What is complex trauma?  Complex trauma is related to early
disruptive attachment experiences, in which the body was unable
to manage intense relational stress. The traumatic stress
involved in complex trauma, is usually on-going as it occurs in
a primary relationship. The mental health field has named this,
‘complex post traumatic stress disorder’, C-PTSD, and refers to
the form of trauma that occurs in relationship, particularly
early attachment figures.  What is complex trauma?  Complex
trauma, as could easily be imagined, causes far more severe
symptoms, disrupting developmental physiology, brain-neurology,
and social, interpersonal growth later in life. Complex trauma
is a deliberate experience, versus an accidental trauma, such
car accidents, natural disaster, physical accidents.  The most
common form of complex trauma is child abuse, neglect, or
abandonment. Since a child is dependent on the care-giver for
safety, the absent, dismissive, or abusive parent, has a
secondary traumatic result, besides the