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Complex Trauma, Motherhood, and Cycle Breaking with Libby Ward
In today's episode, I'm sitting down with Libby Ward, creator, speaker, and author of Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself, to talk about what it really looks like to wake up mid-motherhood and realize you never actually
The Hidden Shame in Emotional Neglect
You might not call it shame. But if you were emotionally neglected, there's a chance it's been running the show. Most people who grew up emotionally neglected don't have a name for what they carry. They just know that asking for help feels
How Complex Trauma Shows Up in Your Sex Life— with Rachael Garner
Sex and complex trauma. It's one of those topics that doesn't get nearly enough airtime, and yet it comes up so frequently in the therapy room. In this episode I'm talking with Rachael Garner, a certified sex therapist and EMDR clinician wh
Why You Freeze or Shut Down When Things Get Hard
If you've ever gone completely blank in the middle of a hard conversation, or found yourself frozen, heart hammering, unable to say a single thing, this episode is for you. A listener wrote in asking why she shuts down instead of getting up
Why Nervous System Regulation Feels Impossible With CPTSD
If you've done the work, learned the tools, and still feel like you're white knuckling through every single day, this episode is for you. For many people with complex PTSD and developmental trauma, calm isn't somewhere familiar to return to
Childhood Emotional Neglect with Dr. Danica Harris
Childhood emotional neglect doesn't always look like what you'd expect. Sometimes it looks like a parent who showed up to every game, made dinner every night, and still wasn't really there. That gap between what was present and what was mis
3 Dissociation Questions Everyone's Asking (Answered)
After my conversation with Janina Fisher about dissociative parts, my inbox exploded with questions about dissociation. So today, I'm answering three that showed up a few times In this episode, we're covering: • Why you might dissociate MOR
Betrayal Trauma and Learning to Trust Again with Joe Sanok
Betrayal doesn't just hurt. It rewires your nervous system, shakes your ability to trust yourself, and makes you question everything you thought you knew about your relationship. In this episode, Joe Sanok shares what happened when his marr
Understanding Dissociative Parts with Dr. Janina Fisher
What if forgetting your childhood, feeling disconnected from your emotions, or experiencing different "versions" of yourself weren't signs that something's wrong with you, but evidence of how brilliantly your brain protected you? In this ep
Understanding Your Response to Collective Trauma
This episode is a bit different. If it's not for you, that's okay. Right now, a lot of us are struggling. The anxiety that won't quit, the rage that scares you, the numbness that makes you wonder what's wrong with you, the exhaustion that f
Religious Trauma is Complex Trauma with Cassidy DuHadway
In this episode, I sit down with Cassidy DuHadway, author of "Becoming Me," to talk about religious trauma as complex trauma. We dig into how growing up in systems that demand you not be yourself creates deep attachment wounds, shame spiral
I Don't Even Have Trauma Memories, So Why Am I Triggered?
