Neuroplasticity and Mindfulness
To understand the treatments for complex post-traumatic stress disorder, it is helpful to understand the interaction between neuroplasticity and mindfulness. What is Neuroplasticity? Until the 1960s, mental health professionals and researchers believed that once we...
A Closer Look at the Symptoms of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
There can be no doubt that the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder are life-altering and debilitating. In this article, we begin a series outlining the symptoms of CPTSD a few at a time to help bring understanding that the world is correct, complex...
Some Treatment Options for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)
Talk Therapy. When people visualize talk therapy, they usually conjure thoughts of a therapist sitting in a chair beside their client who is reclining on a couch beside them. While lying down and speaking to a therapist is not disallowed, it usually isn’t what...
Trauma-Informed Care for CPTSD.
Today CPTSD is recognized as needing long-term treatment because of the damages done to a person’s self-identity, deficits in self-regulation and their inability to see there is hope and healing available to them. Fear and hopelessness can be a daily reality for most...
Glossary of Terms for Complex PTSD (CPTSD)
The following post contains common terms related to diagnosis and treatment for Complex PTSD (CPTSD), as well as general information terms related to various conditions that result from trauma. Many of these terms can also be used in relation to PTSD as well. Most...Follow, Like, & Share!
