System Speak: Complex Trauma and Dissociative Disorders

By Emma Sunshaw

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Diagnosed with Complex Trauma and a Dissociative Disorder, Emma and her system share what they learn along the way about complex trauma, dissociation (CPTSD, OSDD, DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality), etc.), and mental health. Educational, supportive, inclusive, and inspiring, System Speak documents her healing journey through the best and worst of life in recovery through insights, conversations, and collaborations.

Episode Date
Homecoming (Part 3 of 3)
Aug 07, 2025
Homecoming (Part 2 of 3)
Aug 04, 2025
Homecoming (Part 1 of 3)
Jul 31, 2025
Guest: Dr. Thema Bryant
Jul 28, 2025
Beach Day
Jul 24, 2025
Safety Lace
Jul 21, 2025
Emails
Jul 17, 2025
Hereticness
Jul 14, 2025
Guest: Nichole Willden (Part 4 of 4)
Jul 10, 2025
Guest: Nichole Willden (Part 3 of 4)
Jul 07, 2025
Guest: Nichole Willden (Part 2 of 4)
Jul 03, 2025
Guest: Nichole Willden (Part 1 of 4)
Jun 30, 2025
Reconnected
Jun 26, 2025
Announcement: EmmaS Presenting for ISSTD
Jun 23, 2025
Price for Admission, Ch 2
Jun 23, 2025
Emails: Depersonalization / How Memory Works
Jun 19, 2025
New Year
Jun 16, 2025
Poltergeist
Jun 12, 2025
Trash Chute
Jun 09, 2025
Partsy
Jun 05, 2025
Seattle
Jun 02, 2025
Tooth Share
May 29, 2025
Announcement: Emma as Guest for ISSTD Ask the Expert Series
May 27, 2025
Sharing
May 26, 2025
Guest: Larry Ruhl & Recovery (2 of 2)
May 22, 2025
Guests: Larry Ruhl & Recovery (1 of 2)
May 19, 2025
Introduction to Steps
May 12, 2025
My Own Rescue
May 05, 2025
Refocused
May 01, 2025
The C’s
Apr 28, 2025
Not the Price (Chapter 1)
Apr 21, 2025
How It Works
Apr 14, 2025
Recap: 2024 ISSTD Fall Virtual Conference (4 of 5)
Apr 13, 2025
Recap: 2024 ISSTD Fall Virtual Conference (2 of 5)
Apr 11, 2025
Recap: 2024 ISSTD Fall Virtual Conference (1 of 5)
Apr 10, 2025
Tug of War
Apr 07, 2025
Recap: Dan Shaw Presentation
Mar 31, 2025
Blue Lighting
Mar 24, 2025
Charlottes
Mar 17, 2025
Shock Week
Mar 03, 2025
Splinters and Stitches
Feb 27, 2025
Connection
Feb 24, 2025
McLean at Harvard
Feb 20, 2025
Guest: Jon Cleveland
Feb 17, 2025
Emails
Feb 14, 2025
Guest: Valerie Sinason
Feb 12, 2025
Infanticidal Attachment (7 of 7)
Feb 10, 2025
Infanticidal Attachment (6 of 7)
Feb 06, 2025
Infanticidal Attachment (5 of 7)
Feb 03, 2025
Infanticidal Attachment (4 of 7)
Jan 30, 2025
Infanticidal Attachment (3 of 7)
Jan 27, 2025
Infanticidal Attachment (2 of 7)
Jan 23, 2025
Infanticidal Attachment (1 of 7)
Jan 20, 2025
Boxing Whales
Jan 16, 2025
Attachment Wounds
Jan 13, 2025
Hidden Agenda
Jan 09, 2025
Attachment Strategies
Jan 06, 2025
Recap: Psychoanalysis (John O’Neil Webinar)
Dec 30, 2024
Emails
Dec 26, 2024
Wildfire Storms
Dec 12, 2024
ChatBot
Dec 09, 2024
Guest: Jamie+ Marich's New Book
Nov 25, 2024
School Year
Nov 21, 2024
Smore Nachos
Nov 18, 2024
Taco Time
Nov 14, 2024
Acceptance
Nov 11, 2024
Noticing Littles
Nov 07, 2024
Hot Topic: Election Results
Nov 06, 2024
Baby Emma
Nov 04, 2024
Green, Red, Blue (2 of 2)
Oct 31, 2024
Green, Red, Blue (1 of 2)
Oct 29, 2024
