What we treat · Trauma
Trauma & PTSD treatmentin plain terms.
PTSD treatment here is CCTP-informed PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach. Somatic work sits in the same week when use was the relief.
Located in Laguna Beach, California
(949) 670-9345- The weekPHP or IOP
- StartThe body
- OverlapUse when it’s relief
What this page is
PTSD treatment is a program week.
PTSD treatment here is CCTP-informed PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach, not a single therapy hour. We start with safety so the body can stay in the room, then the story. EMDR and somatic work sit in the same plan when they belong there. It is not a hospital or a locked unit.
What happened is still in the body. We start there.
A week with the body first
How trauma sits in a PHP or IOP week.
A trauma IOP or PHP day at Exist runs the whole model. Group for the pattern. 1:1 for the history. Somatic work for the nervous system. EMDR when processing belongs in the plan. Psychiatry when medication is part of it. You go home at night — or to Truth House if you are already in the program and home is far or not the right night.
Body
Breath, yoga, the skills that make a hard hour survivable. The week starts in the body when the mind cannot.
Mind
The automatic thought, the story you tell about what happened. We work the reaction before asking you to change the life.
Brain
What sits under the pattern — PTSD, C-PTSD, and use read as one history, in a safe room. EMDR when it fits.
Skills
Distress skills, then time with your own clinician. Not a hallway that waits until you are “stable enough” for trauma work.
Who holds the week
CCTP in the room. Not a 12-step hallway.
Dr. Courtney Tracy · Founder and chief clinical officer
Dr. Courtney Tracy built this clinic for the body that still holds what happened. Trauma work sits in PHP or IOP with one team in Laguna Beach.
Founder
Dr. Courtney Tracy
In the room
LCSW · PsyD · CCTP
Clinic
Joint Commission PHP / IOP
How it shows up
The names in the room. Same week.
This is not a directory of other conditions. Those live on the hub. These are the ways trauma arrives here — treated together, not after each other.
All we treatPTSD
A body that still treats the past as now. Safety first, then the story.
- Flashbacks
- Startle
- Avoidance
Complex PTSD
Longer, relational trauma. Emotional flashbacks. That page is there when you want that language.
- C-PTSD
- Relational
Use as relief
Alcohol, prescriptions, stimulants — treated with the trauma underneath, in the same week.
- Dual diagnosis
- Same week
The body
Somatic work is not an add-on. Breath and movement sit in the same plan as EMDR and 1:1.
- Somatic
- EMDR
Three steps to a start date.
- 01
Reach out
Call (949) 670-9345 or send the form. You talk to the clinic — not a call center.
- 02
We verify
We check your benefits and map PTSD treatment against PHP, IOP, and outpatient — honest about which fits.
- 03
A start date
We recommend a level of care and set a date — and talk through Truth House if you’re coming from out of town.
Questions about PTSD treatment, answered plainly.
CCTP-informed PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach for PTSD and C-PTSD. Groups, 1:1, somatic work, and EMDR when it belongs in the plan. Nights at home or at Truth House. We are not a hospital and not medical detox. Call (949) 670-9345.
Something we didn’t cover? Call (949) 670-9345 — you talk to the clinic, not a call center.
The body does not have to wait.
Call Exist at (949) 670-9345 or send the admissions form. We’ll say honestly whether PHP, IOP, outpatient, or a referral is the right level — and what your benefits actually cover.
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Courtney Tracy, LCSW, PsyD · Reviewed September 2026