The Complex Trauma Podcast

Sarah Herstich

Topics: Mental Health · Self-Improvement · Society & Culture

No. 198 in Health & FitnessNew

A podcast for anyone healing from complex PTSD, childhood emotional neglect, and the patterns you've been carrying without knowing what to call them. Hosted by EMDR and somatic trauma therapist Sarah Herstich, each episode gets into nervous system healing, trauma responses, and what it actually takes to stop living in survival mode. If you've spent years people-pleasing, apologizing for existing, or holding it together on the outside while unraveling on the inside, this is for you. We talk about the fawn response, toxic shame, hypervigilance, and why your body still doesn't feel safe even when nothing bad is happening. No bypassing, no Band-Aids, just honest conversation about healing...

Latest episodeWhy Do I Keep Replaying Conversations? Rumination and CPTSDOctober 28, 2026 · 34 min

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Latest episodes

1. Why Do I Keep Replaying Conversations? Rumination and CPTSDOctober 28, 2026 · 34 min
2. Why Do I Feel Worse After Therapy? EMDR and Complex TraumaOctober 21, 2026 · 40 min
3. What Greek Myths Reveal About Complex Trauma with Dr. Gillian O’Shea BrownOctober 14, 2026 · 47 min
4. Is It a Part or Is It Dissociation? OSDD, DID, and CPTSDOctober 7, 2026 · 33 min
5. Why Do I Want Two Opposite Things? Conflicting Parts in Complex TraumaSeptember 30, 2026 · 26 min
6. Grieving What You Never Had After Emotional NeglectSeptember 23, 2026 · 42 min
7. How Narcissistic Abuse Shapes Self-Trust, Relationships and Complex Trauma with Amy Marlow-MaCoySeptember 16, 2026 · 45 min
8. Functional Freeze and Why You Feel Stuck Even When You’re FunctioningSeptember 9, 2026 · 29 min
9. The Longing to Be Understood in Complex Trauma RecoverySeptember 2, 2026 · 24 min
10. Complex Trauma, Brain Fog, Memory & Focus ProblemsAugust 26, 2026 · 40 min

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