28. How Trauma Recovery Makes You Stronger Before, and In Family Court After Narcissistic Abuse (Autism & ASD) | Season Finale | Emotional D

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for navigating family court after experiencing narcissistic abuse, emphasizing the importance of emotional regulation and detachment.

You don't win in court by being right, nor by feeling strongly about things. You increase your odds of protecting the kids from harm by becoming regulated, consistent, strategic, coachable, and impossible to trigger and bait. This is the Season Finale for Season 2.In the context of legal abuse and post-separation abuse at the hands of a coparent that displays narcissistic patterns of behavior, family court and custody battles require a particular strategy. While several well-known influencers in the "divorcing a narcissist" space give amazing advice, and I recommend two in particular here, there is a gap between the time you come out of the abusive relationship, and the time you are able to receive the amazing legal advice and mindset coaching that they suggest. You cannot hear what they recommend, if you're still highly emotional, easily triggered, traumatized, if you've been sending emails that can be used against you, etc. This season has taken you through a complete journey of trauma recovery: the trauma bond PTSD and CPTSD EMDR and nervous system regulation forgiveness without reconciliation codependency & its ties to autism fellowship and mentorship with the STAR…

People in this episode

Host: Faustina

Topics covered

• trauma recovery
• narcissistic abuse
• family court
• emotional detachment
• co-parenting
• high-conflict situations

Keywords

• trauma bond
• PTSD
• CPTSD
• EMDR
• nervous system regulation
• codependency
• autism
• family court strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STAR Network

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