by Adina Lynn LeCompte | May 27, 2024 | Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, Core Beliefs, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Expressive Writing, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Healthy Relationships, Life Management Skills, Nature, Pyschotherapy, Recovery, Self Care, self trust, Self-Acceptance
I have a wonderful therapist. It’s not your usual “talk therapy,” though. We do talk, and I have come to trust him implicitly. He has helped me heal from PTSD and complex relational trauma, and the transformation since I began working with him far exceeds phenomenal....
by Shirley Davis | Aug 21, 2023 | CPTSD, Pyschotherapy
Everybody needs validation. We all need someone else to recognize and accept our internal experiences as valid, no matter how different they are. This happens when the other person you speak with listens without judgment to your story. Psychotherapy is where most...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 14, 2023 | CPTSD, Pyschotherapy, Rejection Trauma
Everyone has experienced rejection either in their public or private lives. Perhaps your best friend wants some alone time when you want them to go out. You feel put off and rejected. However, sometimes rejection goes very deep and begins in early childhood. This...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 7, 2023 | CPTSD, Pyschotherapy
After being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, many people seek help from an experienced therapist. But how do you find a great therapist, and what traits and training should a therapist have to help you deal with your issues successfully? Just as...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 31, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Pyschotherapy, Treatment
Most of us have heard of psychotherapy, with a percentage of that number being in treatment. What drives people to see a therapist? What is therapy? Why and when should you see a therapist? This article, piece one in a series about psychotherapy, will attempt to...
by Cyndi Bennett | Apr 27, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Pyschotherapy, Recovery, Trauma, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
My therapist and I recently ventured into the therapy modality called brainspotting. We have been using EMDR with some success to help me process the trauma from my childhood. As we began to work on the trauma-related dissociation I was experiencing, my therapist...
