[BONUS] Ep. 237 SelfWork Podcast Host Dr. Margarete Rutherford Discusses Trauma bonding: When Trust Is Manipulated and Destroyed

Have you ever been in a relationship where you don’t feel trust?

 

Here is a special bonus episode highlighting one of Ashley’s favorite resources, the SelfWork Podcast hosted by Dr. Margaret Rutherford. In this featured episode, Dr. Margaret shares insight on all aspects of trauma bonding and what this may mean for your relationship.

 

Trauma bonding happens when trust is highly manipulated; when commitment and trying to make a relationship work are used against someone as a way to keep them in denial or disbelief that a relationship is harmful to them. In this episode, Dr. Margaret Rutherford walks through how to notice if you are in a relationship like this, how to get out, and ways to heal from trauma bonding. 

 

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

1. What trauma bond is.
2. How trauma bonding forms.
3. Ways in which trauma bonding can show up in a romantic relationship and why this dynamic can be so impactful on the success of a relationship.

Where To Find Dr. Margaret Rutherford:

 

SelfWork Podcast with Dr. Margaret Rutherford

https://drmargaretrutherford.com/

 

Resources:

John Kim, aka The Angry Therapist provides an article on trauma bonding

 

A BBC article on Stockholm syndrome

 

An  article in VeryWellMind.discusses features of covert narcissism

 

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