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FREE E-BOOK! ——- March 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10.  FIVE DAYS OF FREE !! Sating the Preta: A Memoir About Emotional Abuse and Recovery from Complex PTSD. GET IT, READ IT, REVIEW IT (please) !! (and share this message, too As spring is soon to arrive, a time to reflect on and renew ourselves, […]

Welcome back. Or hello for the first time. Out of my current 30 posts total, this one has been the most popular. And I didn’t even write it! But I’m not surprised at its reception as the author, Kali Munro, has captured the essence of what’s involved in overcoming emotional abuse. So, I’m reblogging her […]

Welcome back. Or hello for the first time. I’ll soon leave the country, which I’ve known for a while, but haven’t mentioned before. I’ve been invited by an international humanitarian organization to serve in a distant Muslim country as a community and business adviser. I’ll have very limited Internet access so I won’t be able […]

FREE E-BOOK! ——- January 19 & 20: Sating the Preta: A Memoir About Emotional Abuse and Recovery from Complex PTSD. GET IT, READ IT, REVIEW IT (please) !! (and share this message, too In this new year, when it’s time to reflect and renew ourselves, it may be helpful to think about whether or not […]

Welcome back. Or hello for the first time. Since I’m into it, I might as well share some of the reactions I’m having to working on my “distress tolerance skills” through the book I’m reading called The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by McKay et al. First comes the idea of Radical Acceptance, which I’ve […]

Welcome back. Or hello for the first time. I’ve arrived at my New Year’s resolution: I will cut my Complex PTSD by half in 2014. Like they say, pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. And Complex PTSD is all about suffering. The initial trauma has long passed. Current pain triggers old pain, but the […]

Reblogged from Mirrorgirl:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBtqWr...] For people who are curios about EMDR, I have embedded a session so that people can see for themselves what the fuss is about. Read more… 3 more words View video at above link to Mirrorgirl's blog or here. I'd like to thank Mirrogirl for passing along this very excellent newscast about the […]

Welcome back. Or hello for the first time. I was recently reading an interesting article by Steven Stosny, Ph.D.: “The Secret to Breaking Out of Our Most Destructive Habits.” Stosny refers to his original use of what he calls “Christmas Carol Therapy,” his therapeutic technique based on the idea of changing someone’s behavior through eliciting […]

Dear Trauma Talk followers: A comment from a viewer caused me to realize I didn’t make the full intent of my “holiday message” clear. The viewer understandably interpreted my talk of “negative behavior” to be that of bullies. Yes, bullying behavior needs to be understood and given appropriate support in order to eliminate the behavior, though stopping […]

Welcome back. Or hello for the first time. Before the week is out, I thought I’d republish the link to my interview with Elaine Crocker of Blog Talk Radio’s program “Experience, Strength, Hope” from last Sunday. We discussed my book Sating the Preta so as to delve into the topics of emotional abuse and Complex […]