Complex Trauma Recovery How We Make Sense of Trauma
Dec 25, 2023
Kina, Trauma therapist and complex trauma recovery advocate, discusses how we make sense of trauma and the long-term impact of its meanings. She explores the difference between incident-based trauma and complex PTSD, the impact of trauma on children's perception, the influence of relationships and emotional learning, and the process of trauma therapy for profound healing.
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Focus on Trauma Meanings
- Trauma therapy is less about processing specific memories and more about understanding the meanings derived from those memories.
- Long-term emotional impacts come from how trauma was interpreted, not just the traumatic events themselves.
Family Response in Sexual Abuse
- In sexual abuse cases, the damaging part is often family response, not just the abuse itself.
- Survivors learn messages like "I'm not worth protecting" or are shamed and blamed, deeply impacting them.
Implicit Trauma Learnings
- The brain creates implicit emotional learnings to keep us safe after trauma.
- These unconscious feelings shape how trauma survivors continue to experience the world.