Healing CPTSD

Navigating the Grief in Healing: Understanding and Honouring the Process I believe that grief goes hand in hand with healing from childhood trauma. In this week’s episode, we'll explore why that is and how we can work with it. Acknowledging the struggle with coming to terms with the intangible loss of a childhood, relationships, or past selves is a crucial part of healing from complex childhood tr...

In this episode, we'll dive into how emotions work as an internal navigation system — and how trauma can disrupt those signals, leaving us feeling confused about our emotions or unable to trust ourselves. I’ll be sharing practical ways to safely reconnect with your emotions and also talk about the role of the nervous system, common trauma responses like dissociation, and why building somatic aware...

In this episode, we explore what self-sabotage really is, how it shows up in our lives, and why it’s often tied to nervous system responses and early conditioning. You'll also get some practical tools to help you start to break free from self-sabotaging patterns and start making choices that support your growth and wellbeing. Need to work with a trauma informed therapist? ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠BOOK IN YOUR 1:1...

Debunking Myths About Nervous System Regulation in Complex PTSD Healing In a world flooded with misinformation, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when it comes to understanding nervous system regulation. In this episode, we’re breaking down three common myths and misconceptions to make nervous system regulation more accessible and easier to grasp. Tune in to gain deeper insight into how mastering your...

This episode explores the importance of creating and nurturing aligned communities. We'll unpack the (very common and socially anxiety provoking!) challenge of making and keeping friends when living with complex trauma and understand the significance of meaningful relationships in the healing process. You'll learn what aligned community means, how to identify the right kinds of friendships, and pr...

Today we dive into the fundamentals of healing from complex PTSD and trauma, recognising that healing is a subjective and ongoing journey, not a destination. We discuss the importance of understanding the wider context of our struggles, which are often influenced by systemic issues like capitalism and patriarchy, and underscores that healing isn't just an individual endeavour. I'll highlight what...

In this episode of Healing CPTSD, join me as we delve into the pervasive sense of unsafety many individuals feel in today’s world. We explore the impact of global events, personal trauma, and systemic oppression on our sense of security. I'll also discuss the importance of cultivating an internal sense of safety, even when external environments feel threatening. Here, I highlight four key stra...

In this episode, we discuss the complex and often challenging emotion of shame, specifically in the context of complex trauma (CPTSD). We dive into the evolutionary function of shame, differentiating between healthy shame and toxic shame, and discusses how traditional talk therapy may inadvertently reinforce feelings of shame in trauma survivors. We'll explore the benefits of somatic therapy, whic...

In this first episode of 2025, join me Bianca, as I catch up with you all after a much-needed break. I casually discuss my experiences with burnout after nine months of traveling last year, and share my personal highs and lows from my journey. At the end of the episode, I guide you through an embodied practice to help you reconnect with your purpose and intention for the year ahead. 41:26 Embodied...

🎁 ⁠ FREE DOWNLOAD | SILLY SEASON SURVIVAL GUIDE⁠ 🍉 DONATE TO FAMILIES IN GAZA In this final episode of Healing CPTSD for 2024, I reflect on the year that's been and share my wish for you for the new year to come. Thank you all so much for a wonderful year. Your support and engagement in this community are deeply appreciated. Healing CPTSD will return in February, until then I'm wishing you a smo...

🎁 FREE DOWNLOAD | SILLY SEASON SURVIVAL GUIDE In this episode of Healing CPTSD, I talk about the unique challenges many of us face during the holiday season, especially when it comes to family interactions. I know these times can bring up stress, anxiety, old wounds and coping mechanisms, particularly for those with complicated family dynamics or a history of childhood trauma. That’s why I’m shar...

SILLY SEASON SURVIVAL GUIDE | FREE DOWNLOAD WORK WITH ME IN 2025 | BOOK YOUR SESSIONS As we transition into the Christmas season, it’s important to acknowledge the unique complexities that come with living with childhood trauma and how we relate to the holidays. This time of year is generally seen as a time to celebrate, associated with feelings of joy, excitement and connection – but for those of...

WORK WITH ME IN 2025 | BOOK IN YOUR SESSIONS Whether we are conscious of them or not, our values influence how we live our lives. This episode explores values and how we can use them as tools to make decisions, navigate uncertainty, plan for the future, build out our self-concept and ultimately curate an aligned life.  This episode also includes a step-by-step practice to help you identify your ow...

