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You may have heard about the Polyvagal Theory. It provides a framework for explaining how our bodies respond to safety and danger.

Polyvagal Theory is one of the most widely recognised frameworks referenced in trauma-informed practice. Across mental health, healthcare, education and social services, the theory has helped many practitioners understand how the nervous system responds to saf...

Human beings are wired for connection. From our earliest days, our survival depends on being seen, responded to, and held in safe relationships. But if you have lived through trauma, especially complex trauma, connection can feel anything but safe.

Many people with the lived or living experience of complex trauma have sudden memories, strong emotions, or physical reactions when something reminds them of past events. These experiences are often set off by cues called triggers and may be experienced as fla...

When people experience overwhelming stress, the brain prioritises survival responses such as fight, flight or freeze. This can interfere with the brain systems that normally help organise experiences into coherent narrative memories.

For many survivors of complex trauma, going to the dentist can feel overwhelming, frightening, and sometimes retraumatising. If this is how you feel, you are not alone.

Building our capacity to notice glimmers is important for the nervous system as we begin to grow an awareness of what helps us feel safe. ​ 

The final chapter in a 3-chapter series where 'Gaye' tells her story and joins the ranks of people breaking long-held silences, with a focus on what has silenced so many generations of victims/survivors of childhood sexual abuse, in their own families.

The second chapter in a 3-chapter series where 'Gaye' tells her story and joins the ranks of people breaking long-held silences, with a focus on what has silenced so many generations of victims/survivors of childhood sexual abuse, in their own families.

The first chapter in a 3-chapter series where 'Gaye' tells her story and joins the ranks of people breaking long-held silences, with a focus on what has silenced so many generations of victims/survivors of childhood sexual abuse, in their own families.

This podcast demystifies Dissociative Identity Disorder, dissociation and its connection to trauma

This website provides a lot of information and resources to support men to recover from sexual assault and abuse as a child or adult