Every step of treatment is intentional, collaborative, and designed to help your nervous system find safety again. This is whole-person trauma care that honors both your biology and your lived experience.
ersonalized psychiatric care for PTSD and trauma-related symptoms, including comprehensive evaluation, medication management, EMDR, ART, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy when clinically appropriate.
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When you’ve lived through trauma, you know it doesn’t stay neatly in the past. It lodges in the subconscious, reshaping the nervous system, altering sleep, and bleeding into daily interactions.
Talk therapy alone often misses this depth, and at times, it can even make symptoms worse. True healing requires addressing how trauma rewires both the brain and body, bringing subconscious wounds into the light where they can finally shift.
Trauma psychiatry isn’t about talking through the worst moments of your past. In fact, repeatedly retelling your story often strengthens the very patterns you’re trying to heal. Trauma lives in the subconscious, reshaping the nervous system and keeping you stuck in cycles of fear, anxiety, panic, or emotional shutdown.
My work focuses on helping you regulate your system without retraumatization. Instead of traditional talk therapy, we use targeted subconscious tools that allow your brain and body to release what they’ve been holding without reliving the pain.
Every step of treatment is intentional, collaborative, and designed to help your nervous system find safety again. This is whole-person trauma care that honors both your biology and your lived experience.
Our trauma psychiatry services are designed for:
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A guided ketamine-based approach that supports deep emotional processing, helping you work through trauma, gain clarity, and create lasting change within a safe, structured psychiatric care setting Focused on safety and integration and care.
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You’ll complete a detailed questionnaire that covers your trauma history, medical background, and current symptoms. We review past records, labs, and medications so nothing is overlooked.
We go beyond diagnosis to investigate nervous system dysregulation, inflammation, hormone shifts, and other patterns that affect your trauma recovery.
You’ll receive a plan that may include psychiatric support, trauma-informed therapy, functional medicine strategies, and integrative healing tools. Ongoing support is always available.
My experience with trauma care is rooted in my years of training and practice at the VA hospital, one of the top trauma and PTSD research centers in the country. There, I treated veterans carrying some of the most complex trauma, and I worked with therapies like ketamine years before most community psychiatrists considered them. That foundation shaped how I practice today.
I don’t rely on talk therapy to move trauma. Instead, I focus on subconscious therapies that retrain the nervous system without forcing you to relive the past. My practice is intentionally small, so every client receives the thoughtful, individualized care they deserve. Together, we build treatment plans that respect your story, your biology, and your healing process.
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“Dr. Williams communicates and listens well. I appreciate her advice. I recommend her to anyone who is seeking help.”
Dr. Lauren Williams provides trauma-informed psychiatric care that considers how trauma may affect the brain, body, nervous system, sleep, emotions, relationships, and daily functioning. The comparison below shows how this approach differs from a more conventional psychiatric care structure.
| Care Area | Dr. Lauren Williams at Source Psychiatry™ | More Conventional Psychiatric Care |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical evaluation | Reviews trauma history, current symptoms, medical background, previous records, laboratory results, and medications before developing the care plan. | May focus primarily on current psychiatric symptoms, diagnosis, and medication history. |
| Primary treatment focus | Works with nervous system dysregulation and subconscious trauma patterns while supporting psychiatric stability. | Often begins with reducing symptoms such as anxiety, panic, depression, or sleep disruption. |
| Trauma processing | Uses methods intended to help patients process trauma without repeatedly reliving or verbally recounting painful experiences. | May rely more heavily on traditional talk-based processing or refer therapy to a separate clinician. |
| Therapeutic options | Care may incorporate EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, hypnosis, or ketamine-assisted psychotherapy when clinically appropriate. | Treatment may center on medication management, supportive counseling, or an outside therapy referral. |
| Biological contributors | Evaluation may examine inflammation, hormonal changes, nervous system patterns, laboratory findings, and other factors that could affect recovery. | Biological contributors may be addressed separately or investigated only when a specific medical concern is identified. |
| Care-plan design | The plan may combine psychiatric support, trauma-focused therapy, functional medicine strategies, and integrative tools based on the individual. | Care may follow a more standardized combination of diagnosis, medication, and psychotherapy recommendations. |
| Practice structure | Source Psychiatry™ maintains an intentionally small patient roster to provide thoughtful, individualized attention and ongoing support. | Higher-volume practices may use shorter visits and a more standardized follow-up structure. |
Dr. Williams’ approach is grounded in her experience treating veterans with complex trauma at a VA hospital and her training as a board-certified adult psychiatrist. Her trauma care is designed for people seeking a personalized plan that addresses both psychiatric symptoms and the deeper patterns that may keep the nervous system feeling unsafe.
National Institute of Mental Health data on post-traumatic stress disorder.
Yes. A psychiatrist can diagnose and treat trauma-related conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Treatment often includes medication management, genetic testing, therapy, or referrals for trauma-informed care.
The Source Psychiatry™ initial evaluation is $1,650 and includes two 60-minute physician visits plus a complimentary clinical history session with the care team. Ongoing visits are $300 for 30 minutes or $600 for 60 minutes. ART and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy are billed according to the time and setting required.
Source Psychiatry™ is a fee-for-service practice and does not bill insurance directly. Patients with out-of-network benefits may be eligible for partial reimbursement, but coverage varies by plan. Review the current fees and care process before applying.
No referral is required. You can book directly with a psychiatrist like Dr. Lauren Williams for trauma-informed care.
Trauma-informed care recognizes how past experiences affect your body, brain, and emotions. It prioritizes safety, collaboration, and healing without retraumatization.
Yes, but not always in the way people expect. Traditional talk therapy often keeps trauma stuck because it doesn’t reach the subconscious, where trauma lives. Dr. Williams does not rely on talk therapy. Instead, she incorporates trauma-focused therapies like ART, EMDR, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, or hypnosis directly into her sessions.
Other times, she partners with trusted trauma therapists to build comprehensive care plans. This collaborative model ensures patients receive the most effective mix of subconscious therapies and supportive counseling without retraumatization.
There’s high demand for trauma-informed specialists, and many practices are overbooked. At Source Psychiatry™, we keep a small client roster to ensure availability and individualized attention.
If you’re ready for trauma-informed psychiatry that sees your whole story and helps you rebuild with clarity and strength, without reliving your trauma, Source Psychiatry™ is here.
