Trauma & emotional regulation

For the trauma your child can’t put into words yet.

Trauma in children rarely looks like trauma in films. It looks like a child living in isolation. A drop in academics. Lost interest in old hobbies. Or the opposite — endless gaming, bedwetting, sudden outbursts, behaviour that seems to come from nowhere. The body is doing what the child’s mind isn’t ready to do. Therapy at Stapoo accepts the child’s current inner reality, and gives them a safe space to reenact the story, give it closure, and slowly redesign the rest of their life around it.

What this includes

Illustrated psychoeducation poster: what happened was overwhelming, my body reacts before I think, I can ground myself in the present, I can use coping skills that actually help
A teaching poster Prachi uses with teenagers in trauma work.

What to expect on timeline

Trauma work is slow on purpose. The first phase is catharsis — non-judgmental listening, no rush, no analysis. Only after the child has released what they’ve been carrying does the work of change begin. Six months is not unusual. A year is not unusual. Prachi will always be honest with you about how it’s going.

What parents will do

Three takeaways

  • The body remembers what the mind cannot say.
  • Closure is built, not granted.
  • Healing isn’t forgetting — it’s the trauma losing its grip.

If something has happened — or you suspect it has.

Trauma work starts with one quiet conversation.

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