Free Trauma Course: Expedition Trauma
Trauma & C-PTSD: Understand. Regulate. Change.
Do you often feel tense inside, overwhelmed or stuck in old relationship patterns?
Here you learn to recognise trauma and attachment dynamics, regulate yourself and build new inner safety – at your own pace, in a community without stigma.
Practical help, knowledge and real community
- Help: video courses & checklists for your everyday life
- Right away: practical support from day one
- Deep transformation: monthly community calls & Rebirth Breathwork journeys
- Knowledge: forms of therapy and nervous system regulation
- Exchange: a community that understands you without stigma
Trauma is not a defect. Change takes work – but it is possible.
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Trauma self-help in community
Many people with trauma experiences feel alone with their reactions. The free community is a place for helping yourself after trauma: you understand what is happening in your nervous system, learn everyday tools for regulation and exchange with people who have been through similar things – online, at your own pace, without stigma.
Whether attachment trauma, developmental trauma or C-PTSD: knowledge and exchange help you recognise patterns and find new paths. Loved ones of people affected by trauma also find orientation here. More about online trauma self-help.
What the course builds on
The course puts research and classics of trauma work into accessible context: body memory (van der Kolk), Somatic Experiencing (Levine), complex trauma (Walker, Herman), attachment (Bowlby; Levine & Heller), inner parts (Schwartz, Fisher), self-compassion (Neff, Gilbert), as well as studies such as the ACE study and the Still-Face experiment.
More on the Science page- van der Kolk, B. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score (German: Verkörperter Schrecken). Viking.
- Levine, P. A. (1997/2010). Waking the Tiger; In an Unspoken Voice (German: Sprache ohne Worte). North Atlantic Books.
- Walker, P. (2013). Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. Azure Coyote.
- Porges, S. W. (2011). The Polyvagal Theory. Norton. – critical view: Grossman, P. (2023), Biological Psychology, 180, 108589. doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2023.108589
- Schwartz, R. C. & Sweezy, M. (2020). Internal Family Systems Therapy (2nd ed.). Guilford.
- Bowlby, J. (1988). A Secure Base. Routledge. · Levine, A. & Heller, R. (2010). Attached. TarcherPerigee.
- Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and Recovery. Basic Books.
- Fisher, J. (2017). Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors. Routledge.
- Ogden, P., Minton, K. & Pain, C. (2006). Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy. Norton.
- Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy (3rd ed.). Guilford.
- Maté, G. (2022). The Myth of Normal (German: Vom Mythos des Normalen). Avery.
- Felitti, V. J. et al. (1998). Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 14(4), 245–258. doi.org/10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00017-8
- Tronick, E. et al. (1978). The infant's response to entrapment between contradictory messages in face-to-face interaction (Still-Face). Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 17(1), 1–13.
- Yehuda, R. & Lehrner, A. (2018). Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms. World Psychiatry, 17(3), 243–257. doi.org/10.1002/wps.20568
- Ashar, Y. K. et al. (2022). Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs placebo and usual care for patients with chronic back pain (Boulder Back Pain Study). JAMA Psychiatry, 79(1), 13–23. doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.2669
- Karatzias, T. et al. (2019). Psychological interventions for ICD-11 complex PTSD symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 49(11), 1761–1775. doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719000436
- Neff, K. (2011). Self-Compassion. William Morrow. · Gilbert, P. (2010). Compassion Focused Therapy. Routledge.
Questions about the Trauma Course
Is the course really free?
Yes. The "Expedition Trauma" community on Skool is free. All you need is a Skool account.
Who is the course for?
For people with attachment trauma, developmental trauma or C-PTSD (complex post-traumatic stress disorder) – and for anyone who wants to understand and regulate their nervous system better.
Is the community a self-help group?
It is a free online community for self-help with trauma: with video courses, checklists, monthly calls and exchange with one another. You can quietly read along or take an active part.
Does the course replace therapy?
No. The course offers knowledge, tools for self-regulation and exchange. It does not replace psychotherapy.
How can I deepen what I have learned?
Under Trauma Resources you will find current research on trauma and methods; in Berlin you can join trauma-sensitive Breathwork groups.
Ready for your expedition?
The community is waiting for you.