Complex Trauma

Chronic or repeated trauma can affect your life for long after you find safety—and make it feel impossible to feel safe at all. While there are as many different stories of chronic trauma as there are survivors of it, most of these stories have one thing in common: traumatizing experiences teach us to mistrust ourself, others, and the world. Some of the things that you might need support with are:

• Creating boundaries with self and others

• Practicing safety in relationships

• Building a life that feels good

• Exploring your identity

• Managing your relationship with a complex family of origin

• Making hard decisions about important but painful relationships

• Seeking community

• Processing ongoing trauma due to racial, gender- or sexuality-based, ableist, and other oppression