⁠⁠BOOK IN YOUR 2025 THERAPY SESSIONS WITH ME⁠⁠ ⁠⁠SIGN UP | EMBODY THE WORKSHOP⁠⁠ Dissociation is something that lot of people experience, but may not fully understand. Here we discuss some of the signs and feelings associated with dissociation so that you can maybe identify if this is something that's happening to you, why it happens and what to do when it does happen. Need to work with a trauma i...

⁠⁠BOOK IN YOUR 2025 THERAPY SESSIONS WITH ME⁠⁠ ⁠⁠SIGN UP | EMBODY THE WORKSHOP⁠⁠ This episode focuses on how to actually feel your feelings – something that is so much easier said than done, right? Truly feeling our feelings is a challenge especially if you are someone who has experienced trauma, and the common go-to coping mechanisms are avoidance, intellectualising, overanalysing. Sound familiar...

This episode explores the question “how dysregulated are you?”. Hopefully by the end of this discussion, you'll have the awareness to accurately answer that question for yourself. This is for you if you resonate with the experience of being completely cut off from feeling, or you feel you’re on an emotional rollercoaster. Topics explored:  What do we actually mean by dysregulation? What contribute...

In this episode, I offer up affirmations that hopefully can comfort you, support you, for you to listen to in those times when you're feeling a tender and sensitive. Please go gently as you listen along, being mindful of your emotional experience. Need to work with a trauma informed therapist?  ⁠⁠BOOK IN YOUR 1:1 SESSIONS WITH ME⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠BOOK A FREE 15 MIN CHEMISTRY CALL⁠⁠⁠ RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR...

This episode guides you through what to do when you're "spiralling". The downwards spiral is a very common experience for those living with complex PTSD – one second you're triggered, then your thoughts start racing, you start catastrophising, everything all of a sudden feels overwhelming and before you know it, you're lost in the vortex. We chat about what "spiralling" feels like, the mindbody co...

This much-requested episode of Healing CPTSD, focuses on support for loved ones of those living with complex PTSD – this episode is for partners, family members or close friends. It includes insights and practical tools, gathered from my own practice and offered by community members, to navigate the complexities of these relationships, to ultimately come into better connection with each other.  We...

I'm back with another episode of Healing CPTSD after taking a few weeks off content creation. Here I share a little bit about what I've been up to, as well as some important updates for Embodied Self Therapy for the rest of 2024 and beyond, including changes to pricing, sessions, resources and availability. Need to work with a trauma informed therapist?  BOOK IN YOUR 1:1 SESSIONS WITH ME ⁠BOOK A F...

In this episode, I will guide you through an interactive embodied practice that will gently invite you into connection with your body and attend to anything that may be coming up for you today – whether that be anxiety, grief, shame, or any other uncomfortable sensations or emotional experience. This practice includes elements of introspection, optional self touch and parts work.  Need to work wit...

In this episode, we dive into a topic that can be both incredibly challenging and also deeply healing – navigating relationships with our parents. This is a topic that many childhood trauma survivors struggle with, especially when we have grown up in environments where our boundaries and our needs weren't respected or even acknowledged. Here, we unpack how to relate to dysfunctional parents an...

In this episode, we dive into the complex world of relationships, focusing on how trauma can shape and challenge our connections with others and discuss everything from disorganised attachment to dissociation during conflict. For those of us who’ve experienced childhood trauma, these early disruptions — like attachment wounds, abandonment, rejection, emotional neglect, and abuse — can make navigat...

BOOK A FREE 15 MIN CHEMISTRY CALL⁠ "Soma" is the Greek word for body, and somatic therapy refers to a range of body-based therapeutic approaches. Unlike traditional talk therapy, somatic therapy emphasises the mind-body connection, acknowledging that trauma is often stored within the body. This episode explores how somatic therapy (and its interventions such as mindfulness and nervous sy...

BOOK A FREE 15 MIN CHEMISTRY CALL In this episode, we're talking about coregulation — basically, the building block for self-regulation. To manage our emotions and behaviours, we first need to learn how to do it with the help of someone else, which is what coregulation is all about. Unfortunately, if you’ve experienced childhood trauma, you might not have had this chance growing up. That's...