Category Archives: Complex Trauma

Treating Trauma and the Therapeutic Frame

A reader asks about the therapeutic value of in between session contact with clients with complex trauma. Continue reading

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2013 in review

I can’t believe I am starting my 5th year writing Treating Trauma! I surely have not been blogging as frequently this past year and I continue to miss that, and my interactions with all of you! I must admit, I … Continue reading

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What Comes After Connection?

This then becomes the work of therapy: connecting in the service of developing and internalizing these capacities. Continue reading

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How to Avoid an Abuser: Understanding Grooming

What about adult survivors of childhood abuse who have a pattern of difficult relationships in adulthood? How do they learn to break the cycle? Continue reading

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Treating Trauma… in Tucson

Dr. Kathleen Young announces the opening of her part-time private practice specializing in trauma, dissociation, and culturally competent LGBT therapy in Tucson, Arizona. Continue reading

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