In this extended podcast, therapist and host Tabatha Bird Weaver interviews British Art Therapist Kim Matias, author of “The Trauma Recovery Toolkit”, a guidebook and flashcard set created to empower individuals living with the effects of trauma and the mental health professionals that support them. You can find it on Amazon.com and other online booksellers. PLEASE NOTE that around the 29:30 time mark, Ms. Matias displays some of the cards in her flashcard set -- you can view these on the YouTube video. Tabatha's free Karmic Alchemy Healing Guide is an overview of your Chakra system and a life survey to help you decide where to start healing. You can get your copy by clicking here. When you want to sort out your options for treatment, you can get Tabatha's free Definitive Guide: CPTSD Treatment 101 to get help hiring a therapist.  And we have a self-paced online course to help you sort out the variety of therapy modalities to help you choose what would be best for you. It's called The CPTSD Toolkit, and it's available now!  You can hear the audio version of this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as well as on our website: tabathabirdweaver.com/podcasts/the-cptsd-podcast.

Therapist and host Tabatha Bird Weaver begins a special series on the Chakra system and how it can help you understand your trauma on your path to recovery and healing. You can get the Karmic Alchemy Healing Guide Tabatha mentioned in the podcast by clicking here. If you're interested in sorting out your options for treatment, you can get Tabatha's Definitive Guide: CPTSD Treatment 101 to get help hiring a therapist. And we have a self-paced online course to help you sort out the variety of therapy modalities to help you choose what would be best for you. It's called The CPTSD Toolkit, and it's available now!  You can view the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel.

Therapist and host Tabatha Bird Weaver talks about the necessity of accepting and accommodating changes in our health from consequences of trauma. She shares from her own experience as a trauma survivor and how new awareness can bring growth and change. We have lots of resources to help you recover and heal from your own trauma: Tabatha's e-book CPTSD 101: The Definitive Guide is a FREE resource to help you find your best therapy, and our self-paced online course The CPTSD Toolkit  helps you navigate among many choices to decide what therapies could work best for you. Check them all out at tabathabirdweaver.com.

Therapist and host Tabatha Bird Weaver breaks into holiday break to let you know about an important resource for those in crisis or considering ending their lives: 988lifeline.org or 988. NOTE: In the video version of this podcast, Tabatha shows you around that website -- you can view the video version on YouTube here. 

Therapist and host Tabatha Bird Weaver unpacks two common thinking errors for people with CPTSD: perfectionism and all-or-nothing thinking. She also examines how they relate to neurodiversity and CPTSD. You can start to explore neurodiversity for yourself at embrace-autism.com. We have lots of resources to help you recover and heal from your own trauma: Tabatha's CPTSD 101: The Definitive Guide is a FREE resource to help you find your best therapy, and our self-paced online course The CPTSD Toolkit examines available therapies in more depth. And our new program Recalibrate™ is coming this December, with resources and mentoring to heal your whole being -- check them all out at tabathabirdweaver.com.

Trauma therapist and host Tabatha Bird Weaver starts to unpack the complex topic of neurodiversity — including high sensitivity, ADHD, autism and CPTSD. You can find more from Tabatha at tabathabirdweaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you. The Karmic Alchemy Community is also where you can view The Karmic Alchemy Podcast, where Tabatha discusses topics from The CPTSD Podcast in greater depth. And if you'd like more resources on recovering and healing from CPTSD, check out our new online course, The CPTSD Toolkit to understand your best options. 

Tabatha discusses your inner parts, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, and their role in healing trauma with IFS therapist Terry Baranski. You can find out more about Terry at healingtheself.net.This is part 2 of 2.  You can find more from Tabatha at tabathabirdweaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you. The Karmic Alchemy Community is also where you can view The Karmic Alchemy Podcast, where Tabatha discusses topics from The CPTSD Podcast in greater depth. And if you'd like more resources on recovering and healing from CPTSD, check out our new online course, The CPTSD Toolkit. @thecptsdpodcast

Tabatha discusses your inner parts, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, and their role in healing trauma with IFS therapist Terry Baranski. You can find out more about Terry at healingtheself.net. You can find more from Tabatha at tabathabirdweaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you. The Karmic Alchemy Community is also where you can view The Karmic Alchemy Podcast, where Tabatha discusses topics from The CPTSD Podcast in greater depth. And if you'd like more resources on recovering and healing from CPTSD, check out our new online course, The CPTSD Toolkit. @thecptsdpodcast

Host Tabatha Bird Weaver talks with Registered Dietitian Cassie Christoper about how CPTSD and our approach to food influence each other. This is Part 2 of 2. You can find Cassie’s website at cassiechristopher.net. You can find more from Tabatha at tabathabirdweaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you. The Karmic Alchemy Community is also where you can view The Karmic Alchemy Podcast, where Tabatha discusses topics from The CPTSD Podcast in greater depth. And if you'd like more resources on recovering and healing from CPTSD, check out our new online course, The CPTSD Toolkit.