Symposium 2024
Oct 24, 2024
Inside Out Friends
Oct 17, 2024
Register to Vote
Oct 14, 2024
Middles Mapping
Sep 30, 2024
Co-Dependency Checklist and Patterns of Recovery
Sep 09, 2024
Showing Up
Sep 05, 2024
Right to Run
Sep 02, 2024
I’m the Co
Aug 29, 2024
Leaving the Garden
Aug 26, 2024
Recap: EMDR Therapy Webinar, Part 2
Aug 22, 2024
Recap: EMDR Therapy Webinar, Part 1
Aug 19, 2024
Emails
Aug 15, 2024
Choosing Adulting (part three)
Aug 12, 2024
Choosing Functioning (part two)
Aug 08, 2024
Choosing Me (part one)
Aug 05, 2024
DID and Trans Folx
Aug 01, 2024
Guest(s): Crystals
Aug 01, 2024
Apology
Jul 29, 2024
Bobbins
Jul 25, 2024
Drive to Therapy
Jul 22, 2024
Recap: ISSTD Webinar (Ira Brenner)
Jul 15, 2024
Making Lace
Jul 11, 2024
Re-Engaging
Jul 08, 2024
Guest: Kim Elbirt
Jul 01, 2024
Reflections
Jun 27, 2024
Transference-ish
Jun 24, 2024
Guest: Petals of a Rose Update
Jun 17, 2024
Normal Nine
Jun 13, 2024
State of Taylor
Jun 10, 2024
Emails
Jun 06, 2024
Guest: Rich Loewenstein
Jun 03, 2024
Car Wash
May 30, 2024
OG Recap: Episode 63, Part 4
May 27, 2024
OG Recap: Episode 63, Part 2
May 20, 2024
OG Recap: Episode 63, Part 1
May 13, 2024
OG Recap: Episode 62 (Avoidance)
May 06, 2024
Guest: Richard Hohfeler
Apr 29, 2024
Ketchup
Apr 22, 2024
Guest: Katie Keech & Masking
Apr 15, 2024
Recap: OG Episode 7
Apr 08, 2024
Rainbow Guild
Apr 01, 2024
Barbie Girls in a Conference World
Mar 25, 2024
Dr. E's 2024 ISSTD Plenary Presentation
Mar 24, 2024
Attachment Strategy: Approach
Mar 23, 2024
Attachment Strategy: Avoidant
Mar 22, 2024
In the Wild
Mar 21, 2024
Pole Poll
Mar 18, 2024
Guest(s): The Gianu System, Part 2
Mar 14, 2024
Guest(s): The Gianu System, Part 1
Mar 11, 2024
Emails
Mar 07, 2024
Brave Spaces
Mar 04, 2024
Guest: Tabs Talks About DID in the Workplace
Feb 26, 2024
Mapping
Feb 19, 2024
Pre-Mapping
Feb 13, 2024
Emails
Jan 22, 2024
Cheesecake & Queso
Jan 22, 2024
Alone-ness
Jan 01, 2024
Parenting and Daydreaming
Dec 25, 2023
Co-Dependent No More (Part 2)
Dec 18, 2023
Co-Dependent No More (Part 1)
Dec 11, 2023
Busted
Dec 04, 2023
War
Nov 13, 2023
Window Waving
Nov 06, 2023
Inner Child(ren)
Oct 30, 2023
Guest: Judith Herman
Oct 02, 2023
Popcorn
Sep 25, 2023
Pivot
Sep 18, 2023
Emails
Sep 04, 2023
Guest: Rick Hohfeler, PhD
Sep 04, 2023
Guest: Katherine Wood
Aug 07, 2023
Shiny Happy Me
Jul 06, 2023
Guest: Shelly Itzkowitz
Jul 03, 2023
Guest: D. Michael Coy
Jun 05, 2023
Video Response
Apr 10, 2023
Guest: Joanne Twombly
Apr 03, 2023
Guest: Steve Gold
Mar 06, 2023
Guest: Dan Shaw, LCSW
Feb 06, 2023
Stories for Healing (Workshop 2), Part 2
Dec 08, 2022
Stories for Healing (Workshop 2), Part 1
Dec 05, 2022
Guest: Kathleen Adams
Jul 04, 2022
Attach Cry
Jun 23, 2022
Guest: Larry Ruhl
Jun 06, 2022
Un-Fawning
May 30, 2022
Guest: Peter Maves
May 02, 2022
Guest: Eli Somer
Dec 16, 2021
NerdTown Topics Meetup: Stories in Healing
Oct 09, 2021
Dreams and Roses
Sep 30, 2021
Article Reviewers
Sep 23, 2021
Article Submission
Sep 20, 2021
Guest: Christy (Part 2 of 2)
Sep 16, 2021
Guest: Christy (Part 1 of 2)
Sep 13, 2021
The Community
Sep 07, 2021
Guest: Joan Turkus, M.D.
