How do we engender healthy relationships for survivors of complex childhood trauma?

Survivors of complex childhood trauma --systemic abuse, neglect, and disrupted attachment schemata -- enter adulthood with internal working models of relationship that often lead them into difficult and painful connections with others. I will address the specific challenges in empowering these survivors to stop "paying the price of admission" to intimacy, and discuss how EMDR can be an effective strategy for addressing pre-verbal and early verbal core beliefs about self, being lovable, and being safe in relationships.

Conference

English

Laura Brown

Brown, L. (2017, August). How do we engender healthy relationships for survivors of complex childhood trauma? Plenary presented at the 22nd EMDR International Association Conference, Bellevue, WA