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...
by Rachel Grant | Sep 16, 2026 | Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Mental Health Professional
Click Here to watch the short video from Rachel Grant Photo Credit: Unsplash Guest Post Disclaimer: This guest post is for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing shared here, across CPTSDfoundation.org, any CPTSD Foundation website, our...
by Dr. Chris Cortman | Sep 9, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, Mental Health Professional
Many years ago, I took a course to become certified in clinical hypnosis — one more tool to keep in my kit as a licensed clinical psychologist. During that training, the instructor shared his belief that patients should never have to return to the scene of their...
by Denise Marie Ryan | Sep 8, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, Life Management Skills, Mental Health Professional, Therapy
I’m a domestic violence victim and I’ve been healing from symptoms of C-PTSD since September 2024 and for the first time ever, I saw what C-PTSD looks like in someone else. Just the other night, I arrived at the edge of the driveway to pick up my...
