A Precise, Tactical, Approach to therapy that is Holistic and Targeted to Activate your Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) and Deactivate your Amygdala by doing 4 key coping skills that work immediately in your body and brain with an immediate benefit of reducing your Anxiety & reducing your Trauma Symptoms and Reactions. This is followed by the use of Eye-Movement (EM) modalities to guide your brain to heal itself.
"Trauma comes back as a Reaction not a Memory" - Bessel van der Kolk
We'll share with you some powerful and amazing lessons that will help you be the healthiest and best version of you by improving your ability to cope and self-regulation while healing stuck-points, wounds, losses, and traumas from your entire life and career.
We'll will teach you about the science behind these life changing lessons as well as the 4 key coping skills that work immediately in the body system and will drastically improve your daily sense of well-being by reducing your:
Anxiety, Depression, Avoidance, Irritability, Stress, Panic Attacks, Hypervigilance, Insomnia, & Physiological and Trauma Reactions.
In conjunction with Talk Therapy, PNS Activation, and Amygdala Deactivation, we utilize Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to clear and desensitize wounds, psychological (emotional) pain, and reduce feelings of loss, grief, abandonment, and attachment wounds. These techniques also reduce and heal the turmoil and pain caused by abuse, assaults, and traumas. We can help you lessen phobias and heal negative self-thoughts and core beliefs.
Unlike Talk therapy alone, utilizing EMDR as part of your treatment, You do not need to tell us your wounds or traumas for us to desensitize your wound; we guide your brain to do what it naturally wants to do. Put simply, we guiled your brain and body to heal itself!
Once we clear/heal your "wound," all of the Anxiety, Depression, Irritability, Insomnia, and Physiological symptoms connected to that "wound" will be eliminated; you only have these Negative and Physiological symptoms because that memory or "wound" is not stored in the proper place in your brain. Utilizing EMDR is how these "wounds" get desensitized and moved to the proper place in your brain, resulting in true alleviation of symptoms and healing!
"We all have wounds, that's part of the human existence; and I know this sounds too good to be true, but when you feel it, and you will, you'll believe it!" - Ryan Curtiss, LCSW
When Ryan started working with Special Operators, Active-Duty Military, and Veterans, he discovered that if in session 1-2, he didn't give them something beneficial in the form of an immediate betterment, that they could feel, that they wouldn't have buy-in...
If they didn't have buy-in, then they wouldn't continue in therapy...
If they didn't continue in therapy, their storm might never end, therefore, they would never find their peace...
If their storm never ends and they never find their peace, they could be one of the 22 Defenders who end lives each day...
This is unacceptable... Our Military, Veterans, Law Enforcment, First Responders, and Survivors of Abuse, Trauma, and Assault ALL Deserve to LIVE FREE of the Storms they are in and find their Peace again!
We do not have a Mission Statement,
WE HAVE A MISSION...
ARE YOU READY TO SILENCE THE STORM?
That being said... We are here for all TRAUMA SURVIVORS & WARRIORS / DEFENDERS, so, anyone who has experienced abuse, neglect, physical or sexual assault, loss, grief, hurts, tragedies, and/or war.... We will help you any way we can!
Ryan Curtiss, LCSW is an Honorably discharged Marine Sergeant who was medically separated in 2003.
Ryan is an abuse and trauma survivor; "My whole life has been survival" and "We are all on a life-long journey of healing and betterment... We are all a work in progress."
Ryan went to The University of Texas system where he earned his Bachelor of Social Work degree in 2014 and his Master of Clinical Social Work degree in 2015.
Ryan was a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Texas from 2015 - 2022 and is currently a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Texas since 2022.
Ryan treats all issues and diagnoses with all ages and populations, although he specializes in
Stress and Anger Management, Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD, ADHD, Phobias, Obsessions/Compulsions (OCD), Depression, Substance Use, Suicidal Ideations, Relationship Issues, and Behavior Issues.
Ryan holds the following trainings and/or certifications: Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Exposure Response Prevention Certification (ERP), Certified Clinical Telemental Health Professional (CTMH), and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Ryan has worked physically in the Rio Grande Valley and San Antonio metro areas of Texas along with virtual / telehealth throughout the entire United States as an independently licensed clinical therapist.
Ryan is a mid-level practitioner, psychotherapist, and trauma and anxiety subject matter expert (consultant, speaker, and presenter). He has worked with the federal government during pre- and post- critical incidents (mass casualty events and emergencies / natural disasters), treating federal employees and critical incident survivors, and giving Critical Incident Response (CIR) debriefings (see services page for more details).
Ryan@TacticalTraumaTherapy.com
210.984.3703 (Text is Best)