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Article type: Practice and Training Guide Author: Adela Stockton Affiliation: COSCA Accredited Counsellor & BACP Registered Psychodynamic Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, Private Practice, Glasgow, Scotland. Abstract This paper aims to explore the theoretical and clinical development of working with Complex Trauma (CT) through the integration of a phased-stage structure with the psychodynamic approach. The focus will be on Assessment and Formulation. While reputed for its non

Article type: Theoretical and Conceptual Paper Author: Kyd Shepherd Affiliation: Clinical psychologist in private practice, Paris, France Abstract Pseudologia Fantastica is an interesting syndrome as it is commonly talked about yet remains elusive in many regards. Thus, this paper will aim to shed light on its purpose within the mind of the pathological Liar as well as the potential unconscious ramifications of complex PTSD and psychotherapeutic treatment. In order to explore

Article type: Research Article Authors: Alison Kelly-Delaney Affiliation: Independent Clinical Practice, United Kingdom Dzmitry Karpuk Affiliation: Complex Trauma Institute, United Kingdom Jonathan Egan Affiliation: Independent Researcher, Ireland Abstract Therapists working within the role of professional care-giving for survivors of trauma can experience an impact to their health and well-being. The emotionally demanding nature of the role can lead to implications on pro

Article type: Research Article Authors: Dr Tetiana Ivanitska-Diachun Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine. Yuliia Kharkhalis Affiliation: I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine. Abstract Biosuggestive Therapy (BST) is an innovative Ukrainian psychotherapeutic method specifically developed in wartime conditions for the rapid correction of the consequences of psychologic

Article type: Reflective Account Author: Michael Guilding Affiliation:  Independent clinician, UK Abstract There is much confusion in the literature concerned with our biological responses to threat particularly as regards the states of “Freeze” and “Tonic Immobility”. The term “Freeze” is used by various authors to describe three quite different biological states, while an unchallenged decades-old hypothesis concerning Tonic Immobility may have obscured our understanding of

Content Addressing the confusion in language within the literature of trauma: A reflective account and conceptual synthesis Michael Guilding 3 Biosuggestive Therapy in the Correction of Mental Trauma Dr Tetiana Ivanitska-Diachun and Yuliia Kharkhalis 15 Psychological well-being in therapists who are members of the UK Complex  Trauma Institute Alison Kelly-Delaney, Dzmitry Karpuk and Jonathan Egan 38 Pseudologia Fantastica (i.e. Pathological Lying) as a Possible Outcome of  Co