Compassionate care expertly tailored to your unique needs.
Process and heal from the psychological wounds of your traumas.
At your pace. Together with Dr. F.
Dr. Brian Ferraccio’s approach to therapy with survivors of trauma.
My practice has a special focus on providing expert treatment to survivors of abuse and trauma from throughout the Pittsburgh metro area. I am especially clinically skilled and attuned to the specific needs of survivors of sexual abuse and assault. I recognize and respect the often profound impacts of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and my approach to treating them takes into account the gravity and often delicate nature of the very painful matters in question.
If you are a trauma survivor considering treatment under my care, please know that the pace of your treatment will be your own. You will not be pressured to make disclosures or to provide details of the traumatic event/s at the beginning of our relationship. Indeed, many of my clients do not fully detail the trauma in their backgrounds at intake, and some of them wait weeks or months into therapy before mentioning it at all, which is perfectly normal and is understood. Only once we have built a trusting therapeutic relationship, and when you feel safe and secure within it, you will be welcomed and gently encouraged to begin the process of discussing, processing, and ultimately healing from your trauma.
While therapy for trauma is inherently a difficult process, it is often vital, necessary work, and it is typically effective in meaningfully reducing symptoms and negative impacts. Collaboratively, we will work to diminish the power the trauma has over you. We will target the fear, anxiety, and shame that survivors too often feel, using psychodynamic techniques and a therapeutic system called Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Ultimately, you will find relief through your strengths, which I will help you to identify and apply via therapy. I am continually amazed by my clients’ resilience and ability to ultimately heal and to flourish. I always feel honored when invited to assist clients who have survived trauma / sexual abuse in their journeys to overcome and to triumph over their traumatic wounds. I sincerely hope that you will invite me to become a part of yours.
