Info About CPTSD and Dating/Marriage

[Kizzie]

C-PTSD and Interpersonal Relationships, Fabiana Franco, Oct 2018

Trauma's Impact on Relationships: Finding New Skills to Talk Through Relationship Pain, July 20, 2017, Robyn Brickel

Careful Conflict, Sonia Connolly

Taking the War Out of Our Words, Sharon Ellison, 2009

[Kizzie]

Here's a helpful resource I came across today for partners of survivors with CPTSD - https://couplesinstitutecounseling.com/love-someone-with-complex-ptsd/ (Note: While we don't allow partners to join OOTS, we do encourage you to read through our resources so that you know more about CPTSD and how to have a healthier relationship with your survivor partner, including looking after yourself.)

The incredible healing power of relationships as they relate to Complex Trauma has been well documented by neuroscientists such as Dr. Bruce Perry (1), who specializes in the impacts of childhood trauma and neglect and its impact on neurodevelopment, and Dr. Daniel Siegel (2) who has also well documented the process of neurodevelopment. What this means is that you and your partner have the ability to form a secure attachment in adulthood EVEN IF your partner has not yet experienced that in their life (3) -VERY EXCITING!!!

• Perry, B., & Szalavitz, M. (2017).  The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: and Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrists Notebook: What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, and Healing.Basic Books


• Siegel, D., & Payne, T. (2012). Bryson. The Whole-Brain Child. Constable & Robinson


• Wallin, D. (2015). Attachment in Psychotherapy. Guildford Press