012. Why Therapy Isn't Working

Heal First Then Pick Your Life Partner: Relational Recovery When You Have CPTSD · Nov 9, 2026 · 26m

You can go to therapy every week for years with the best intentions and still not resolve the thing you came in with. Most of us quit when we're tired, or bored, or when the crisis is patched up enough to live with, and then it comes back in a new form. That isn't a failure of effort. It isn't even a failure of your therapist.

In this episode I answer the question from the perspective of intervention science: what would actually be required to resolve complex trauma, and why it doesn't fit inside a standard format. Once you understand what CPTSD is, you can see clearly what resolution…