Individual Therapy
Tamie provides individual therapy either weekly or biweekly. Most sessions are 53-60 minutes long, although shorter sessions can be arranged. You will decide with Tamie what goals you would like to address and what your preferred length of care would be. Tamie accepts self-pay and most insurance plans (Aetna, Medicare, Excellus, BCBS, Tricare, Fidelis, United Health Care, UMR, and MVP). You can check with your health insurance to ensure Tamie is an in-network provider. You will be billed based on your deductible, coinsurance, and copays. Tamie accepts credit cards, HSA/FSA, and cash.SPECIALIZATION
Tamie specializes in working with people with Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), dissociation, attachment wounds, neurodivergence, and chronic health issues.
What is C-PTSD?
Both PTSD and C-PTSD result from the experience of something deeply traumatic and can cause flashbacks, nightmares, and insomnia. Both conditions can also make you feel intensely afraid and unsafe even though the danger has passed. However, despite these similarities, there are characteristics that differentiate C-PTSD from PTSD.
The main difference between the two disorders is the frequency of the trauma. While PTSD is often caused by a single traumatic event, C-PTSD is caused by long-lasting trauma that continues or repeats for months, even years. C-PTSD trauma often occurs in childhood and shapes a person's mental health, physical health, and neurodevelopment. Oppression and racism can also be considered C-PTSD, especially when outside systems become involved.
In addition to all of the core symptoms of PTSD—
re-experiencing, avoidance, and hyperarousal—C-PTSD symptoms generally also include:
- Difficulty controlling emotions. It's common for someone suffering from C-PTSD to lose control over their emotions, which can manifest as explosive anger, persistent sadness, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
- Negative self-view. C-PTSD can cause a person to view themselves negatively. They may feel helpless, guilty, or ashamed. They often feel completely different from other people.
- Difficulty with relationships. Relationships may suffer because of difficulty trusting others and a negative self-view. A person with C-PTSD may avoid relationships or develop unhealthy relationships because that is what they knew in the past.
- Detachment from the trauma. A person may disconnect from themselves (depersonalization) and the world around them (derealisation). Some people might even forget their trauma.
- Loss of a system of meanings, including losing one's core beliefs, values, religious faith, or hope in the world and other people.
At the present time, C-PTSD is not a diagnosis in the DSM-V.