Trauma-informed therapy isn't a vibe or a vocabulary list. A licensed psychotherapist breaks down SAMHSA's six principles — and what's being sold instead.

If you've ever told yourself "nothing that bad happened to me" — this one's for you. Complex trauma rarely looks like the dramatic origin story we've been taught to expect. Licensed psychotherapist Del Knight, CCTP-II, unpacks what trauma actually is, why it lives in the body, and why the question "was it really trauma?" is almost never about the facts.

What is body trust? Del Knight, PsyD, LPC, LMHC, a Certified Body Trust Specialist explains the framework, why diet culture isn't working, and how to stop fighting your body.

Slow therapy isn’t passive—it’s therapy that respects the nervous system’s actual timeline, not the calendar’s. Your pace is not a character flaw. Going gently is not the same as avoiding. There’s no rush.

Queer, trans, and nonbinary bodies break all the wrong rules—wrong, at least, according to systems that profit from conformity. Existing in your body as it is can be an act of refusal: refusal to shrink, to disappear, or to turn yourself into someone else’s idea of “normal.”

You’re not too much—you’re detailed. Body trust for queer, trans & nonbinary folks means refusing to shrink, disappear, or turn yourself into someone else’s normal.

You are not a project; you are a person in process—already worthy, already whole. Decolonizing healing means reclaiming your right to define what healing looks like on your own terms, in your own body

Self-care has been commodified into a capitalist scam. Rest as resistance looks different—it’s about reclaiming what your body needs, not what wellness culture sells you. For LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent folks, especially those who are also BIPOC, this matters even more.