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.