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Category Archives: Severe Trauma
Can Complex PTSD Be Cured?
You CAN heal from complex PTSD. Here is what it takes. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Childhood Abuse, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Health, Invisible Illness, Mental Health, Psychologist, Relationships, Severe Trauma, Therapy, Trauma
Tagged Affect Regulation, Complex post-traumatic stress disorder, Complex PTSD, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Grounding, Post Traumatic Stress, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Self-love, Self-soothing, Therapeutic Alliance, Therapeutic relationship, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapy
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Does Self-Care Mean Others Don’t?
Does a therapist encouraging you to develop self-care skills mean they are not willing to care about you? Some reasons why trauma survivors may react negatively to this sort of intervention. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Childhood Abuse, Complex Trauma, Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychologist, Relationships, Self-care, Severe Trauma, Trauma
Tagged Complex Trauma, Connection, Coping skills, Healing, Health, Mental Health, Psychodynamic Therapy, Psychotherapy, Self-care, Sexual Abuse, Therapeutic relationship, Therapy, Transference, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapy
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Mindfulness and DBT: “What” Skills
In Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), mindfulness is broken down into six specific types of skills. The first three are referred to as “what” skills in Marsha Linehan’s Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder (1993). So you want to practice mindfulness, what exactly do you do? Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder, Childhood Abuse, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychologist, PTSD, Self-care, Severe Trauma, Therapy, Trauma
Tagged Complex PTSD, Complex Trauma, DBT, DBT Mindfulness "What" Skills, Dialectical behavior therapy, Dissociation, Emotion Regulation, Emotions, Feelings, Grounding, Health, Marsha Linehan Ph.D., Mental Health, Mindfulness, Phase I Trauma Treatment, Practice, Self-soothing, Stabilization, Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapy, Trauma Treatment, Wise Mind
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Mindfulness and Trauma Treatment: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Mindfulness is a core component of dialectical behavioral therapy and can be applied to assist in stabilization during phase I of irauma iherapy. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder, Childhood Abuse, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychologist, PTSD, Severe Trauma, Therapy, Trauma
Tagged Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD, Complex PTSD, Complex Trauma, Daniel Siegel M.D., DBT, Dialectical behavior therapy, Dissociation, Elisha Goldstein Ph.D., Emotion Regulation, Grounding, Ineffective Family Environment, Marsha Linehan, Marsha Linehan Ph.D., Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mindsight, Phase I Trauma Treatment, Post Traumatic Stress, PTSD, Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapist, Trauma Therapy, Trauma Treatment, Wise Mind
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Trauma Survivors and Halloween
Trauma survivors may find Halloween to be triggering for a variety of reasons. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Anxiety, Childhood Abuse, Complex Trauma, Depression, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Eating Disorders, Health, Holidays, Mental Health, PTSD, Self-care, Self-injury, Severe Trauma, Trauma
Tagged Abuse, An Adult Child Abuse Survivor's Guide to the Holidays, Anniversary Reaction, Anxiety, Complex Trauma, Coping skills, Depression, DID, Dissociation, Dissociative Disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Eating Disorders, Halloween, Health, Holidays, Hypervigilance, Isolation, Mental Health, Posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, PTSD Symptoms, Ritual Abuse, Self-care, Self-harm, Trauma, Trauma memories, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapy
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Dr. Kathleen Young: Treating Trauma in Tucson 