What we treat · Complex PTSD
Complex PTSD treatmentin plain terms.
Complex PTSD treatment here is CCTP-informed PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach. Longer relational trauma, treated with the use under it.
Located in Laguna Beach, California
(949) 670-9345- The weekPHP or IOP
- StartSafety first
- HistoryLonger, relational
What this page is
Complex PTSD is a longer history.
Complex PTSD treatment here is CCTP-informed PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach, not a single therapy hour. The history is often longer and more relational than a single event. We start with safety so the body can stay in the room, then the years. Emotional flashbacks and use as relief sit in the same plan. It is not a hospital or a locked unit.
Longer relational trauma still sits in one week.
A week with the body first
How complex PTSD sits in a PHP or IOP week.
A C-PTSD IOP or PHP day at Exist runs the whole model. Group for the pattern. 1:1 for the longer history. Somatic work for the nervous system. EMDR when processing belongs in the plan. Psychiatry when medication is part of it. You go home at night — or to Truth House if you are already in the program and home is far or not the right night.
Body
Breath, yoga, the skills that make a hard hour survivable. The week starts in the body when the years will not stand down.
Mind
The automatic story about who you had to be. We work the reaction before asking you to change the life.
Brain
What sits under the pattern — C-PTSD, PTSD, and use read as one history, in a safe room. EMDR when it fits.
Skills
Distress skills, then time with your own clinician. Not a hallway that waits until you are “stable enough” for the longer work.
Who holds the week
CCTP in the room. Not a later track.
Dr. Courtney Tracy · Founder and chief clinical officer
Dr. Courtney Tracy built this clinic for the longer history the body still holds. Complex PTSD sits in PHP or IOP with one team in Laguna Beach.
Founder
Dr. Courtney Tracy
In the room
LCSW · PsyD · CCTP
Clinic
Joint Commission PHP / IOP
How it shows up
The names in the room. Same week.
This is not a directory of other conditions. Those live on the hub. These are the ways complex PTSD arrives here — treated together, not after each other.
All we treatComplex PTSD
Longer, relational trauma. Emotional flashbacks. Safety first, then the years.
- C-PTSD
- Relational
PTSD
A single event can still run the night. That page is next door if that is the language you have.
- PTSD
- Sibling page
Use as relief
Alcohol, prescriptions, stimulants — treated with the trauma underneath, in the same week.
- Dual diagnosis
- Same week
The body
Somatic work is not an add-on. Breath and movement sit in the same plan as EMDR and 1:1.
- Somatic
- EMDR
Three steps to a start date.
- 01
Reach out
Call (949) 670-9345 or send the form. You talk to the clinic — not a call center.
- 02
We verify
We check your benefits and map C-PTSD treatment against PHP, IOP, and outpatient — honest about which fits.
- 03
A start date
We recommend a level of care and set a date — and talk through Truth House if you’re coming from out of town.
Questions about complex PTSD treatment, answered plainly.
CCTP-informed PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach for complex PTSD. Groups, 1:1, somatic work, and EMDR when it belongs in the plan. Nights at home or at Truth House. We are not a hospital and not medical detox. Call (949) 670-9345.
Something we didn’t cover? Call (949) 670-9345 — you talk to the clinic, not a call center.
The years do not have to wait.
Call Exist at (949) 670-9345 or send the admissions form. We’ll say honestly whether PHP, IOP, outpatient, or a referral is the right level — and what your benefits actually cover.
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Courtney Tracy, LCSW, PsyD · Reviewed September 2026