etherapy

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This

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complex

trauma

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This blog will feature the work of prominent researchers and authors in the area of recovery from complex trauma. The following are authoritative sites identified by Google on the topic.

WHAT IS C-PTSD? Link to full

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It's likely you may already be familiar with PTSD. You may know it as the condition that affects war veterans and survivors of car accidents, natural disasters, and isolated acts of violence. Complex PTSD, however, is specific to severe, repetitive trauma that typically happens in childhood - most often abuse. On the surface, it may seem like PTSD and Complex PTSD are none too dissimilar -- they both come as the result of something deeply traumatic, they cause flashbacks, nightmares and insomnia, and they can make people live in fear even when they are safe. But at the very heart of C-PTSD - what causes it, how it manifests internally, the lifelong effects (including medically), and its ability to reshape a person's entire outlook on life - is what makes it considerably different...

Child Abuse, Trauma/PTSD

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IN THIS ARTICLE…  Emotional Neglect: A Primary Cause of Complex PTSD?  Responding Functionally to Emotional Flashbacks  Managing the Inner Critic  Rescuing the Wounded Child  Moving through Abandonment into Intimacy: A Case Study  Challenges and Rewards for the Therapist Managing Emotional Flashbacks: A Handout for Clients Emotional Flashback Management in the Treatment of Complex PTSD by Pete Walker. Pete Walker provides a convincing argument for the recognition and proper treatment of emotional flashbacks and complex PTSD, which result from childhood neglect and emotional abuse....