Tag: developmental trauma
When people think about trauma, they often imagine a single overwhelming event—a car accident, assault, natural disaster, or medical emergency. While these experiences can certainly lead to post-traumatic stress disorder…
Understanding trauma requires more than identifying symptoms—it requires asking a different question. As the book What Happened to You? powerfully reframes it: “What happened to you?” rather than “What’s wrong…
Discover the hidden signs of childhood trauma in adults, including overlooked emotional and behavioural patterns shaped by early maladaptive schemas—and how to begin healing. Childhood trauma does not always present…
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are one of the most important frameworks for understanding how early life stress can shape both mental and physical health across the lifespan. In clinical practice,…
Why Developmental and Complex Trauma Is the Most Complicated and Long-Term Form of Psychological Treatment Developmental and complex trauma are widely recognized as the most challenging forms of trauma to…
Understanding Complex Trauma: How It Differs from PTSD and How Therapy Can Help Many people seek therapy knowing something from their past still affects them—but struggle to name it. They…
