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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.
Virtual support group where adult survivors come together in a validating and encouraging atmosphere.
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.
When Trauma Looks Like Love: Breaking the Cycle and the Bond
Unresolved trauma reshapes how we love, argue, and attach. Here’s the plain-spoken neuroscience behind relationship breakdown and trauma bonds—and what it takes to reset the nervous system without shame.
Big Feelings? How Kids (and Adults) Can Learn to Handle Them
Do you ever notice that big feelings - like frustration, anxiety, or sadness - can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even unmanageable? This month, I want to share a wonderful resource that helps kids (and anyone young at heart) learn how to notice, name, and navigate...
Too Self-Aware for My Own Good
The Narrator in Your Own Meltdown Do you ever catch yourself mid-meltdown, calmly narrating your own emotional chaos like a nature documentary? “Here we observe the adult survivor in his natural habitat, spiraling over the way a text message is worded…” That’s the...
The Past Isn’t Over Until It’s Honest: Why Survivors Stay Stuck And How Peace Actually Forms (MK)
People don’t stay stuck because they’re weak. They stay stuck because the body, the story, and the conscience were never brought into agreement. This is a field guide to finishing what trauma started without rewriting history or betraying yourself.
Do You Love Me?
Do You Love Me?By Jesse B. Donahue © 2023I could suffer no longer; I had to seek a cure for my inner child’s living the symbiotic, enmeshed feelings of my mother's abandonment issue (always unconscious to her and me). I asked her one day, “Do you love me?” I couldn’t...
Finding Wholeness Through Parts Work
For years, I felt fragmented—like different versions of myself were constantly at war. There were various patterns, depending on the context. Falling in love was one of those areas where conflicting parts showed up. One moment, I felt strong and independent. But once...
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
Direct to your inbox every week
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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