If a past experience still intrudes on your present, through flashbacks, nightmares, or a nervous system that never fully stands down, you're not broken and you're not weak. PTSD is a natural response to trauma, and it's highly treatable.
PTSD can develop after living through or witnessing a traumatic event, combat, an accident, assault, disaster, or loss. The brain's threat system stays switched on long after the danger has passed, which is why memories can feel as vivid as the moment they happened and why the body stays braced for something that's already over.
This is a normal response to an abnormal experience, not a character flaw, and it responds well to the right care. Trauma-focused therapies like EMDR help the brain reprocess the memory so it loses its grip, medication can quiet the hyperarousal, and for trauma that hasn't responded to first-line care, advanced options can help. Dr. Hendleman has particular experience treating trauma in uniformed service members.
If several of these have lasted more than a month after a difficult experience, an evaluation can help.
Care is paced and collaborative. Your clinician will recommend the right combination for you, and for trauma that hasn't responded to first-line care, advanced options like TMS and IV ketamine may help.
A structured therapy for processing trauma so painful memories lose their grip.
Explore EMDR →Evidence-based talk therapy to build skills and process what you're carrying.
Explore Therapy →A careful, systematic medication strategy overseen by a board-certified psychiatrist.
Explore Medication Management →Fast-acting infusions for depression that hasn't responded to other treatments, with relief often felt within days.
Explore IV Ketamine →Your treatment plan is directed by a board-certified psychiatrist, so your care is grounded in medical training, not a one-size-fits-all protocol.
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Dr. Hendleman founded Better Balance Psychiatry to bring advanced, evidence-based care to southern Utah. He specializes in treatment-resistant depression, trauma in uniformed service members, and advanced treatments including TMS, Spravato, and IV ketamine.
Learn MorePost-traumatic stress disorder is a condition that can develop after a traumatic experience, in which the brain's threat response stays activated long after the danger has passed. It's a normal response to trauma, not a weakness, and it's treatable.
Trauma-focused therapies, especially EMDR, have the strongest evidence for PTSD. Medication can ease hyperarousal and sleep problems, and for trauma that hasn't responded to first-line care, advanced options such as IV ketamine or TMS may help.
Not necessarily. EMDR, for example, doesn't require describing every detail. Your clinician works at a pace that feels safe and keeps you in control throughout.
Many people recover fully or see their symptoms drop dramatically with treatment. Others learn to manage symptoms so they no longer run their lives. Either way, meaningful improvement is very achievable.
Yes. Dr. Hendleman has particular experience with trauma in uniformed service members, and we welcome veterans, first responders, and their families.
No referral is required. You can contact us directly for an evaluation in St. George, Cedar City, or by telehealth across Utah.
Mental health rarely stays in one lane. If more than one of these feels familiar, your psychiatrist looks at the whole picture and builds one coordinated plan.
Reach out for a confidential, trauma-informed consultation. We'll go at your pace and build a plan around healing. No referral required.
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