by Rebecca Donaldson | Jan 14, 2021 | ACEs, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Pyschotherapy, Trauma-Informed, Treatment for CPTSD
To those who have ever been harmed in therapy, I am sorry. To those who continue to ruminate over what happened and are unable to move past it, I can relate. We may never receive the answer we are looking for, but we can learn to be gentle with ourselves. I wrote this...
by Rebecca Donaldson | Jan 7, 2021 | ACEs, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Family Estrangement
Though I wish we could, we don’t get to pick the families we are born into. We do, though, one day get to pick those who raise us. My life may not be typical, but it’s beautiful. I haven’t been home in over seven years, and that’s my choice. I’ve chosen to live a...
by Rebecca Donaldson | Jan 1, 2021 | ACEs, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Dissociation and CPTSD
Good evening. I see you’re crying again. Don’t worry about the sheets. I’ll wash them tomorrow. What do you need? Can I hold your hand? You don’t want to be touched? It’s okay. I understand. You know, your sensitivity is not something to fix. DBT is not your answer....
by Robyn Brickel | Nov 30, 2020 | Attachment Trauma
I invite you to notice the feeling you have when I say vulnerability is strength! Does it feel like a pit in your stomach? A lump in your throat? Does the idea of being vulnerable scare you? I am asking you to think about what’s not working for you in your life. Have...
by Rebecca C Mandeville MFT | Nov 18, 2020 | Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and PTSD, Trauma-Informed, Treatment for CPTSD, What is CPTSD
Complex PTSD ( which is sometimes interchanged with terms such as complex relational trauma, developmental trauma, and interpersonal trauma) is a relatively recent concept. With the recognition of complex PTSD (C-PTSD) by the World Health Organization (WHO),...
by Chris Prange-Morgan | Oct 9, 2020 | ACEs, Attachment Trauma, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Hypervigilance, Mindfulness, Outer Critic, Trauma-Informed
Sometimes raising a child with developmental trauma feels like drowning. During the pandemic, the usual lifelines of educational and community support are decreased or absent, and many parents are left feeling suffocated and alone. Our son spent two years languishing...