Join us for our 40th Episode! Host Tabatha Bird Weaver talks with Registered Dietitian Cassie Christoper about how CPTSD and our approach to food influence each other. This is Part 1 of 2. You can find Cassie’s website at cassiechristopher.net. You can find more from Tabatha at tabathabirdweaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you. The Karmic Alchemy Community is also where you can view The Karmic Alchemy Podcast, where Tabatha discusses topics from The CPTSD Podcast in greater depth. And if you'd like more resources on recovering and healing from CPTSD, check out our new online course, The CPTSD Toolkit.

[NOTE: This is Episode 5, not Episode 6 as stated in the Introduction.] Therapist and Host Tabatha Bird Weaver continues her series on the five most painful experiences of having CPTSD. In this episode we discuss Toxic Shame and Social Anxiety. You can find out more at tabathabirdweaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you. The Karmic Alchemy Community is also where you can view The Karmic Alchemy Podcast, where Tabatha discusses topics from The CPTSD Podcast in greater depth. And if you'd like more resources on recovering and healing from CPTSD, check out our new online course, The CPTSD Toolkit, a self-paced online course to help you understand your best options for CPTSD recovery and healing.

[NOTE: This is Episode 4, not Episode 5 as stated in the Introduction.] Therapist and Host Tabatha Bird Weaver continues her series on the five most painful experiences of having CPTSD. In this episode we discuss Self-Abandonment and Toxic Shame. You can find out more at tabathabirdweaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you.  And if you'd like more resources on recovering and healing from CPTSD, check out our new online course, The CPTSD Toolkit. 

Therapist and Host Tabatha Bird Weaver talks about the five most painful experiences of having CPTSD. In this episode we discuss how to know if you have Emotional Flashbacks and Toxic Shame. You can find out more at TabathaBirdWeaver.com. Join our Karmic Alchemy Community, and we'll send you Tabatha's e-book CPTSD Treatment 101: The Definitive Guide as our gift to you.

Join host and therapist Tabatha Bird Weaver as she discusses Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), how they contribute to trauma and how the can lead to chronic health conditions.   Here are the links Tabatha mentioned:  The CDC's page on ACES Baylor University's page on health consequences of ACEs You can get Tabatha's CPTSD 101 Definitive Guide FREE when you subscribe to our site, And you can find out more about our online course The CPTSD Toolkit here.  As always, you can find more resources and our FREE Karmic Alchemy Community at tabathabirdweaver.com.

Join host and therapist Tabatha Bird Weaver as she clarifies the similarities and differences between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Also in this episode, we announce two new resources: The Definitive Guide to CPTSD Treatment 101, and The CPTSD Toolkit, all at tabathabirdweaver.com

Therapist and host Tabatha Bird Weaver gives you a general overview of the symptoms of CPTSD and how it's most commonly mis-diagnosed.You can download Tabatha's Definitive Guide to Start CPTSD Therapy at tabathabirdweaver.com.

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Host Tabatha Bird Weaver and therapist Amy Vitacolonna talk about EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy and its promise for people healing from trauma. You can find out more about Amy at choicecounselingassociates.com, and as always you can find more of The CPTSD Podcast at thecptsdpodcast.com.

Host Tabatha Bird Weaver and guest Ashley Marshall-O’Dell talk about Reiki and chakras and their relation to healing trauma. This is Part 2 of 2. You can find out more about Ashley and her work at https://sacredjourneyswithash.com, and as always you can find more of The CPTSD Podcast at thecptsdpodcast.com. The information provided on this podcast is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified healthcare provider.

Reiki is a healing art that has the potential to aid in healing trauma, and Ashley Marshall O’Dell helps us understand what it is and how to find a good practitioner. This is Part 1 of 2; Part 2 will be released in two weeks. You can find out more about Ashley and her work at https://sacredjourneyswithash.com, and as always you can find more of The CPTSD Podcast at thecptsdpodcast.com. The information provided on this podcast is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified healthcare provider.