by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Mar 31, 2025 | Boundaries, Codependency, CPTSD Research, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Professional, Trauma, Triggers
Trauma is often discussed in terms of its most visible effects—flashbacks, panic attacks, or avoidance behaviors. However, research in psychology and neuroscience suggests that unresolved trauma can shape daily life in less apparent ways. Many individuals who have...
by Marta Luzim, MS | Mar 27, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
Part 2 of 2 (Part 1: https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/03/20/coming-into-the-body-part-1-of-2/) Eugene Gendlin’s Felt Sense Process The practice of mindful felt sense is important for helping you come into your body. A First Attempt: Find Out What Is Bothering You...
by Amanda Ann Gregory | Mar 26, 2025 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Certain books have become required reading for every trauma-informed mental health clinician and survivor of complex trauma. Dr. Judith Herman’s Trauma and Recovery, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’ The Deepest Well, Dr. Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz’s The Boy Who Was Raised...
by Sarah Arnold | Mar 25, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional, Sexual Abuse
***TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses sexual trauma and abuse to children and could be triggering*** Afraid To Go To SchoolAt the beginning of third grade, our usually happy and confident son, William, became panic-stricken about going to school. This...
by Anita Roach | Mar 24, 2025 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed, Workplace Trauma
Our workplaces have the power to be spaces where people thrive—not just professionally but as a whole, complex human beings. Yet, for so many, work is where trauma shows up the loudest. Not because they choose it but because our workplaces were not designed to allow...
by Marta Luzim, MS | Mar 20, 2025 | Body Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
Trauma is an octopus. L’dor vador. These Hebrew words, one of the most fundamental tenets of Judaism, translate to “Generation to generation”. —You cannot rush the healing process— “I wanted my mother to love me. Despite all the torture and brutality.” ― Wendy...
by Robyn Brickel | Mar 18, 2025 | Cognitive Behavior Therapy, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills, Mental Health Professional
People tend to reach out for therapy when they are struggling – often after feeling like they have exhausted all other resources to feel better. The coping mechanisms that once ‘worked’ to manage life and make them feel better, or even just feel less bad, have stopped...
by Cyndi Bennett | Mar 17, 2025 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Introduction Resilience is a crucial skill for everyone navigating the challenges of the professional world, but it is especially vital for trauma survivors. As someone who has experienced trauma, we may face unique obstacles in our career journey, but building...
by Jesse Donahue | Mar 12, 2025 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Designer IdentityBy Jesse B. Donahue 2024 ©Designer identity… you either love me or you don’t. I either love myself or I don’t. I could not love myself for being something or someone I am not. It just couldn’t, shouldn’t, wouldn’t work, and it never did. I have not...
by Paul Michael Marinello | Mar 11, 2025 | CPTSD, Gaslighting, Parental Alienation, Parental Alienation Support Systems, PASS Program
Through years of self-education about parental alienation, two major intertwining inevitabilities exist: Number 1: As harmful as the curse of parental alienation is for millions of parents, child abuse is actively being inflicted upon the child and children. Number 2:...
