Trauma therapy in Bergen County, NJ
Beyond just talking. Healing where the trauma lives.
Located in Glen Rock and serving clients throughout Bergen County, in person and virtually across NJ, NY, CT, and PSYPACT states.
Book a free 15-min consultWhen trauma changes how your body responds to the world.
You may not call it trauma. Maybe it was not one dramatic event, maybe it was years of chronic stress, a relationship that gradually eroded your sense of self, or experiences from childhood that you have never quite been able to leave behind. But something keeps pulling you back. Flashbacks. A body that will not fully relax. Reactions that feel bigger than the moment calls for. A numbness that is easier to carry than explain.
At Turn the Mind, we go beyond talk. Our trauma therapists in Bergen County are certified in the most advanced, evidence-based somatic treatments available, and we use them to help your brain and body process what they were not able to finish processing the first time.
Healing happens where the trauma lives.
Trauma changes the way your brain and body respond to the world. When the nervous system is overwhelmed, it shifts into survival mode: fight, flight, or freeze. For many of our clients, the event has long passed, but the body is still acting as if the danger is here.
The symptoms are not a flaw. They are your nervous system doing its job. Our goal is to help your nervous system complete that job, so you can move through life's stressors without becoming overwhelmed or shut down.
- Flashbacks and intrusive thoughts
- Hypervigilance and feeling constantly on guard
- Emotional numbness or feeling checked out from your own life
- Unexplained physical pain, fatigue, or chronic tension
- Difficulty trusting that any space, or person, is safe
- Reactions in relationships that feel automatic and hard to stop
Three evidence-based, body-forward modalities.
Every person's path through trauma is different. We offer three primary somatic treatment approaches, and our clinicians work with you to identify the best starting point, and the right combination.
For resolving specific traumatic memories, phobias, and PTSD symptoms. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess stuck memories so they lose their emotional charge. One of the most extensively researched trauma treatments available, recommended by the WHO, APA, and VA.
Learn more about EMDR in Bergen CountyFor when trauma lives in the body. Chronic tension, physical shutdown, dissociation, or the sense that you have talked about it endlessly without it moving. SE works with the body's own impulses toward completion and resolution, releasing what got stuck at the level of the nervous system itself.
Learn more about Somatic ExperiencingFor clients who feel stuck in their healing journey despite effort and insight. SP helps move from talking about trauma to resolving its physical symptoms: hypervigilance, intrusive sensations, numbness, the body bracing for impact that never comes.
Learn more about Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Healing moves at the pace your body allows.
We do not rush the work, and we do not stay too long in the hard places. The pace is set by your nervous system, with the right level of structure and support at each step.
That is what makes the difference between trauma therapy that overwhelms you and trauma therapy that actually shifts something.
A specialized trauma practice, not a generalist.
We are not a generalist practice that includes trauma in a long list of services. We are a specialized trauma and DBT center, located in Glen Rock at the heart of Bergen County.
Trained, supervised, and credentialed
Our clinicians hold certifications in the specific modalities they practice. They have completed supervised clinical hours in trauma treatment, not just attended an introductory training.
Three modalities under one roof
Most practices offer EMDR. Fewer offer all three of EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. For clients with complex, developmental, or relational trauma, having access to this range matters.
Stabilization and processing in one place
We are one of very few practices in Bergen County offering both a comprehensive DBT program and specialized trauma therapy. For clients who also struggle with emotional dysregulation, self-harm urges, or distress tolerance, this combination matters clinically.
LGBTQIA+ and gender-affirming throughout
We have deep experience with identity-based trauma, minority stress, and the specific clinical needs of LGBTQIA+ and transgender clients. You will not need to educate us or protect yourself in our office.
A team behind your therapist
Our team consults regularly. You get the expertise of the whole practice, not just one therapist working in isolation.
Reach across NJ, NY, CT & PSYPACT
With clinicians licensed in NJ, NY, CT, and PSYPACT states, we offer accessible, high-quality trauma care across state lines via telehealth.
Trauma therapy for teens and adults.
- PTSD and complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
- Childhood trauma, neglect, and emotional abuse
- Relational and attachment trauma
- Narcissistic abuse recovery (partner, parent, family system)
- Identity-based trauma (LGBTQIA+ experiences, discrimination, minority stress)
- Medical trauma, accidents, or sudden loss
- Eating disorder-related trauma
- Trauma co-occurring with anxiety, depression, or emotional dysregulation
If you are unsure whether your experience "counts" as trauma, please reach out. That question is worth exploring together.
In-person in Glen Rock, telehealth across the region.
Our office is in Glen Rock, centrally located in Bergen County. We see clients in person from across the county and virtually across NJ, NY, CT, and PSYPACT states.
Clients come to us from across Bergen County, including Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Fair Lawn, Hackensack, Paramus, Teaneck, Englewood, Mahwah, Ramsey, Franklin Lakes, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park, Oradell, River Edge, Allendale, Waldwick, Westwood, Closter, Tenafly, Fort Lee, and surrounding communities.
Telehealth trauma therapy is available for clients in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and the broader PSYPACT region. Same modalities, same clinicians, delivered securely from wherever you are.
Your nervous system can settle. We can show you how.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation. We will talk through what you are working on, which modality might be the right starting point, and whether Turn the Mind is the right fit for you.