28. Why Emotional Detachment Makes You Stronger for Family Court After Narcissistic Abuse - Trauma Recovery - (Autism & ASD) | Season Finale | Emotional Detachment for Family Court, Season 2 Finale

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of emotional detachment in family court after experiencing narcissistic abuse, emphasizing strategies for trauma recovery and effective co-parenting.

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

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

Keywords

• emotional detachment
• family court
• narcissistic abuse
• trauma recovery
• co-parenting
• PTSD
• CPTSD
• nervous system regulation
• forgiveness
• codependency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STAR Network

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