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What is CPTSD?
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD, C-PTSD, Complex PTSD) describes the results of ongoing, inescapable, relational trauma. Unlike Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD typically involves being hurt by another person. These hurts are ongoing, repeated, and often involving a betrayal and loss of safety.
Featured Programs.
Check out these featured trauma-informed resources or click the button to view all of our available programs.
Trauma-Informed peer support in a validating and supportive group atmosphere, to supplement individual healing work.
A weekly body-centered healing program focused on helping survivors engage with the present moment.
Join our virtual group and work on your favorite creative modality together with your leader and other survivors.
To further support trauma survivors, CPTSD Foundation is proud to partner with STAR Network™, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation committed to Support, Treatment, and Prevention of Narcissistic Abuse and Attachment Disorders.
Narcissistic abuse is one of the most devastating triggers for CPTSD, robbing survivors of their authenticity. STAR Network empowers STARs (Survivors of Toxic Abusive Relationships) with free and accessible meetings through its transformational program, TAR AnonⓇ.
Latest from our Blog
Weekly articles and survivor stories by guest writers, clinicians, and CPTSD Foundation staff.
How Family of Origin Work Can Impact Future Generations
How family of origin work can impact future generations: A simplified understanding of epigenetics and multigenerational healing
Seek Help and You Are Half Way There!
My husband found me sobbing in a corner with a medication strip in my hand. It was a normal day until... There was some minor setback at the workplace, and my anxiety started controlling me. I created thousands of negative consequences and cried inconsolably. My...
We always have choices.
We always have choices, sometimes the choice to make a change or take on a quest or journey can be the scariest decision of all. But it is when we leave behind what is familiar that we make space to see with perspective where we were. While the journey itself can take on a life of its own the most important questions we always have to come back to, i.e. “What do I need?”, “How do I feel?”, “What is right for me?” contain answers that only lie within ourselves. In answering these, we take responsibility for our power and in doing so empower ourselves and heal.
Go within don’t go without.
“Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
~Rilke
Autobiographical Chronicles: https://vocal.media/authors/jeff-spiteri
Changing the Future by Acknowledging the Past
No series on how positive childhood experiences (PCEs) can mitigate the effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) would be complete without speaking about the future. Not only the futures of adults who are living with the scars left by ACEs but the future of...
Into the Breach
Into the Breach My brother Jimmy was like a navy seal. Intent on drawing any rage my parents might be brewing, he crept down the hall as I followed, carefully placing each tip-toed step in silence. Together, we moved through the house without a sound. I smiled to...
The Bridge Within: A Story of Self-Healing Part I
Part 1 - The Bridge Within The past 11 years of my life have been dedicated to resolving a mountain of childhood experiences that have had a stranglehold on the way I've experienced and shown up in the world. As a kid in my late teens I left home after high school and...
What Community Members Are Saying.
How our programs are changing the lives of complex trauma survivors aorund the world.
Daily Recovery Support
Member
“My FRAMILY is amazing. You all are amazing and inspiring. I truly love all everyone on the calls and thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me heal through this community.”
Healing Book Club
Member
”It is very meaningful and I feel that I have established true, authentic connections. It’s comforting to have a designated space each week that’s safe, normalizing, educational, and secure. Thank you for this incredible resource!”
Daily Recovery Support
Member
“The daily calls are helping me to take better care of myself and have boundaries. How to recognize safe people and unsafe people and receive encouragement and support that I do not get otherwise. They help me recognize I am not alone in my feelings and thoughts.”
Trauma-Friendly Meditation
Member
I have experienced significant positive effects in my life since starting this class which have impacted my life (in a medium to large way). I have found that the acceptance component taught within this style of meditation has been extremely valuable.
Additional Resources.
Check out these accessible and no-cost resources to aid in your healing journey.
Trauma-Informed Tuesday Newsletter
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Trauma-Friendly Meditation Classes
Monthly Live Classes or Self-Paced Course
Work with a Coach
Free discovery session to see if working with a trauma-informed coach is a good choice
About CPTSD Foundation.
Our Mission: To leave a legacy of healing for future generations by providing daily support between therapy appointments
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