As I'm going to college next year, I will be given the opportunity to get free mental health services. I'm not sure whether it will help at all, because I'm not to the point where I can talk about the trauma and it is difficult for me to even acknowledge my symptoms with another person (I still haven't even told my closest friends that I have PTSD). But I'm beginning to feel overwhelmed by them.

I have also had some bad experiences with therapy and psychiatrists. When I was younger, I had to go to a counselor that caused me almost as much trauma as my original issue. At the same time I was going to a prescription-writing-happy psychiatrist (who prescribed a large dose of seroquel for insomnia and flashbacks). Since I was last in treatment while part of the trauma was still going on, and I had my mother to explain things for me, I'm not really sure how the process would go.

So could someone please give me a little insight into how the typical process goes for PTSD therapy? Also would it be at all beneficial for me to go even though I can't really talk about things yet?