For adults healing from harm that came from adult relationships — domestic violence, toxic relationships, sexual assault, or workplace abuse.
Clients have asked me directly, “How do I get out of it?” They are exhausted. They have been trying to do everything right — therapy, boundaries, documentation — and they keep ending up in the same place. Disbelieved. Blamed for their reaction while the original harm disappeared. Wondering if they are the problem. I knew…
Welcome to Trauma Demystified. I’m Natalie Jovanic, your host on this journey. I’m a trauma counsellor and coach, and I also bring my own lived experience to relational trauma recovery. Today’s episode is Relational Trauma Recovery: What No One Tells You. But before we dive in, I want to honour someone who was an essential…
If you’ve experienced relational trauma—domestic violence, abusive relationships, or childhood abuse—dating can trigger familiar emotional patterns and parts of the self. Maybe you people-please and let boundaries slip. Maybe you want to leave, even if the other person seems healthy. Maybe overwhelming emotions arise that you can’t explain. These patterns may appear when you start…
Yesterday, I received an email with the subject line: “Epstein Retraumatizing Victims (Podcast Topic Idea).” The sender wanted to pitch me a “renowned trauma specialist” for my podcast, Trauma Demystified. The problem? I don’t take guests—and even if I did, the headline itself felt sensational and not trauma-informed. It also made me pause and ask:…
I once saw a therapist during a complicated relationship. The man I was dating had broken up with me three times and kept coming back. I was confused, hurt, and exhausted. Finally, I decided to end things. When I brought it up in therapy, I was hoping for clarity. Instead, my therapist told me I…
When people start searching for how to heal from abusive relationships, they often encounter explanations that subtly blame them for what happened. It suggests, implicitly or explicitly, that survivors stayed because of unresolved wounds, because they chose poorly, because they didn’t see the signs, because something in their history made them vulnerable in ways a…
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