PTSD and Trauma Treatment Center in New Hampshire
At Live Free Behavioral Health, we create an environment that promotes healing and safety. You can improve your mental health and learn practical tools through tailored programs and proven therapies.
What Is PTSD and How Is It Treated?
Post-traumatic stress disorder can happen to someone who went through or saw a scary or dangerous event. Maybe it was an accident, a violent situation, or something terrible happening to someone else.
Your brain revisits the traumatic moment, even when you’re safe. It changes:
- Your sleep patterns
- The way you relate to others
- How you move through your day
What Is the Best Treatment for PTSD?
Therapies designed to treat traumas specifically are naturally the most helpful. The American Psychological Association recommends treatments like:
- Cognitive processing therapy (a type of CBT) as a primary method
- EMDR as a supplementary approach
Everyone connects with different approaches. That’s why effective treatments often combine personalized therapy with supervised medication use, if necessary.
Why Choose Live Free Behavioral Health
We lead with empathy, ensuring every person in our care has a unique treatment plan. Our quality programs provide:
Full-Body Healing: We use proven methods, wellness approaches, and adventure exercises to help your mind, body, and spirit recover together.
Tailored Treatments: We create a plan that fits your specific needs and what you’re hoping for.
Family Support: We get your loved ones involved from the start because recovery works better when you have people in your corner.
Life Coaching: You’ll learn hands-on skills that stick with you after treatment ends, giving you what you need to succeed.
Our Evidence-Based PTSD Treatments
We offer several science-supported approaches that help people heal from trauma:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Identify and change negative ways of thinking
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Find out how to deal with intense emotions
EMDR Therapy: Help your brain process traumatic memories safely
Individual Therapy: Explore specific needs with one-on-one support
Group Therapy: Connect with others who understand your experience
Family Therapy: Reconnect with loved ones and build a support system
Biofeedback: Monitor your body’s signals to control physical responses
Holistic Therapy: Heal with wellness methods like yoga and kickboxing
Adventure-Based Exercises: Try hiking and more to rebuild confidence
Medication Management: Support recovery with supervised medicine use
Long-Term Treatment
Heavy trauma may require more time and intensive support for recovery. Our long-form programs offer structured, comprehensive care. Through daily sessions in our supportive space, we can work through your trauma.
Short-Term Trauma Care
Anyone who needs focused help with a shorter treatment period can benefit from our short-term programs. This option works well for people with strong at-home support and less complex trauma histories.
Who Needs PTSD Treatment?
You might need professional help if you:
Have flashbacks or nightmares about your trauma
Avoid reminders of what happened
Feel constantly on edge or easily startled
Experience difficulty sleeping or concentrating
Feel numb or disconnected from others
Have angry outbursts
Participate in reckless behavior
Have thoughts about hurting yourself
PTSD in Military Families
Services like the military can come with on-the-job trauma that affects the whole family. Combat, violence, and life-threatening scenarios can lead to post-traumatic stress. Our team understands the nuanced challenges and can adjust treatment.
Trauma Treatment for Young Adults
Young people can develop PTSD from different experiences, like accidents or abuse. Their developing brains need special care that takes their age into account, providing individual treatment plans to support their growth and wellness.
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Our Admission Process
Getting started is easier than you think. We’ve designed our admissions process to be fast, respectful, and stress-free. From your first call, we’re here to support and guide you.
Call or complete our online form
Connect with an admissions coordinator
Complete your private assessment
We determine which level of care suits your needs
We verify insurance and explain the next steps
You receive your admission date and packing info
Our team is available 24/7 to answer questions or talk things through.
Patient Reviews
Discover what our clients have to say about their journey with us and how we’ve helped them achieve lasting change.
Thank you to all the staff at live free residential for helping me get to where I am now. I am so appreciative to them helping me jump start my life. They have amazing counselors and staff who helped me with all my aftercare needs. I am so grateful for this program!!!!!!
This place is awesome! The staff is great! They’re caring, compassionate, and empathetic. They treat each resident individually to meet each of their needs. 24 hr nursing staff helps with each residents detox needs. They also help with after care plans and placement back into the community. Peers also are very supportive to eachother, I highly recommend live free recovery to anyone looking for help with addiction.
The facility and staff were extremely helpful and accommodating with my detox. It was a calm environment and the nurses were always available to meet whatever needs I had to help me transition. I would highly recommend coming here if you are looking for help with any addiction.
Ready to Reclaim Your Life? Contact Our PTSD Specialists
You don’t have to keep carrying this alone. Our team understands; we can help you or your loved one work through the trauma. Maybe you’re ready to start now, or you might want to talk about what treatment looks like. Either way, we can help and guide you.
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FAQs About PTSD and Trauma Treatment
Does Medicare cover mental health stays at Live Free?
Yes, Medicare usually covers mental health treatment when you need professional support. Give us a call and we’ll help verify the extent of your coverage before you start.
How long does PTSD treatment take?
There’s no uniform answer here. Some people start feeling better after a few weeks, others need several months. It depends on what you’ve been through and how you respond to treatment.
What is the most common treatment for PTSD?
Talk therapy that focuses on trauma has the most success for people. This includes EMDR, which helps your brain process difficult memories, and cognitive therapy that changes how you think about what happened.
What is the gold standard PTSD treatment?
Research supports that trauma-focused therapy gives people the best chance at recovery. EMDR and exposure therapy have the strongest evidence for helping people heal long-term.
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References and Citations
American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments