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Understanding Complex PTSD: What I Want My Clients to Know
Mallory Perretti-Mahedy Mallory Perretti-Mahedy

Understanding Complex PTSD: What I Want My Clients to Know

As a CCTP-Certified Holistic Medicine Practitioner, one of the most important conversations I have with clients is helping them understand that trauma doesn’t always look the way people expect.

Many people associate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a single catastrophic event—a serious accident, military combat, or a natural disaster. While those experiences can absolutely lead to PTSD, there is another form of trauma that develops differently and often remains hidden for years: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD).

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Anger is not the Enemy: Reflections from Practice
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Anger is not the Enemy: Reflections from Practice

After years of working with people navigating stress, grief, conflict, and personal transformation, one emotion continues to be misunderstood more than almost any other: anger.

Many people arrive believing that anger is something to eliminate. They apologize for it before they even describe it. They tell me they “shouldn’t” feel angry, as though emotions follow rules instead of responding to experience.

What I have learned in practice is quite different.

Anger is rarely the problem. More often, it is a messenger.

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