011. Exploring Effective Treatment: A CPTSD Self Leadership Perspective
Description
What is the best thing to do for C-PTSD?
Many survivors try scattered techniques, hoping for relief but never receiving a clear map of what actually works. Effective CPTSD healing requires understanding the architecture of the trauma itself. When you begin implementing the right steps in the right order, healing becomes smoother, more predictable, and significantly faster.
This episode walks you through what has proven effective for real CPTSD resolution, what does not work, and why certain approaches fail to create lasting change. When you understand the principles of Self Leadership, you stop searching for the perfect intervention and start building an integrated healing pathway that finally moves you forward.
- How do I overcome complex PTSD?
- What has actually worked for CPTSD healing?
- What kind of treatment works for complex trauma?
HELP WITH HEALING CPTSD
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If this episode resonates and you're ready to heal your CPTSD at the root, learn more about Happily Ever After.
About Dr. Tanner Wallace
Dr. Tanner Wallace is a childhood trauma survivor, former university professor, and Level 3 Internal Family Systems Practitioner who specializes in CPTSD Resolution. She founded CPTSD Medicine to offer applied mental health training for high-achieving adults who want a clear, structured path to heal trauma at the root and stop repeating painful relationship patterns.
About the Heal First Then Pick Your Life Partner Podcast
Heal First Then Pick Your Life Partner is a podcast for look-good-on-paper adults with unresolved CPTSD, anxious attachment, or repeated relationship pain. If you look confident on the outside but feel overwhelmed, confused, or ashamed by the patterns you cannot break, this podcast teaches you why.
Each episode breaks down how trauma shapes your emotions, triggers, and relationship choices, and offers practical, research-informed steps to heal at the root. Learn how to stop trauma-driven reactions, understand emotional flashbacks, build secure attachment, create healthier relationships, and finally feel safe inside your own system.
Hosted by Dr. Tanner Wallace, PhD and Level 3 Internal Family Systems practitioner, this podcast provides applied mental health training for adults who want clarity, stability, and a structured path to CPTSD Resolution.
If you want to heal deeply, choose partners wisely, and build a life that feels secure and aligned, you are in the right place.



