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Talking can be an important part of healing. Being able to put words to what happened, to be heard, and to make sense of your experience often brings real relief. And yet, many people sit in my room and say something like, ‘I understand what happened to me. I’ve talked about it for years. But my body still reacts.’ If that’s you, it’s an indication that your system is holding something that words alone can’t reach. Trauma doesn’t only live in memory or meaning. It lives in th

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from hiding. Not the simple, everyday guard we all carry. But the deep, cellular kind - the hiding you learned before you could speak. The hiding that became your way of existing in the world. For many people with complex trauma, hiding isn’t a behaviour. It's a survival strategy written into the tissues. It's an exquisite vulnerability that was never allowed to be visible. The parts of you that needed warmth, attunement, or

When I first sit down with someone in therapy, one questions they might ask me is: “How do I even begin to talk about trauma?” It’s such...