Sep 06, 2021
Challenging the Critic
Sep 02, 2021
Cemetery
Aug 30, 2021
Therapeutic Relationships (Part 2 of 2)
Aug 26, 2021
Therapeutic Relationships (Part 1)
Aug 23, 2021
Emails and a Poem
Aug 16, 2021
Starting a Fairytale
Aug 12, 2021
Dream
Aug 09, 2021
Guest: Kirsten Stach (Part 2 of 2)
Aug 05, 2021
Guest: Kirsten Stach, MA, Dipl, MIACI (Part 1 of 2)
Aug 02, 2021
Journey to the Past
Jul 29, 2021
Guest: Cleo from H.O.W. Network
Jul 26, 2021
Guest: Our Friend Kim is Back!
Jul 22, 2021
Family Guest: Alex and Autism
Jul 19, 2021
Recap: Dolores Mosquera
Jul 15, 2021
Guest: Beauty After Bruises
Jul 12, 2021
Guest: Elizabeth Power, M. Ed.
Jul 05, 2021
New Now Time
Jun 14, 2021
Emails
Jun 10, 2021
Guest: Richard P. Kluft, M.D., PhD.
Jun 07, 2021
Caring for the Body (Part 2)
Jun 03, 2021
Caring for the Body (Part 1)
May 31, 2021
Emails
May 27, 2021
Splinters
May 24, 2021
In Session (Part 3)
May 17, 2021
In Session (Part 2)
May 13, 2021
In Session (Part 1)
May 10, 2021
Guest: Lou Himes
May 03, 2021
Mother Hunger Revisited
Apr 19, 2021
ISSTD Recap (Part 2)
Apr 15, 2021
ISSTD Recap (Part 1)
Apr 12, 2021
Guest: Mary-Anne Kate, PhD
Apr 05, 2021
The Ghost in the Mirror
Mar 29, 2021
Emails
Mar 22, 2021
Guest: Jillian Hosey (Part 2)
Mar 18, 2021
Guest: Jillian Hosey (Part 1)
Mar 15, 2021
Emails
Mar 11, 2021
Guest: Nicole Black, PhD, LPC-S, LCDC, RPT
Mar 08, 2021
ISSTD Conference Presentation
Mar 01, 2021
Emails
Feb 25, 2021
Feeling Words
Feb 22, 2021
Emails: How to Find a Therapist
Feb 18, 2021
Reflections
Feb 15, 2021
Healing Together 2021
Feb 11, 2021
Therapist Memorial
Feb 08, 2021
Guest: Maureen McEvoy, MA, RCC
Feb 01, 2021
Emails
Jan 21, 2021
Emails
Jan 16, 2021
Going to the Dentist
Jan 14, 2021
Dr. E Steps Out
Jan 12, 2021
Try Softer
Jan 08, 2021
Guest: Heather Hall, MD
Jan 04, 2021
Iris
Dec 15, 2020
Empty Gone
Dec 12, 2020
Emails
Dec 11, 2020
Guest: Joyanna Silberg
Dec 07, 2020
Guest: MultiMes, Part 2
Dec 04, 2020
Guest: MultiMes, Part 1
Dec 01, 2020
Guest: Teri Pokrajac, PhD
Nov 23, 2020
Guest: Annie Goldsmith, RD, LDN
Nov 19, 2020
Geometry
Nov 12, 2020
Guest: John O'Neil, MD FRCPC
Nov 05, 2020
Guest: David Archer
Nov 03, 2020
Guest: Michael Salter
Oct 30, 2020
Guest: Jaime Pollack with An Infinite Mind (Healing Together Conference)
Oct 22, 2020
Recap: ISSTD Conference - Impact of Societal Trauma
Oct 19, 2020
ISSTD Conference Recaps (2020 Fall Virtual Conference)
Oct 12, 2020
Guest: Laura Brown, PhD
Oct 05, 2020
Guest: Vivian Conan
Sep 14, 2020
Emails
Sep 10, 2020
Guest: Martha Strauss, PhD
Sep 07, 2020
Come to the Table
Aug 24, 2020
List: This is Me
Aug 20, 2020
Inertia
Aug 17, 2020
Emails
Aug 13, 2020
Guest: Ken Benau, PhD
Aug 10, 2020
The English Teacher (Part Five of Five)
Aug 03, 2020
The English Teacher (Part Four of Five)
Jul 30, 2020
The English Teacher (Part Three of Five)
Jul 27, 2020
The English Teacher (Part Two of Five)
