Author: Alicia Polk

https://youtu.be/zvwdv4vUeDE This is the last video in this 3-part series on helping parts stuck in trauma time understand that it’s 2025 and not some year in the past. Last week…

https://youtu.be/8AbM3mn_byc In her book Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors, therapist and trauma expert Lisa Ferentz provides readers with a plan for dealing with flashbacks. Flashbacks are memories of trauma that…

https://youtu.be/oRe1oteJefA Recently, I discussed the three reasons it’s important to help any of your trauma-holding parts who are stuck in trauma time become oriented to the present. That is, it’s…

https://youtu.be/5rh3BSA3Kcg A significant portion of people who have DID or OSDD also qualify for a diagnosis of PTSD. This isn’t really surprising because DID and OSDD usually involve a lot…

https://youtu.be/VR1CtU1yelw Early in recovery, many systems have trauma-holding parts who are stuck in the past. They have no idea that the body is no longer 8 or 12 or whatever…

https://youtu.be/_yO8Xi2A0aE You might wonder if parts need names. It’s certainly a reasonable question. After all, how can you communicate with and cooperate with parts if you don’t know their names?…

https://youtu.be/9w2enAB74v0 In part 1, I talked about the first four of eight important principles of trauma-informed care. They are: Client safety Trustworthiness and transparency Prioritizing client autonomy (client’s ability to…

https://youtu.be/KAsZ66n-Kuc This is a hard topic and it won’t apply to all of you. But unfortunately it will apply to some of you. Today I’m talking about shame people have…

https://youtu.be/T2Tkd4I3qYw ave you ever heard about trauma-informed therapy and wondered what that looks like? How does being trauma-informed impact therapy? All therapists should understand trauma, so how important can it…

https://youtu.be/QH96yKLK-cY When you think about system communication, what does that look like to you? You might be surprised at what I’m going to share with you as forms of communication…