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What is CPTSD?
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD, C-PTSD, Complex PTSD) describes the results of ongoing, inescapable, relational trauma. Unlike Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD typically involves being hurt by another person. These hurts are ongoing, repeated, and often involving a betrayal and loss of safety.
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Trauma-Informed peer support in a validating and supportive group atmosphere, to supplement individual healing work.
A weekly body-centered healing program focused on helping survivors engage with the present moment.
Join our virtual group and work on your favorite creative modality together with your leader and other survivors.
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Latest from our Blog
Weekly content from guest blog writers, including mental health professionals and real life trauma survivor stories.
Sitting with my Inner Child
“SITTING WITH MY INNER CHILD” When I started on the healing journey as I call it from my abusive childhood, one very important tool that I learned to do is sit with my inner child. I am a child abuse survivor, physical, sexual, and verbal. I was raised by...
Becoming an Adult In Childhood: Ancient Innocence
As one day slid into the next, I transitioned from the final seconds of childhood into adulthood. Covering my head with a pillow to dampen the screams at the other end of the trailer, I only felt exhaustion as I crossed the threshold between ages 17 and 18. I wondered...
I’m Becoming One of THOSE People!
I'm becoming the kind of person I used to warn myself about. Optimistic and joyful adults who flutter about the room with childlike glee used to scare the crap out of me. With slight annoyance and a lot of internal head-scratching, I wondered what they were so happy...
From Touch-Starved to Touch-Afraid: The lasting impact of touch deprivation
Growing up without affection can shape the way we seek and avoid love. On my thirteenth birthday my mother drove me to a mental hospital in Chicago. She claimed she couldn’t ‘handle’ me anymore. That was confusing to me because I had been ‘handling’ myself and my...
Once, I Dropped My Basket
My whole world had fallen apart at the seams. What was left, after everything was said and done, was myself, a six-man tent, everything I owned in a backpack, and my dog.I had run away from everything that hurt me — and in the running, I had been reduced to this.My...
The Power of Your Breath
Did you know that your breath is the fastest way to calm down when you are feeling dysregulated? Nobody is immune from stress, regardless of age and we all have one thing in common — we react. How we react to stress is different for everyone, but there is a...
What Community Members Are Saying
How our programs are changing the lives of complex trauma survivors aorund the world.
Daily Recovery Support
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“My FRAMILY is amazing. You all are amazing and inspiring. I truly love all everyone on the calls and thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me heal through this community.”
Healing Book Club
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”It is very meaningful and I feel that I have established true, authentic connections. It’s comforting to have a designated space each week that’s safe, normalizing, educational, and secure. Thank you for this incredible resource!”
Daily Recovery Support
Member
“The daily calls are helping me to take better care of myself and have boundaries. How to recognize safe people and unsafe people and receive encouragement and support that I do not get otherwise. They help me recognize I am not alone in my feelings and thoughts.”
Trauma-Friendly Meditation
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I have experienced significant positive effects in my life since starting this class which have impacted my life (in a medium to large way). I have found that the acceptance component taught within this style of meditation has been extremely valuable.
Daily Recovery Support
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“The foundation does great work, and I’ve benefited greatly from all that was included in the subscription and always thought it was great value! Thank you for making such a great contribution to the CPTSD community and to humanity in general.”
Weekly Creative Group
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“My FRAMILY is amazing. You all are amazing and inspiring. I truly love everyone on the calls and thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me heal through this community.”
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