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Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation

Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation Trauma-Related Dissociation. How many times have we worked with clients who begin to realize that feeling “good” can be terrifying? There is a risk in therapy that trying to promote experiences to “feel good” may backfire, as certain clients associate it with traumatizing events. Trauma activates primitive [...]

By |January 12th, 2018|Trauma Therapy, unresolved trauma|

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Complex Trauma Survivors

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Complex Trauma Survivors Our adrenaline stress response system is a protective mechanism to help us survive trauma. But it can leave survivors of trauma with an inadequate record of what happened and how they endured it. Events that trigger past trauma can also hijack body [...]

By |December 14th, 2017|Trauma Therapy, unresolved trauma|
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