PTSD, Jesus and YOU: Recognizing Childhood Trauma, Special Guest Erica Cuni, LMFT

Erica Cuni, LMFT joins the Wednesdays With Watson podcast to help us understand and recognize childhood trauma and its effects on a child’s brain. She shares her expertise of Adverse Childhood Experiences and helps us understand the pathology of trauma and ACE scores as well as a CDC study addressing adverse childhood experiences. She cites a Centers For Disease study  here.

Erica also helps us understand attachment styles and how they are fundamentally formed by trauma, but also promotes hope and healing. Erica has a passion for helping people and she herself a trauma survivor both in her young life as well as an adult. Erica speaks of trauma, and the poly-vagal industry and integrating into therapy. Finally, Erica shares with us an exciting treatment modality called Internal Family Systems. This evidence based therapy is a different take on popular trauma treatments like EMDR and CBT etc. It is based on the newest research on trauma and how to treat trauma. Find out more information about Internal Family Systems here,

The United States reported almost 2,000 child abuse deaths in 2019. April is child abuse awareness month, and the Wednesdays With Watson Podcast is going to continue to bring awareness so that wounded children do not become wounding adults.

Resources: Prevent Child Abuse, USA

During this month, Amy has a #lostchildchallenge on her Instagram account. While highlighting child abuse awareness month, the host of the healing zone is seeking healing that our guest today insists exists after child abuse. Find those videos on this Instagram handle: instagram.com/authoramywatson.com

Special Guest: Erica Cuni, LFMFT
Executive Producer: Amy Highland
Podcast Cover: Brittney Knight
Logo Design: Anna Roberts
Promotion Video: Rebecca Reed
Song “Marked By You” used by permission, words and music by Phil Baker.