"What counts as a trigger for CPTSD? And why do I get triggered by everyday stuff that shouldn't feel threatening?" If you've ever found yourself completely activated by something that seems small to everyone else (a text message, a tone of
The Beauty and the Work of Complex Trauma Recovery with Thomas Zimmerman
What if your anxiety, depression, or chronic overwhelm aren’t personal failures, but the echoes of unprocessed trauma? In this week’s episode, Sarah sits down with EMDR therapist, consultant, and author Thomas Zimmerman, whose work has shap
A New Year's Pep Talk (Without the Toxic Positivity)
It's New Year's Eve, and if you're feeling anything other than excited, there's absolutely nothing wrong with you. This isn't your typical "new year, new you" pep talk. It's for the trauma survivors who are exhausted by the pressure to tran
How to Navigate Holiday Emotional Hangovers
That weird week between the holidays and New Year's hits different. You've survived the holiday chaos, the family dynamics, the endless to-do lists, and now you're supposed to just... exist? Enter: the emotional hangover. In this episode, w
Q&A: How to Set Boundaries With Family Who Won't Listen
You set a boundary. They ignored it. You repeated yourself. They pushed again. And by the fourth time, you weren't calmly redirecting anymore, you were yelling, crying, or walking out. Now you're sitting with shame, wondering if all that th
Invisible Rules of Dysfunctional Families with Abby Albright
If family gatherings leave you feeling drained or like you're reverting to an old version of yourself, you're not alone.EMDR therapist and yoga teacher, Abby Albright, (https://www.sarahherstichlcsw.com/abby-albright-therapy-pennyslvania) r
Dr. Judith Herman on Complex PTSD and What Survivors Really Want
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Judith Herman, author of the groundbreaking book Trauma and Recovery, to talk about complex PTSD, trauma recovery, and what justice actually means to survivors. Dr. Herman explains why complex trauma is
CPTSD vs PTSD (And, Why You Keep Getting Misdiagnosed)
If you've been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, or bipolar - but nothing quite fits - you might actually be dealing with Complex PTSD. In this episode, I break down the crucial differences between PTSD an
Welcome to The Complex Trauma Podcast
Welcome to the Complex Trauma Podcast, formerly Reclaim You. If you’ve been minimizing your experiences as “not that bad,” holding it together for everyone else because you don’t know another way, or you’re finally ready to understand why y
Why Love Feels So Hard with CPTSD (And How to Change That)
Does love feel overwhelming, triggering, or just plain scary? If you have Complex PTSD, your nervous system might be treating intimacy like a threat, even when you desperately want connection. In this episode, I break down why CPTSD makes l
Mini Episode: What is Trauma Informed Yoga?
In this solo episode, trauma and EMDR therapist Abby Albright breaks down what trauma-informed yoga actually is and why it can be such a powerful support for healing. She explores how this gentle approach to movement creates space for choic
Mini Episode: 5 Ways Yoga Can Support Healing
In this mini episode, Abby (https://www.sarahherstichlcsw.com/abby-albright-therapy-pennyslvania)gets personal, sharing how her journey from dance to yoga became a turning point in her own healing. She opens up about what it meant to shift
Therapy Isn’t Working… or Is It? 3 Reasons You Might Feel Stuck
You’ve been showing up to therapy. You’re naming your patterns, doing the work and still wondering: Why am I not feeling better? In this episode, Sarah is joined by trauma and EMDR therapist Ashley Fox (https://www.sarahherstichlcsw.com/ash
Why Self-Compassion Feels So Cringey
If the words “be kind to yourself” make you want to roll your eyes (or run) you’re not alone. For many trauma survivors, self-compassion doesn’t feel good. It feels awkward. Threatening. Even fake. In this episode, Sarah is joined by trauma
Hyper-Independent and Burnt Out? It’s Not Your Fault
If asking for help feels like a risk… If you pride yourself on being “the strong one”… If burnout sneaks up on you even when you're doing everything right, this episode is for you. Sarah and Abby (https://www.sarahherstichlcsw.com/abby-albr
What Safety Might Feel Like in Recovery (It’s Not What You Think)
What if the biggest signs of healing aren’t big at all? In this episode, Sarah is joined by Laura (https://www.sarahherstichlcsw.com/laura-gordon-therapist-pennsylvania) for a conversation about the micro-moments that might mark recovery fr
You Don't Need to Be Calm to Be Healing (and Other Nervous System Truths)
What if your anxiety, shutdown, or overwhelm aren’t signs of failure—but signs your body is finally healing? In this episode of Reclaim You, Sarah breaks down one of the most misunderstood ideas in trauma recovery: that nervous system regul
Feeling Numb, Floaty, or Shut Down? It Might Be Dissociation
Ever felt like you’re floating through life, watching it all happen from the outside? That might be dissociation—and no, it's not as scary as it sounds In this episode, Sarah and Casey (https://www.sarahherstichlcsw.com/casey-koch-trauma-th
Mini Episode: The Grief of Emotional Neglect
What if the thing you're grieving never even happened? In this mini episode, Sarah explores the quiet ache of emotional neglect—the grief of what you didn’t get. No big event. No goodbye. Just an invisible heaviness that lingers. If you've
