What is trauma?

I often get asked what trauma is. How one can identify trauma, and most importantly, how one can distinguish trauma from just difficult or stressful life events. My answer is…

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Phoenix Rising Pre-Parenting Programme

Are you an expectant first-time parent, or maybe first-time parent to a newborn? Have youe lived through a tricky childhood and concerned how your own difficult experiences may have an impact on your parenting. Then this is the programme for you.

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Trauma held in the body

You may have been struggling with negative thoughts and beliefs about yourself and the world. You may have been suffering from addictive behaviours. You may have been struggling with psychological…

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Complex Trauma, Mental Health and COVID-19

I am mindful how the current situation can be very triggering for those suffering from complex trauma/Complex PTSD. For example, it can make your symptoms worse and put you in a constant survival mode (fight/flight/freeze/dissociate). The constant hypervigilant state can be very exhausting. It can trigger a sense of loss, loneliness and abandonment, helplessness, uncertainty and unpredictability.

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