Episode 397: Courtney Armstrong. Attachment Styles & Complex Trauma

Today on the podcast, I am excited to have Courtney Armstrong, MEd. LPC! Courtney is a licensed professional counselor and Nationally Board Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy who specializes in grief and trauma recovery. First, a huge thank you to my sponsors: *CPTSD Foundation* ( https://cptsdfoundation.org/traumatherapistpodcast/ ) CPTSD Foundation provides live, daily, peer-led, interactive group calls, in a safe atmosphere for survivors of complex trauma, equipping them with skills and information they can use every single day in their healing journey. Receive 50% off the first month when you join at: http://bit.ly/2MEbBqc ( http://bit.ly/2MEbBqc )   *Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute (SETI* ) ( https://traumahealing.org/kser ) Trauma may be a fact of life, but it doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Somatic Experiencing is a psychobiological method of addressing clients’ physical and emotional trauma conditions and helps to give voice to their experiences without a need for them to retell the story.  For more information please visit: https://traumahealing.org/kser ( https://traumahealing.org/kser ) Courtney Armstrong, MEd. LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and Nationally Board Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy who specializes in grief and trauma recovery. With a career spanning more than two decades, she is the founder of the Institute for Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy and developed her Trauma Informed Hypnotherapy (TM) approach after studying with numerous trauma experts and helping thousands of clients overcome trauma and grief. Courtney is the author of, most recently, Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation, and Resilience , as well as, The Therapeutic “Aha!” (2015) and Transforming Traumatic Grief (2011).  In her 20 years of practice, she has helped thousands of clients recover from trauma, and experience deep personal transformation. Courtney also offers training to mental health professionals, showing them how to use creativity, care, and humor to elicit transformation for their clients and make trauma recovery less painful. She is a regular contributor to magazines like the Psychotherapy Networker and The Neuropsychotherapist and has appeared on CBS Radio News, NPR affiliates, and networks in Europe, Asia, and Australia. Courtney also was my guest on episode 107 of The Trauma Therapist | Podcast.   In This Episode --------------- * Courtney's website ( https://realworldtherapy.com/ ) * Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation, and Resilience ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393712559/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wescoatrapro-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393712559&linkId=90d94bed2be0e09e4014ad553601ab60 ) , Courtney Armstrong * Courtney’s Trainings & Events ( https://realworldtherapy.com/events/ ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/donations