Trauma can impact your relationships in five major ways: trust, closeness, sexuality, emotion regulation and communication. Understanding how trauma influences these areas of your life together can help you learn ways to improve your relationship. 

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Tom Philp is a licensed professional counselor in Oklahoma who specializes in couples therapy. In this video Tom explores the major areas of relationships that he sees affected by trauma the most. Tom explains the ways that these past hurts and experiences present in relationships in an effort to help couples empathize with their partners while validating their own experiences. 

To hear more from Tom and engage in the next steps towards a trauma-free relationship, visit traumafreerelationship.com.

In this episode I walk you through a progressive relaxation technique to help you learn to relax and to learn where you hold stress in your body. This is a good tool when working through past or current trauma that reduces the fight or flight triggers and connects your mind and body better.