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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.
Empowering Your Work-Life: Requesting Accommodations for Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Over the past month, I have been exploring different solutions to help with anxiety and panic attacks in the workplace. I covered breathing techniques, mindfulness, and grounding techniques, and how to build an anxiety-busting tribe…but what if those solutions are not...
Grooming Under the Guise of “Sport Development”
Many more children get “lost in the machine. Identifying children early who may show potential to become elite athletes one day is a growing social phenomenon. This growing psychology and sociological movement of “talent identification” is not only influential in the...
The Power of a Good Cry – Allowing the Grief to Surface
My name is Elizabeth, and I am a survivor of child abuse and trauma. I write articles for the foundation on my experience of living with Complex PTSD. There is a need for our world to understand survivors of trauma because there is still shockingly little out there...
Intergenerational Trauma | Letting Go of The Clutter Cycle
There is a lot of talk lately about trauma and the effects it has on us. I’d like to take it a step further in this month’s blog and show you how intergenerational trauma goes beyond behaviours and gets carried into our points of view, energy, and ways of being. These...
Are You Comfortable in Your Body?
For many survivors of childhood s*xual abuse, the journey toward healing can be fraught with discomfort. The body often becomes a site of trauma, a vessel that holds memories and sensations tied to painful experiences. The complex relationship between the mind and...
I’m Not Crazy
We were perfect for each other. Or so I thought. His love for children, our incredible chemistry, he seemed to know how I was thinking, what I liked, he made me feel like I had “come home.” I had no idea that this was his usual MO, like a game, for him to figure out...
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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