"Complex Trauma and Cancer. A Case Study" by Anabel Olmedo Gonzalez
 
Abstract

In this article, I describe an intervention with a cancer patient who developed C-PTSD whilst experiencing an onset of trauma related to dissociation. The therapeutic approach focuses on trauma-focused therapy used in my clinical practice as a person-centred counsellor. The case study describes therapeutic intervention, illustrating a creative and embodied way of working with trauma. The therapeutic process has consisted of mindfulness techniques, embodied reprocessing exercises, sleep hygiene exercises, identification of healthy coping strategies, task planning, working with the inner child and using regulated exposure for anxiety management.