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The honest, minute-by-minute version of what an EMDR session looks like for a teenager, including the part where they do not have to describe what happened out loud.

Teen trauma rarely looks like what you would expect. It looks like attitude, laziness, a bad friend group, a sudden A-student, or a kid who seems totally fine. Eight signs Houston parents miss, and how to tell them apart from ordinary adolescence.

Exhausted in a way rest does not fix? Learn why burnout is often nervous-system dysregulation, how it overlaps with trauma, and how Houston therapy helps you recover.

Swinging between panic and shutdown, never quite settled? Learn what the window of tolerance is, why trauma narrows it, and how Houston therapy helps widen it.

Wondering if it’s PTSD or complex PTSD? Learn how C-PTSD differs from PTSD, why ongoing trauma changes the picture, and how Houston trauma therapy helps. Free consult.

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