Trauma and PTSD Psychiatrists in 30329
Dr. Valdesha DeJean
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Atlanta, GA 30329
I am a board-certified psychiatrist with expertise in mood disorders (depression, bipolar), anxiety, PTSD, personality disorders, cultural stressors, and professionals in crisis. In addition to medication evaluation, I offer psychotherapy services (individual, couples, and family). My therapy approach is warm, compassionate, nonjudgmental, and I create an empathic environment for clients. I understand my patients from a holistic perspective by evaluating the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to their emotional concerns. Currently seeing clients in GA, TX, and WA.
I am a board-certified psychiatrist with expertise in mood disorders (depression, bipolar), anxiety, PTSD, personality disorders, cultural stressors, and professionals in crisis. In addition to medication evaluation, I offer psychotherapy services (individual, couples, and family). My therapy approach is warm, compassionate, nonjudgmental, and I create an empathic environment for clients. I understand my patients from a holistic perspective by evaluating the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to their emotional concerns. Currently seeing clients in GA, TX, and WA.
Helaina Jaffe
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Atlanta, GA 30329
In caring for her patients, Dr. Jaffe values personal dignity, growth, and relationships. Dr. Jaffe's professional focus is skillfully integrating principles of psychotherapy with medication management. She takes a holistic approach to understanding each person, considering biological, psychological, and social health factors. She strives to collaborate with patients to help realize their most important valued goals. Her special interests include: women's mental health, treatment resistant depression (TRD), psychodynamic psychopharmacology, anxiety disorders, and PTSD.
In caring for her patients, Dr. Jaffe values personal dignity, growth, and relationships. Dr. Jaffe's professional focus is skillfully integrating principles of psychotherapy with medication management. She takes a holistic approach to understanding each person, considering biological, psychological, and social health factors. She strives to collaborate with patients to help realize their most important valued goals. Her special interests include: women's mental health, treatment resistant depression (TRD), psychodynamic psychopharmacology, anxiety disorders, and PTSD.
Kahari Scott
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP, MSN, BSN
Verified Verified
Atlanta, GA 30329
As a PMHNP hailing from rural Mississippi, I intimately understand the pervasive stigma surrounding mental health in my community.
As a PMHNP hailing from rural Mississippi, I intimately understand the pervasive stigma surrounding mental health in my community.
Ester Pulliam
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Atlanta, GA 30329
Ester Pulliam is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Georgia who has been practicing since 2013. Ester is passionate about her profession and is a good listener. Ester enjoys working together with clients and encourages them to actively participate in their care, as well as their key family members. Outside of work, Ester enjoys traveling to experience other cultures, reading, gardening, meditating, and taking long walks.
Ester Pulliam is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Georgia who has been practicing since 2013. Ester is passionate about her profession and is a good listener. Ester enjoys working together with clients and encourages them to actively participate in their care, as well as their key family members. Outside of work, Ester enjoys traveling to experience other cultures, reading, gardening, meditating, and taking long walks.
Dr. Christopher Mora
Psychiatrist, MD
Verified Verified
Atlanta, GA 30329
I am an experienced psychiatrist committed to providing individualized care to each patient, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and shared decision making/informed consent. My goal in working with patients is to foster growth, strength and resiliency, while working together to manage underlying psychiatric and medical conditions impeding their progress. My treatment approach is integrative, often combining various modalities including medications, psychotherapy, medical/diagnostic labwork, nutrition, exercise, and other wellness focused approaches catered to each individual's values.
I am an experienced psychiatrist committed to providing individualized care to each patient, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and shared decision making/informed consent. My goal in working with patients is to foster growth, strength and resiliency, while working together to manage underlying psychiatric and medical conditions impeding their progress. My treatment approach is integrative, often combining various modalities including medications, psychotherapy, medical/diagnostic labwork, nutrition, exercise, and other wellness focused approaches catered to each individual's values.
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Trauma and PTSD Psychiatrists
When should I seek treatment for trauma?
Not everyone who undergoes trauma needs therapy to heal, but many do. If, after experiencing a traumatic event, you find yourself struggling with symptoms such as nightmares, dissociation, irritability, or emotional numbness—especially if these symptoms last more than a month and are severe enough to interfere with your daily functioning—you may benefit from seeking out therapy with a trauma-informed provider.
How long does trauma therapy take?
Different types of therapy for trauma unfold on different timelines. Prolonged exposure therapy and cognitive processing therapy, for example, each take about three months, while trauma-informed CBT may last anywhere from 8 to 25 sessions. Other approaches, especially those that are less structured or that incorporate elements from multiple modalities, may be more open-ended, though many patients report feeling better within the first few months of treatment.
What happens if trauma is left untreated?
Unaddressed trauma can have serious—even devastating—effects on relationships, career, and day-to-day functioning. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can lead people to distrust or lash out at others, making it difficult to maintain intimate relationships; it can also trigger symptoms such as flashbacks or hyperreactivity that can interfere with a person’s ability to function effectively, personally and/or professionally. Some sufferers turn to drugs to find relief. Symptoms may lessen on their own with time, but there is no guarantee that PTSD will resolve on its own.
Can PTSD come back after treatment?
It is possible for PTSD symptoms to recur months or years after successful treatment. This is because, like most mental health disorders, it is not possible to “cure” PTSD, and stressful life events may cause symptoms to recur in even the most resilient individuals. There is no shame in re-experiencing PTSD symptoms nor in returning to therapy when such relapses occur; indeed, many forms of trauma therapy explicitly encourage periodic “maintenance sessions” to reinforce coping skills and ensure that symptoms stay manageable.