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PTSD and complex PTSD (C-PTSD) can affect anyone – even highly capable, goal-focused people who continue to perform, keep showing up, and maintain the façade of being “fine” while inside everything feels dry, numb, or chaotic. You might struggle with flashbacks, intrusive thoughts and emotions, vivid images, sleep disruption, irritability, hypervigilance, emotional shutdown, or avoidance, yet still look calm and in control, with strong workplace attendance and high standards.
Sometimes it takes someone else to point out the change, because you can become so used to your internal reality that you don’t recognise how skewed it has become.
This workshop offers a clear, evidence-informed explanation of PTSD and C-PTSD, how they are defined and assessed, why symptoms can persist long after the event, and why two people exposed to the same incident can be impacted differently.
You will learn what is happening in the nervous system and memory systems, how triggers and “state shifts” occur, and how PTSD can present in ways that are easy to miss, especially in first responders, veterans, and other high-performing individuals.
You may have tried therapy before and found it didn’t help or didn’t feel right – not because anything was “wrong” but because the approach didn’t match how you naturally process the world.
The workshop includes guided practice of practical grounding and regulation strategies, including the “One Seat” approach: steadying attention so you’re less pulled into emotional overwhelm.
This course is educational, not therapeutic. Self-reflection is encouraged, but sharing is not required. You’ll leave with practical tools, take-home notes and workbook materials, and a simple pathway forward to support yourself or a loved one.
This course runs for 1 day x 6 hours.
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WEA adult learning, 221-237 Angas St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia, Adelaide
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