Author: Crystal Arber

• ACE Study

  Ace Study –  Adverse Childhood Events A large study done in the Kaiser institute over 17k persons participated in a… Read more.

• PTSD and the Brain

  When the nervous system perceives the attack, the limbic system (containing the amygdala) within milliseconds plans to fight, flight, or… Read more.

• What is Complex Trauma?

  Complex Trauma can feel like you are fighting something all the time~ Complex Trauma is a term that was coined… Read more.

• The Three Stages of Complex Trauma

  This model is borrowed from Judith Herman’s stages of trauma healing as well as EMDR best practice Stage One~ Education… Read more.

• External Resources

  Do you have a safe place to live? Is your partner/room-mate supportive?   Can you count on them? Do you… Read more.