Whether it is from the stress of our fast-paced, demanding, rapidly changing world, to minor and major traumatic events, most of us are quite familiar with living with anxiety, stress, and trauma – life is challenging! Our coping strategies have protected us and helped us survive – and changing them can seem unsafe and uncomfortable. Habitual patterns are often so familiar and even invisible – we can’t see the water we swim in. Fortunately, trauma-informed therapy can create significant understanding, relief, and healing from the challenges that result.
Complex PTSD occurs from a history of long-term unrelenting stress, repeated traumatic events, abusive relationships or childhood attachment injuries. You may have experienced chronic neglect, repeated abandonment, abuse, oppression, medical/health issues, exposure to domestic violence and other difficulties. Trauma-informed therapy provides a safe environment for undoing the aloneness that CPTSD creates and enforces, and creates a path for deep change and growth.
I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
– Joseph Campbell