How Do We Actually Heal From Trauma? A Psychologist on Self-Worth, Recovery & More

I sat down with clinical psychologist Anita, who specializes in trauma work to talk about what working through trauma actually looks like, how trauma-focused therapy works, and what healing can look like in practice.

Timestamps: 
00:00  Meet Anita & What we cover in this episode 
01:42 When Are You Ready to Work on Trauma?
03:08  What Is Trauma-Focused Therapy?
04:08  Avoidance: How Do We Avoid Looking at Trauma?
07:18  Trauma, Self-Worth & Bridging the Gap Between Knowing and Feeling
10:57  Cognitive Processing Therapy & Incremental Improvement
12:00  How Different Forms of Therapy Work Together
16:55  Corrective Experiences & Healing in Connection
18:50  How Do We Learn Who Is Safe to Trust?
22:01  How Do We Change Our Patterns?
23:57  How “The Pendulum” Shows Up in Our Patterns
25:40  What Are the Stages of Healing From Trauma?
31:05  What Is Trauma? What Is PTSD?
34:07  Stepping Away From Comparative Suffering: “Your Pain Is Your Pain”
35:39  Integrating Fragmented Memories & Building a Narrative of Our Lives
38:36  Moving Between the Stages: Healing Isn’t Linear
41:10  The Back and Forth Between Therapy & Life
42:00  What to Expect in Therapy If You’ve Never Been
43:04  Why Is Therapy a One-Sided Relationship?

Referenced in this episode:
Judith Herman, Trauma and Recovery
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/cognitive-processing-therapy

Anita's practice is currently full, but if anything changes, I will link more about her work here!

Content note: This episode includes non-graphic discussion of trauma, PTSD, and abuse.

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