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Mistakes and Magnification: A CPTSD Love Story
A few weeks ago, I left one job to take on a new full-time job, which didn't work out. Simultaneously, I finished a series of graduate education courses I'd been taking. This combination of...
Why Trauma-Informed Care Needs Widespread Practice
I recently gave a keynote talk at the 6th Annual Medical Symposium on Human Trafficking, a combined effort by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and ImPACT Virginia, a...
The Easter Season
Easter is one of the most important celebrations of the Christian faith and other faiths celebrate their own traditions and celebrations during this time too. If you are a Christian, Easter isn't...
The Courage of Finding Your Voice after Trauma
Finding the courage and strength to be heard is a huge step in the journey of healing from trauma As a trauma therapist, I am humbled and privileged to bear witness to my client's stories in...
What an Outer Appearance May Not Show
Books in elementary school… remember, or did your elementary school have a book day? Buying books that would arrive in a big box that the teacher would distribute to the purchasers/students,...
How Does Noticing Shame Make You a Real Adult?
Even Warthogs Feel Shame One of the first things that pops into my head when I hear the word “shame” is Pumbaa from The Lion King lamenting, “Oh the shame! Thought of changin’ my name!” A lot of...
Exploring Anger Within CPTSD
My name is Elizabeth and I am a survivor of trauma and sexual abuse. My younger, most impressionable years were far from anything resembling a childhood, and yet I'm still here to talk about my...
Rediscovering Truth and Transcending Limiting Core Beliefs
Returning to the Source: The process of somatic healing and nervous system restoration involves a courageous return to the source—the origins of our limiting core beliefs. As we explore the...
The Crumbs and the Banquet
The sins of the parents are relived in the lives of the children; on and on it goes, and where it stops nobody knows During my walk this morning I saw, through my ongoing educating eyes of...
When Disaster Strikes a Trauma Victim
Trauma triggers are everywhere, and it is how you deal with them and move on that is important Living with Complex PTSD is not easy. Life does not give anyone a pass on the bad times, and as...
Loneliness – Silent Stalker (Part 2)
"Loneliness corresponds to a discrepancy between an individual's preferred and actual social relations (Peplau & Perlman, 1982). This discrepancy then leads to the negative experience of...
Insomnia for Trauma Survivors Part 2
What Childhood Trauma Teaches Us In my childhood, the possibility of being attacked was everywhere. I never knew what my parents were going to do. Even when I was away at school, I remained...
What is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
“Complex PTSD comes in response to chronic traumatization over the course of months or, more often, years. This can include emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuses, domestic violence, living in a war zone, being held captive, human trafficking, and other organized rings of abuse, and more. While there are exceptional circumstances where adults develop C-PTSD, it is most often seen in those whose trauma occurred in childhood”.
