by Angela Solic | Oct 8, 2026 | Mental Health Professional
Did you know that children do not have to be the direct target of abuse to experience significant traumatic effects of it? This is absolutely true. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that children who only witness abuse happening to one of their caregivers have...
by Rachel Grant | Oct 7, 2026 | Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Mental Health Professional, Shame
Notice where you are waiting to be ready. Click Here to watch the video (opens in new tab) Photo Credit: Unsplash Guest Post Disclaimer: This guest post is for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing shared here, across CPTSDfoundation.org, any CPTSD...
by Rachel Grant | Sep 30, 2026 | Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Mental Health Professional, Shame
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by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Sep 28, 2026 | CPTSD, Mental Health Professional
A child in a chronically unsafe home learns quickly that identity can wait. Personal safety, knowing how to read the room, keeping the peace, figuring out which parent is drunk, which parent is angry, which sibling is about to be targeted, which truth cannot be said,...
by Rachel Grant | Sep 23, 2026 | CPTSD, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Mental Health Professional, Shame
Click here to watch Part II of the video series on 5 Lies Shame Wants You to Believe. (video opens in separate tab) Photo Credit: Unsplash Guest Post Disclaimer: This guest post is for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing shared here,...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Sep 21, 2026 | Anger, Emotional Wellness, Mental Health Professional
During my years as a trauma therapist, I heard three words used as if they were interchangeable: frustrated, irritable, and angry. Patients used them that way, families used them that way, and sometimes professionals drifted into the same habit. This was especially...
