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[Kizzie]

This thread is for online articles that are written for the public (versus clinical or academic articles)

- Article about CPTSD from Good Therapy web site - http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/complex-ptsd-response-to-prolonged-trauma-0603137

- About CPTSD from the US Dept of Veterans Affairs - http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/PTSD-overview/complex-ptsd.asp

[Kizzie]

This article "Complex PTSD - Breaking the silence of the Fringe Dweller" is by an Australian woman Jacqueline King, who suffers from CPTSD and found her way out of the storm through art, in her case glass art and sculpting:

I came to glass as a form of therapy and never having showed any meaningful creative talent in the past. It taught me to breath, to be still, to develop patience, to see beauty in and around me. It offered me peace and meditation, a sense of the power of the present moment. It ultimately became my obsession & my salvation.... My arts practice offered playfulness, imagination, colour and ultimately the reformation of a new identity, a new me...a mosaic from all the shattered parts of me...from business executive to glass artist who is even brave enough now to speak as an advocate for others with CPTSD.

http://ourhealth.org.au/stories/complex-ptsd-breaking-silence-fringe-dweller

[Kizzie]

Good article at the University of Illinois web site about emotional abuse - http://www.counselingcenter.illinois.edu/self-help-brochures/relationship-problems/emotional-abuse/.

[Kizzie]

Great article here "Understanding Complex Trauma, Complex Reactions, and Treatment Approaches" by Dr. Courtois - a bit on the academic side but quite comprehensive.

http://giftfromwithin.org/html/cptsd-understanding-treatment.html

[bheart]

I am not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I found some interesting articles (& blog) on Attachment disorders

The Neuroscience of Attachment:  http://lindagraham-mft.net/resources/published-articles/the-neuroscience-of-attachment/



Complex Trauma: When the Whole is More Painful than the Sum of its Parts (PART 1):

http://connectivitycounselling.com/complex-trauma-painful-sum-parts-part-1/

Complex Trauma: When the Whole is More Painful than the Sum of its Parts (PART 2)

http://connectivitycounselling.com/complex-trauma-painful-sum-parts-part-2/

[globetrotter]

Thanks for the attachment.article. My self.prescribed. lesson of the week. :-)