Dr. Nicole Chew-Helbig, PhD
Sia talks to Gabor Mate about her psychotherapeutic journey. In this interview, we get a sense of what psychotherapy for Sia is about, how it helps us transcend our fear of feeling difficult and...
The DSM describes main feature of [ dissociation ](https://nikhelbig.at/what-does-dissociation-in-psychotherapy-mean/) as a disruption of memory, consciousness and identity or perception....
Psychological trauma is a person's experience of one or more events that is too overwhelming for the person to emotionally, physically and intellectually react to, and integrate into his/her memory...
Traumatic events happen in a variety of circumstances. Incidents that happen to us which suddenly shocks us, leaving us overwhelmed, and sometimes frozen, can lead us to experiencing life-long...
Psychotherapy, self harm and emotional pain.
When a person's brain is exposed to overwhelming stressful information all at once, the phenomenon is understood as a potential traumatic situation. ### Traumatic experiences Traumatic experiences...
Diane Langberg gives a lecture on Complex Trauma, or childhood trauma, which really is childhood experiences of abuse, neglect, betrayal and isolation. Complex, childhood trauma, is not usually...
While PTSD is a typical response to a single stressor in adulthood, Complex posttraumatic Stress Disorder ( CPTSD ) is the result of childhood experience of abuse. Complex Posttraumatic Stress...
Individuals suffering PTSD display symptoms that look like that of those suffering from trauma symptoms associated with the narcissistic personality (TANS). This article by Simon (2002) sheds clear...