Dr. Arielle Schwartz, trauma expert and EMDR Therapy consultant is going to cover Complex PTSD and how it differs from what typically comes to mind when we think of trauma. Trauma exists on a spectrum and many people walking down the street, whether it’s you or me, may have a degree of Complex PTSD that we are attempting to overcome in ourselves.

Trauma theories and therapies have been gaining a lot of attention in our field in the last decade. It’s really for a good reason. Neuroscience and the advancements of somatic therapies have unlocked new ways of working with trauma that were very difficult to treat.

We will look closely at what's happening in our brain when we can't process an overwhelming event and get traumatized, why it’s important to distinguish between the different forms of trauma and also differential diagnosis between others disorders.

A major piece of healing complex PTSD comes from understanding post-traumatic growth models, and how resiliency and wisdom often rise from the places that were so difficult in our past.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why one person experiences trauma during an event and others don't
  
• What's happening in our brain when we can't process an overwhelming event
  
• How is Complex PTSD different from other forms of trauma
  
• Differential diagnosis between Complex PTSD and others disorders
  
• The evolutionary purpose of dissociation and how to overcome it
  
• The interplay between traumatic histories and relationship issues

Visit www.higherpractice.com/podcast to get the show notes for this episode and to learn more about Arielle’s full course in the Higher Practice Institute.