Here’s What You’ll Find in This Oprah Podcast About Going No Contact with Your Family Going no contact with your family is often a trauma-informed boundary chosen after years of emotional neglect, narcissistic abuse, or toxic and unsafe relationships. Estrangement becomes a … [Read more...] about Going No Contact with Your Family After Childhood Trauma, Emotional Neglect and Narcissistic Abuse
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Trauma-Informed vs Trauma Therapy: What’s the Difference?
The Rise of Trauma-Informed Practice The use of trauma-informed language has become widespread over the past decade, reflecting an important cultural shift. There is now a broader recognition that people’s behaviours, emotions, and relational patterns are shaped by what has … [Read more...] about Trauma-Informed vs Trauma Therapy: What’s the Difference?
The Many Faces of Trauma: How Different Types Impact Us
Over the past decade, trauma has become a more visible part of our collective conversation. We hear it more often on social media, from the people around us, and in therapy. But what exactly does trauma mean, and how does it show up in our lives? What are the different types of … [Read more...] about The Many Faces of Trauma: How Different Types Impact Us
What is Complex Trauma (C-PTSD)?
Photo: Pixabay What is Complex Trauma? Complex trauma, a term embraced in the field of traumatic stress, encompasses the enduring impact of multiple, chronic, and interpersonal adversities that often initiate in early childhood within the child's caregiving system. Bessel … [Read more...] about What is Complex Trauma (C-PTSD)?
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Is there some part of yourself that you wish would go away? Most of us would say yes, whether we call it addiction, the inner critic, monkey mind, neurosis, sinfulness, bad habits, or some other disparaging name. Yet what if there were a different way to approach these aspects of … [Read more...] about No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
