The most important step in problem solving is to find the problem. If you cannot define what that is, how are you going to solve it? Your behavior is usually not the problem. It is a solution to your problem. It might be a bad solution, but still, it is a response to your problem, […]
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Book review: The complex PTSD workbook (A. Schwartz)
The complex PTSD workbook: a mind-body approach to regaining emotional control and becoming whole by Arielle Schwartz Written for: people with cPTSD Special focus: psycho-education and self-help for cPTSD What it is not: replacing proper trauma therapy going deeper into the issues of dissociation or structural dissociation Language: the language is kept simple […]
Reality check
Making sense of the world is not one action, it is a chain of mental actions. We have to perceive something with our senses. Our brain filters what it considers important to reach our awareness. We compare our perception with our memories and experiences and the additional information the situation is giving us, put together […]
Book review: From surviving to thriving by Pete Walker
Complex PTSD – From surviving to thriving by Pete Walker Written for: survivors of childhood abuse and neglect who are interested in alternative treatment Special focus: the authors personal idea of cPTSD and how he thinks it can be healed What it is not: based on actual psychological knowledge based on tested and tried […]
My personal Trauma-sensitive Yoga journey
I feel uneasy about sharing my own trauma-sensitive yoga journey because I am very aware that people are different and the way we respond to yoga can be dramatically different. Your trauma experience is not the same as mine and so is our healing journey. I need you to be aware that everyone is experiencing […]
Trauma-sensitive Yoga: The how to
There are different schools of yoga and, while using a modified version of hatha yoga, trauma-sensitive yoga can be seen as its own school. It means that trauma-sensitive yoga is not automatically what you get when you take a class in a yoga center. You need to ask about it specifically. If you can’t find […]
Trauma-sensitive Yoga: The why to
The more research is done regarding the treatment of cPTSD the clearer it becomes that approaches like talk therapy and exposure have their limits. Talk therapy misses the fact that it is our body that stores traumatic memories and many chronically traumatized patients never reach the stability needed for successful exposure. One useful addition to […]
Unspecific Body Work
We tend to think of PTSD as a mental illness when really a huge part of it is physical. It is not just our world view, the patterns in our thinking and our relationships that make up PTSD, it is also hyper/hypoarousal, hypervigilance, flight/fight response, chronic stress and intense emotions, all physical experiences. We can […]
Helpful Books List ( for cPTSD and DID)
People keep asking me about books they could read to educate themselves about cPTSD, DID, therapy or self-help options. The truth is that I myself have only read a very limited number of books and not all of them were helpful. I will share with you a list of books that I personally consider worth […]
Book Review: The haunted Self (van der Hart, Nijenhuis, Steele)
The haunted self – structural dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization by O. van der Hart, E. Nijenhuis, K. Steele Written for: good DID therapists and those who want to become one, doctors whose job it is to recognize structural dissociation in patients Special focus: structural dissociation What it is not: written for […]
Calming your Inner Child: Help for stressed Littles
You don’t need to have DID to have younger parts inside of you who might sometimes get agitated, scared, confused and stressed. Ignoring them and pushing through will not solve the problem long-term. You use dissociation to even make it possible and it will only increase the inner despair. Calming Littles is not as difficult […]
Grounding activities for mild dissociation
Sometimes when life is stressful and there is a lot going on inside, we are not fully connected to the body. It rather feels like a fuzzy cloud without clear boundaries. When we are already stressed and overwhelmed, it is not always smart to go for the hard DBT Skills for the body because they […]
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