Trauma Therapy & PTSD Treatment in Augusta, GA

Trauma Therapy & PTSD Treatment in Augusta, GA

Intro Paragraph

Augusta has two populations with notably high unmet trauma treatment needs and limited access to culturally competent care. The first is the Black community in Richmond County, which bears both personal trauma and the cumulative burden of systemic racial inequality in the Deep South. The second is the veteran and active-duty military population connected to Fort Eisenhower, one of the largest Army installations in the country, where PTSD is common, undertreated, and worsened by a military culture that views help-seeking as a sign of weakness. Radiant Recovery offers specialized PTSD treatment and trauma therapy for Augusta residents via telehealth across Georgia. EMDR and CPT are available. Georgia Medicaid is accepted. Same-week appointments.

Who We Help

Veterans and active-duty military near Fort Eisenhower

Fort Eisenhower is one of the Army's premier intelligence and cyber operations installations. The trauma presentations here are varied: combat-related PTSD, Military Sexual Trauma (MST), moral injury, and the specific PTSD that follows training accidents and operational stress. Our clinicians treat veteran trauma with clinical rigor and without the judgment that has historically kept service members from seeking care.

Black Augusta residents are processing racial trauma and community violence

Augusta's Black community has faced concentrated poverty, limited healthcare access, and the unique trauma of navigating a Southern city's racial history. Racial trauma, community violence loss, and the ongoing psychological impact of systemic racism create PTSD-like symptoms that respond well to evidence-based trauma treatment.

Survivors of domestic violence and sexual trauma

Augusta's rates of domestic violence are significant. The trauma that follows -- hyperarousal, avoidance, shame, complex grief -- requires therapists trained in trauma-sensitive practice who center client safety and agency.

Medical trauma survivors in Augusta's healthcare environment

ICU stays, surgical complications, cancer diagnoses, and traumatic childbirth experiences at Augusta University Medical Center and other area hospitals produce real PTSD. Medical trauma is underdiagnosed and effectively treatable.

Trauma Presentations We Treat

- PTSD -- full diagnostic criteria

- Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)

- Military trauma -- combat, MST, moral injury, operational stress

- Racial and historical trauma

- Domestic violence and sexual trauma

- Medical and birth trauma

- Childhood trauma and ACEs

- Community violence trauma

Evidence-Based Trauma Therapies

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

Endorsed by APA, VA, and WHO. Effective for combat trauma, MST, racial trauma, and other complex cases. Does not require detailed verbal narration. Available via telehealth for Augusta and all Georgia residents using validated virtual bilateral stimulation.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

12-session protocol, one of the two treatments the VA considers most effective for PTSD. Especially helpful for veterans experiencing strong shame, self-blame, or beliefs about their own role in traumatic events. Offered via telehealth.

Military-Informed Trauma Treatment

For veterans and active-duty clients, trauma treatment is tailored to military culture: direct, structured, skill-focused, and respectful of the values and identity service members bring to therapy.

Culturally Adapted Racial Trauma Treatment

For Black Augusta clients, trauma treatment incorporates systemic racial stress, Georgia's specific racial history, and community-level losses as core clinical content -- not just additional context.

Insurance Accepted in Augusta

Georgia Medicaid: Peach State, Amerigroup, CareSource Georgia, Wellcare, Molina Healthcare Georgia. Medicare, BCBS Georgia, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare. Benefits verified before your first appointment. TRICARE status -- confirm with billing team before listing.