Trauma is defined as emotional or physical shock after a stressful event. Trauma therapy is a therapy designed to recognize and heal trauma by better understanding it.

Causes

• One time shocking events. Examples: (car accidents, witnessing a murder, assault)
• Long term events: Examples: (watching some die of cancer, battling illness, and living in constant fear)
• Unrecognized Trauma: Examples: (Pre-memory, childhood experience, poor-parenting affects, and surgery)

Symptoms

Emotional and psychological symptoms:

Physical symptoms:

Reference

http://www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/emotional-and-psychological-trauma.htm