Jul 23, 2020
The English Teacher (Part One of Five)
Jul 20, 2020
Emails
Jul 16, 2020
Guest: Lynn Crook
Jul 13, 2020
The Country
Jul 09, 2020
Orienting
Jul 04, 2020
Relational Trauma in Relationships and Friendships (Part 3 of 3)
Jun 29, 2020
Addiction, Emotions, and the Drama Triangle (Part 2 of 3)
Jun 25, 2020
Guest: Medical Model (Part 1 of 3)
Jun 22, 2020
Guest: Mark Linington
Jun 18, 2020
Bricking
Jun 15, 2020
Footprints
Jun 11, 2020
Emails
Jun 04, 2020
Guest: Christine Forner (Cascade of Defense)
Jun 01, 2020
Recap: Virtual Congress
May 25, 2020
Recap: Brains & Dissociation
May 21, 2020
Recap: Dissociation 101
May 18, 2020
Guest: Holly
May 11, 2020
Emails
May 07, 2020
Guest: Richard Schwartz, PhD (Internal Family Systems)
May 04, 2020
Courtney Speaks Truth
Apr 27, 2020
Book: Trauma and Recovery, Part Two
Apr 13, 2020
Book: History of Trauma and Recovery, Part One
Apr 09, 2020
Guest: Peter Barach, PhD (Telehealth Transitions)
Apr 06, 2020
State Lines
Mar 30, 2020
Pandemic Response, Part Two
Mar 26, 2020
Pandemic Response, Part One
Mar 23, 2020
Cancelled
Mar 21, 2020
San Francisco
Mar 20, 2020
Photographs
Mar 19, 2020
AEDP Therapy
Mar 16, 2020
Guest: Veronique Mead
Mar 12, 2020
Guest: Fran Waters
Mar 09, 2020
Therapy Update & Emails
Mar 05, 2020
Guest: Multiplicity and Me
Mar 02, 2020
The New Therapist
Feb 27, 2020
The Birthday
Feb 27, 2020
The Transfer
Feb 20, 2020
Guest: Dave Berger (Somatic Experiencing)
Feb 17, 2020
Foundations
Feb 13, 2020
Turning Towards
Feb 13, 2020
2019 PPWC Survey Results
Feb 10, 2020
Emails
Feb 06, 2020
Guest: Ellen Lacter
Feb 03, 2020
Emails
Jan 27, 2020
New Therapist
Jan 23, 2020
Back to Therapy
Jan 20, 2020
Overt and Covert Dissociation
Jan 16, 2020
Family Therapy
Jan 13, 2020
Falling Apart
Jan 09, 2020
Watkins Article
Jan 06, 2020
Guest: Pam Stavropoulos, PhD
Jan 05, 2020
Psychological First Aid
Dec 30, 2019
Emails
Dec 29, 2019
Nathan Does EMDR
Dec 27, 2019
Glow Worms and Tree Houses
Dec 26, 2019
Teamwork
Dec 25, 2019
MPD Book
Dec 24, 2019
The Last Notebook
Dec 23, 2019
Sleeping Jesus
Dec 16, 2019
Guest: Richard Chefetz, MD
Dec 09, 2019
Guest: Cathy Kezelman, MD (Blue Knot Foundation)
Nov 17, 2019
Unshame
Nov 11, 2019
Global Trauma
Nov 01, 2019
Facing the Fire
Oct 28, 2019
Organized Abuse
Oct 21, 2019
Emails
Oct 17, 2019
Emails
Oct 14, 2019
Now Time Is Mine (Rose)
Oct 10, 2019
Guest: Neil Brick
Oct 07, 2019
Triggers
Oct 03, 2019
Emails
Sep 30, 2019
The Duck Pond
Sep 26, 2019
Emails
Sep 23, 2019
Guest: Sarah Clark - The Plural Association
Sep 19, 2019
Structural Dissociation
Sep 16, 2019
The Beginning of Grief
Sep 09, 2019
Nachos
Sep 05, 2019
Guest: Kathy Steele
Sep 02, 2019
Guest: Christine Forner (ISSTD)
Aug 29, 2019
Emails
Aug 26, 2019
Guest: Rachel Lewis-Marlow
Aug 21, 2019
Emma Lets the Walls Down
Aug 15, 2019
Bethany Brand & Kim
Aug 12, 2019
