that pain: anger at politicians, making everything that happened my fault, turning what happened into evidence that something was wrong with me. Our minds will replay what we refuse to feel in our bodies.
The sadness and devastation were so great that I couldn’t process them for years. Therapy helped me see where I was changing the story to avoid the pain, understand why it was so hard to process, and eventually hold it without trying to make it different at all.
Nicholas Fry, MSW, LCSW · Founder & Clinical Director · Combat Veteran
PTSD therapy in Colorado Springs, close to home.
Our office is in the Briargate area of north Colorado Springs, at 1880 Office Club Pointe, Suite 124 (80920). It's an easy drive from Monument, Gleneagle, Northgate, Black Forest, and the Powers corridor, and we also see clients online anywhere in Colorado.
Colorado Springs is a military town, and trauma here often reflects that. We work with veterans, service members, and military families connected to Fort Carson, Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever, Cheyenne Mountain, and the Air Force Academy, along with first responders and anyone carrying childhood trauma, loss, accidents, or abuse. We're in network with VA Community Care and most major insurance.
If you've been searching for a PTSD therapist in Colorado Springs who understands where you've been, call or text 719-357-6507 or request an appointment.
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Trauma & PTSD Therapy FAQ
What is the best therapy for trauma and PTSD?
There is no single best therapy for everyone. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a gold-standard treatment for PTSD, and many people heal most deeply when it is combined with ACT, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and body-based somatic therapy. We tailor the approach to you.
Do you treat complex PTSD (CPTSD)?
Yes. Complex PTSD often grows out of repeated or ongoing trauma, like childhood neglect or abuse, emotional abuse, or long-term relational trauma. It can affect how you see yourself, how you handle emotions, and how safe relationships feel. We take a slower, relationship-centered approach, building safety and trust first, and draw on IFS, ACT, and somatic work.
How do I know trauma therapy is working?
Many people feel worse before they feel better. Over time, you develop a witness of your own experience: you start noticing your patterns in real time, and you get to choose a new response instead of the old one. That shift is one of the clearest signs healing is happening.
Do you work with veterans and first responders?
Yes. Several of our therapists are combat veterans or military family members, and we are in network with VA Community Care.
Do I have to talk about my trauma in detail?
No. We never force anything. Much of the early work is about safety, trust, and helping your nervous system settle. You stay in control of the pace.
Does insurance cover trauma therapy?
In most cases, yes. We are in network with Aetna, United Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, UMR, Medicare, Colorado Medicaid (Health First Colorado), and VA Community Care. Sarah can verify your benefits before your first session.
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