The Rising Beyond Podcast
Are you ready to thrive as you are coming out of a toxic or abusive relationship? Join Sybil Cummin, a licensed professional counselor who has specialized in working with victims and survivors of domestic violence and narcissistic abuse for over a decade and runs a membership community for women on their healing journey. On this podcast you will finally feel understood and your experience will be validated as you learn tangible strategies to handle family court, coparent with your abuser, improve your connection with your children, and heal from the trauma of narcissistic abuse and domestic violence.
The Rising Beyond Podcast
Ep 105: Trauma Therapy Options for Abuse Survivors and their Children
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If you have experienced relationship abuse, then you have experienced trauma. And even if you do not meet all of the requirements for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) it is likely that some form of trauma therapy will be a helpful part of your healing journey.
And if your children have experienced or witnessed any of the abuse or the aftermath of the abuse, then they have experienced trauma as well and will likely need some support.
In this episode I am going to give you an overhead and general view of some of the possible trauma modalities that you may find beneficial and share the most important aspects of all therapeutic relationships for survivors of domestic violence, narcissistic abuse, and coercive control.
We discuss:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Narrative Therapy
Group Therapy
And for children:
Play Therapy
Other experiential therapies (music, art, dance)
EMDR
TF-CBT
The most important aspect of whether the trauma modality will work for you is actually not the modality. The most important aspect of your healing journey with your therapist is your relationship with the therapist. Do you feel safe enough to ask questions? Does your therapist take on a collaborative role with you instead of an expert role talking to you? Do you feel a sense of unconditional positive regard? If they are working with your children, do they have strong boundaries and protect your children’s information?
VIDEO: EMDR: Special Considerations for Domestic Violence with Barbara Sheehan-Zeidler, MA, LPC
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