Guest: Dr. Dan Siegel
Aug 08, 2019
Wall of Terror
Aug 05, 2019
Guest: Kelly McDaniel (Mother Hunger)
Jul 31, 2019
Emails
Jul 25, 2019
Attachment Theory
Jul 22, 2019
Cycle of Anxiety
Jul 18, 2019
Guest: Dr. Roger Solomon (EMDR Institute)
Jul 15, 2019
Emma Shows Up
Jul 11, 2019
Chosen Family
Jul 08, 2019
Emails
Jul 04, 2019
Door of Return
Jul 01, 2019
Guest: Susan Pease Banitt (Attachment and Ritual Abuse)
Jun 27, 2019
Guest: Adaption System
Jun 24, 2019
Emma Accepts Her Diagnosis
Jun 12, 2019
Living in a Body
Jun 10, 2019
Sehr Gut
Jun 06, 2019
Emma Hurts
Jun 03, 2019
Guest: Dr. Barach on Regression, Treatment, and ACEs
May 28, 2019
Guest: Pat Ogden, PhD (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy)
May 21, 2019
Emma Tries
May 20, 2019
Emma Pays Attention
May 18, 2019
Guest: Infinite System
May 16, 2019
Guest: Labyrinth System
May 13, 2019
Emma’s Top Ten
May 11, 2019
Guest: Robert Cox
May 02, 2019
Emma Goes to Therapy
Apr 29, 2019
Guest: Peter Barach - All About Attachment
Apr 28, 2019
Emma Misses Therapy
Apr 25, 2019
Guest: Robert Oxnam
Apr 24, 2019
Emma Does Group Homework
Apr 22, 2019
Sasha Reflects: Internal and External
Apr 18, 2019
Donkey Kicks
Apr 15, 2019
Taylor Recognizes Re-Enactment
Apr 11, 2019
Emma Avoids & Loses Time
Apr 08, 2019
Trusting our Therapist, Trusting the Process
Apr 04, 2019
Guest: Justin from the Polyvagal Podcast
Apr 01, 2019
Emma Gets Grounded
Mar 30, 2019
The Attic
Mar 29, 2019
Guest: Peter Barach, PhD
Mar 27, 2019
Guest: DissociaDID
Mar 18, 2019
Maladaptive
Mar 16, 2019
Emma Stays
Mar 14, 2019
Guest: Lynne Harris
Mar 11, 2019
Meghan's Rainbow
Mar 09, 2019
Dr. E Recaps Kathy Steele
Mar 07, 2019
Sasha Crashes a Conference
Feb 28, 2019
Sasha Tries Friendship
Feb 25, 2019
JohnMark Plays DJ
Feb 21, 2019
Guest: Jane, from Many Sides of Jane
Feb 18, 2019
Sasha Goes to Therapy
Feb 11, 2019
Recap: Healing Together (Part 2)
Feb 10, 2019
Recap: Healing Together (Part 1)
Feb 09, 2019
Exploring Healing Together
Feb 08, 2019
Going to Healing Together
Feb 07, 2019
Guest: Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW
Jan 28, 2019
AIM Survey
Jan 26, 2019
Guest: Jeff Clark and the Patchwork Quilt
Jan 25, 2019
Hotel Night
Nov 26, 2018
Guest: Warwick Middleton
Oct 29, 2018
Unboxing Ourselves
Aug 27, 2018
Sasha Learns the Lingo
Jul 16, 2018
Littles, Ages, and Development
Jan 08, 2018
Age and Development
Nov 27, 2017
The Three Emmas
Jul 24, 2017
Sasha's World
Mar 27, 2017
Guest: Matt Pappas
Jan 30, 2017
Taylor's Trip
Dec 19, 2016
Leaves
Feb 29, 2016
Emma's Panic
Jan 10, 2016
Guest: Dissociation and Psychosis
Dec 28, 2015
Guest: Colin Ross
Jul 13, 2015
Meet the Husband
Feb 16, 2015
Emma Reflects
Feb 17, 2014
Oh Deer!
Feb 10, 2014
Sasha Wrestles with Kindness
Feb 03, 2014
Emma Shares Her Experience
Jan 27, 2014
Snow Time, Snack Time
Jan 20, 2014
What is DID?
Jan 13, 2014
Introduction
Jan 06, 2014