


Self-Therapy Guidebook for Complex PTSD
A grounded, trauma-informed guide to healing when you've been carrying too much for too long.
This self-paced guidebook is designed for individuals living with Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) stemming from childhood trauma, emotional neglect, relational wounds, or long-term stress exposure. Created by a clinical psychologist and deeply informed by Schema Therapy, this guide offers both compassion and clarity—helping you understand why you feel the way you do, and how to begin making sense of your inner world.
You’ll be guided through core concepts like inner child work, schema modes, emotional flashbacks, and survival strategies—arming you with insight and structure while gently encouraging self-connection and reparenting practices. This is not just a workbook—it’s a supportive framework for beginning (or deepening) your healing journey outside of, or alongside, therapy.
Note: This guidebook is not a replacement for professional therapy, but a powerful adjunct or entry point for self-directed healing.
Inside, you’ll explore:
What Complex PTSD really is—and how it differs from classic PTSD
The emotional and neurological legacies of developmental trauma
Schema Therapy concepts like core schemas, coping modes, and inner parts
The role of the Vulnerable Child, Punitive Parent, Perfectionistic Overcontroller, Detached Protector, and more
Understanding triggers, emotional flashbacks, and how to navigate them
Identifying unmet core emotional needs from childhood and how to meet them now
Reparenting tools to nurture the parts of you that never got what they needed
Exercises for emotion regulation, inner dialogue, self-compassion, and boundary repair
Guidance for recognizing when trauma-informed professional support may be needed
A trauma-sensitive, validating tone that empowers you to move at your own pace
A grounded, trauma-informed guide to healing when you've been carrying too much for too long.
This self-paced guidebook is designed for individuals living with Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) stemming from childhood trauma, emotional neglect, relational wounds, or long-term stress exposure. Created by a clinical psychologist and deeply informed by Schema Therapy, this guide offers both compassion and clarity—helping you understand why you feel the way you do, and how to begin making sense of your inner world.
You’ll be guided through core concepts like inner child work, schema modes, emotional flashbacks, and survival strategies—arming you with insight and structure while gently encouraging self-connection and reparenting practices. This is not just a workbook—it’s a supportive framework for beginning (or deepening) your healing journey outside of, or alongside, therapy.
Note: This guidebook is not a replacement for professional therapy, but a powerful adjunct or entry point for self-directed healing.
Inside, you’ll explore:
What Complex PTSD really is—and how it differs from classic PTSD
The emotional and neurological legacies of developmental trauma
Schema Therapy concepts like core schemas, coping modes, and inner parts
The role of the Vulnerable Child, Punitive Parent, Perfectionistic Overcontroller, Detached Protector, and more
Understanding triggers, emotional flashbacks, and how to navigate them
Identifying unmet core emotional needs from childhood and how to meet them now
Reparenting tools to nurture the parts of you that never got what they needed
Exercises for emotion regulation, inner dialogue, self-compassion, and boundary repair
Guidance for recognizing when trauma-informed professional support may be needed
A trauma-sensitive, validating tone that empowers you to move at your own pace