[Episode #26] Parenting with PTSD

This week, we’re covering parenting!
Sources and information from the episode linked below:

• This issue of I’m Not Triggered which covers emotion regulation;

• and this one, which covers hypervigilance and how PTSD and complex trauma affect our neurobiology;

• The link to the mini-review published on Frontiers, “Parenting with PTSD: A Review of Research on the Influence of PTSD on Parent-Child Functioning in Military and Veteran Families”;

• This dissertation by Molly Franz entitled “PTSD and Dysfunctional Parenting: Emotional and Biological Mechanisms” covers the mechanical aspects of PTSD on parenting.

More Resources for Parents:

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network is a parental resource that has a lost of handouts and info sheets on managing different types of trauma, from mass-violence (like school shootings) to natural disasters;

  • This PDF is abundant in helpful information about parenting while working through past trauma-
    A note from the authors: “As trauma therapists working with indi…