Trauma & PTSD Care

Support That Understands Trauma

Trauma and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) change how your nervous system responds to the world — hypervigilance, intrusive flashbacks, emotional numbing, and a constant sense of danger. Medication can’t erase what happened, but it can help quiet the body’s alarm system enough to make healing possible. Dr. Mallare works at a pace that respects your boundaries.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does “trauma-informed” medication management mean?

You’re never pressured into treatment or forced to recount traumatic details; decisions are made at your pace, with full transparency about how each medication works and what it targets.

How does medication help reduce PTSD symptoms?

PTSD keeps the nervous system stuck in “fight, flight, or freeze.” Targeted medications help stabilize the systems governing fear response, sleep, and emotional reactivity. Hypervigilance is the state of constant high alert, where your body feels perpetually on guard for danger even in safe environments. Reducing it creates the calm needed to engage in daily life and in trauma-focused therapy.

How is care coordinated with a trauma therapist?

Dr. Mallare maintains collaborative communication with your outpatient trauma therapist or EMDR practitioner, ensuring medication supports your therapeutic work without blunting healthy emotional processing.

How We Build Your Treatment Plan

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    1. Safety-first evaluation

    Understanding your trauma history only to the extent you’re comfortable sharing, with no requirement to recount details before treatment can begin.

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    2. Symptom-targeted medication

    Chosen based on your predominant symptoms (hyperarousal, sleep disruption, mood symptoms), starting conservatively.

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    3. Pacing and check-ins

    Frequent early follow-up to make sure medication feels tolerable and safe, adjusting quickly if something isn’t working.

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    4. Coordination with therapy

    If you’re working with a trauma therapist or EMDR practitioner, treatment is aligned with that work rather than operating in isolation; referral support offered if you’re not yet connected with one.

What Recovery Can Look Like

Recovery from trauma isn’t about forgetting — it’s about the nervous system learning that it’s safe to stand down. Many patients describe fewer flashbacks, sleep that finally feels restful, and a growing ability to stay present instead of bracing for danger that isn’t there. Progress is often gradual, with good days and harder days along the way.

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