by Dr Melanie Salmon | Aug 10, 2022 | Brain Chemistry, Guest Contributor, Listening
Improve Your Relationships by (Really) Listening (as published in Medium at Three top tips from a Gestalt Psychotherapist So many relationships come unstuck. Not only romantic, but those shared with family, friends, and colleagues. Often, we don’t know what — or where...
by Heidi Fischer | Aug 9, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor, Symptoms of CPTSD, Treatment
This article was originally published on The Mighty. There are two questions I often don’t know what to do with. “Where do you feel that in your body?” and “Can you describe that a little more for me? My reply is typically a shrug of the shoulders. I’m not attempting...
by Ramon Diaz | Aug 5, 2022 | Body Chemistry, Brain Chemistry, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
With the topic of trauma becoming more influential in the public arena, the narrative that surrounds this topic can become confusing. A related idea to trauma that may be unclear to many is dissociation. The word is a noun primarily and it is a psychological...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Aug 3, 2022 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
The outrage following the overturn of ROE V WADE was felt and expressed all over the world. I’ve watched “Stay Sweet – Pray – Obey” on Netflix recently. It is about a small community of a branch of Polygamists Mormons group. Members of...
by Heidi Fischer | Aug 2, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Pyschotherapy, Trauma-Informed, Treatment for CPTSD, Triggers
This article was originally published on The Mighty. A few years ago, I was invited to attend a new support group for people diagnosed with complex trauma. I was (unsurprisingly) anxious about going, but hopeful it could help me. When I got there, I expected that...
by Mindy Levine | Jul 20, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed, Yoga
“No intervention that takes power away from the survivor can possibly foster her recovery, no matter how much it appears to be in her immediate best interest.” Judith Herman There may be a time when you reach out for the support and care you deserve. It could be by...
