Condition
Trauma & PTSD
The lasting effects of a distressing event that the mind hasn't fully processed.
A sound, a smell, or an offhand comment can bring it all back, even years later. You might feel constantly braced for something to go wrong, or numb in a way that keeps you at a distance from your own life. These are trauma responses, not a character flaw, and they respond to careful, paced treatment. At Chaitanya Raj in Vashi & Belapur, Navi Mumbai, we work with trauma and PTSD, led by Lt. Col. Rajesh Sharma (Retd), with over 25 years of experience in hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural approaches.
Common signs
How it works
Trauma-informed treatment is paced deliberately — safety and stabilisation always come before processing the event itself. Your first session focuses on understanding what happened and how it's showing up now, and building a sense of safety before any deeper work begins. From there, we use a phased approach combining stabilisation technique, CBT, and clinical hypnotherapy, moving only as fast as feels manageable.
PTSD Therapy
Post-traumatic stress can follow a single distressing event or a period of sustained threat, showing up as flashbacks, hypervigilance, or a nervous system that won't fully stand down. Therapy works through the event carefully, once grounding and safety are established, rather than asking you to relive it before you're ready.
Complex & Developmental Trauma
Trauma that builds up over years — often starting in childhood — can shape how safe relationships and the world feel, long after the original circumstances have changed. This track works with the accumulated pattern, not just a single incident, at a pace that respects how long it took to form.
Single-Incident Trauma
An accident, an assault, a medical emergency, or another sudden distressing event can leave a lasting imprint even after the immediate danger has passed. This track focuses specifically on processing that event and reducing its ongoing hold on your nervous system.
Our approach
A phased, trauma-informed approach combining stabilisation techniques, CBT, and clinical hypnotherapy used carefully and only once grounding is established.
Frequently asked questions
No. Treatment is trauma-informed and paced deliberately — safety and stabilisation come first, and deeper processing only happens once you're ready, at a pace you control.
It varies significantly depending on whether the trauma is a single incident or accumulated over time. A realistic estimate is shared after the first session, once we understand your specific history.
Yes, once safety and stabilisation are established. Clinical hypnotherapy can help work with the body's automatic stress response alongside CBT.
Yes, every session is completely confidential, held between you and your therapist.