1. We maintain the confidentiality of the group and respect the stories of participants by not sharing their stories with others without their permission.
Sara Aird | Survivor Wise Resources
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complex ptsd Recovery essentials
"Complex PTSD recovery is just as it is described - complex. Survivors are often in need of a variety of healing modalities and approaches to address the many ways that trauma has impacted their lives.
When you begin complex PTSD recovery, it can be difficult to know where to start. Most of us in the early stages of healing are still trying to understand what complex PTSD is, let alone how to manage it. It can be frustrating trying to find trauma-informed resources that effectively explain and help us navigate complex trauma."
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Sara - Mentor of the Complex PTSD Recovery Essentials Mentorship
This recovery mentorship will focus on the basics of complex PTSD recovery, including understanding how trauma impacts the nervous system, dissociation, and shame, as well as recovery tools such as shame resilience, boundary setting, and more. The goal of this program is to give you a solid foundation from which to continue your recovery journey.
What is covered in the recovery essentials program?
The Recovery Essentials program is grounded in two important trauma-informed recovery concepts: curiosity and compassion. Through curiosity, we come to healing with an open mind and a desire to understand ourselves and our behaviors through a trauma lens. We begin to see that our responses make sense given what we have experienced. As we begin to better understand ourselves and our responses, we start to develop compassion for ourselves and our stories. Through compassion, we cultivate hope in our capacity to grow and heal beyond our trauma.
This program is divided into two main sections:
Getting Curious - Understanding Complex PTSD
Getting Compassionate - Creating a Recovery Recipe
Getting curious
Understanding Complex PTSD
Introduction to Recovery Essentials
Week 1: Getting Oriented
Getting Curious - Understanding Complex PTSD
Understanding Trauma and Your Nervous System
Week 2: Unmet Developmental and Neurological Needs
The Creation of the Inner War
Week 3: Mapping Out Your Nervous System
Smoke Alarm and Watch Tower
Polyvagal Theory and Fight, Flight, and Freeze
Understanding Dissociation - The First Protector
Week 4: In the mind: Fragmentation, Compartmentalization, and Identity Loss
Week 5: In the body: Depersonalization, Derealization, and Time Loss
Understanding Shame - The Second Protector
Week 6: Getting to Know the Inner Critic
Week 7: Cultivating Rest Practices
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Getting compassionate
Creating a Recovery Recipe
Getting Compassionate - Creating a Recovery Recipe
Shame Resilience
Week 8: Standing up to the Inner Critic and Setting Internal Boundaries
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Emotional and Nervous System Regulation
Week 9: Unpacking Your Relationship with Emotion
Decoding the Messages of Emotions
Body Awareness, Interoception, and Cues
Week 10: Navigating Trauma Triggers
Safety Plans
Body-Based Regulators
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Identifying Needs and Boundaries
Week 11: Unpacking Your Relationship with Receiving
Exploring Overworking, Human Giver Syndrome, and Resentment
Identifying Needs Via Emotional Awareness
Self Care Routines
Week 12: Unpacking Your Relationship with Boundaries
Boundaries as Defining Who We Are
Boundaries with Self: Self Trust
Boundaries with Others: Hoops of Trust
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Asking For Help
Week 13: Asking For Help
Unpacking Why It Is Hard to Ask for Help
Relational Healing: Trust, Boundaries, and Limits
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Week 14: What are my next steps?
What type of support do I receive through Mentorship?
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14 Weeks of online learning modules on complex trauma recovery topics
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A program workbook designed for self-discovery and reflection
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Weekly exercises to help you build a recovery toolbox
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Weekly one hour Zoom mentoring calls with Sara
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Weekly meeting reflection notes and healing tools to consider
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Support throughout the week via instant messaging
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3 support group Zoom calls with other mentees in the program
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Access to previously completed mentorship learning modules
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Priority access to Survivor Circle workshops held outside of mentorship