Talk Trauma - Devin Brooks

Talk Trauma - Devin Brooks Complex Trauma Specialist
Somatic & Nervous System Healing
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You don’t need to be “fully healed” before starting a relationship.Complex trauma is relational — and so is healing.Safe...
06/12/2025

You don’t need to be “fully healed” before starting a relationship.
Complex trauma is relational — and so is healing.

Safe, attuned relationships (therapy, friendships, community, intimacy) are where the nervous system learns a new blueprint.

Healing doesn’t come before relationship.
It unfolds within relationship.

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✨ Link in bio for ways of working with me including affordable online classes and 1:1 specialised sessions.

The word ‘survivor’ isn’t wrong — but for me personally…it isn’t the full story for people living with complex trauma.Pe...
04/12/2025

The word ‘survivor’ isn’t wrong — but for me personally…it isn’t the full story for people living with complex trauma.

People with complex trauma didn’t just survive something in the past. They adapted to an environment that was all they knew. The trauma is what’s left behind, and it’s felt and experienced in the present day.

🌿 My online trauma healing classes offer body-based ways to meet those present-day experiences, slowly and safely.

Join us via the link in my bio. ⚡️

There’s been a lot of discussion online after that recent ill-informed and quite frankly, dangerous NYT piece — a narra...
03/12/2025

There’s been a lot of discussion online after that recent ill-informed and quite frankly, dangerous NYT piece — a narrative framing adults who create distance from family as impulsive, dramatic, or following some new trend.

Remember - Mel Robbin’s is NOT A THERAPIST but a sales person marketing off the human experience.

But here’s the truth trauma therapists see every day:
people don’t step back from family because it’s fashionable.
They step back because their body has reached the limit of what it can keep absorbing.
They step back because the dynamics stayed the same, no matter how many times they tried to repair the relationship.
They step back to protect themselves in environments where emotional safety was never consistent.

Calling that “immaturity” or “quitting” isn’t just inaccurate — it’s harmful.
It erases the years of confusion, adaptation, grief, and internal conflict a person carries before they ever take that step.

Distance isn’t a trend.
It’s what happens when your nervous system can no longer override harm in the name of loyalty.

My friend and therapist inspired this post after witnessing her speak on a reel so compassionately and accurately about this topic. Go check it out.

If this stirred something in you, my online trauma healing classes can support you in a different — but deeply connected — way.
They’re not about family dynamics specifically, but they do help you recognise your emotional responses, work with your system, and build regulation so life feels less overwhelming to navigate.
You can access the full series through the link in my bio. 💛

For more individualised support, 1:1 sessions are also available.🌿




















What you avoid emotionally doesn’t disappear — it moves into the body.Into tension, inflammation, exhaustion, shutdown, ...
03/12/2025

What you avoid emotionally doesn’t disappear — it moves into the body.
Into tension, inflammation, exhaustion, shutdown, pain, and the quiet overwhelm you’ve learned to live with.

This isn’t about being “dramatic” or “too sensitive.”
It’s the nervous system doing its best to hold what you weren’t supported to feel.

And the work isn’t about forcing catharsis or pushing yourself to feel everything at once.
It’s slow, relational emotional regulation — learning how to name, tolerate, and move with what’s happening inside you, instead of bracing against it.

If you’re dealing with chronic stress, fatigue, burnout, pain, or emotional overwhelm…
there is a way back into your body that doesn’t retraumatise you.

My online body-based trauma healing classes are designed for this — to help you reconnect with your emotional world in ways that feel safe, steady, and doable.

Get FULL ACCESS to all classes — the link is in my bio. 💛

For deeper, individualised support, you can also work with me 1:1. 🌿

In complex trauma, so much of our inner world becomes unspoken — held in sensations, tension, breath, posture, and patte...
02/12/2025

In complex trauma, so much of our inner world becomes unspoken — held in sensations, tension, breath, posture, and patterns of protection. Music bypasses the parts of us that learned to shut down and connects with the nervous system in ways words alone can’t.

This isn’t about “fixing” anything.
It’s about meeting the body where it is, building safety through sound, and slowly expanding what feels tolerable, possible, and alive again.

If this speaks to you, the full 8-class somatic trauma series is now live.
A space to work at your own pace, reconnect with your body, and build nervous-system safety — slowly, gently, intelligently.
Explore the series — link in bio. 🌿

Rewiring after trauma isn’t about “fixing” what’s wrong.It’s about giving the nervous system safe, repeated opportunitie...
29/11/2025

Rewiring after trauma isn’t about “fixing” what’s wrong.
It’s about giving the nervous system safe, repeated opportunities to experience something different than survival.

That’s how neuroplasticity works — the brain and body gradually learn to respond with more ease, safety, and connection.

Therapeutic methods that can support this include:
safe relationships, body-based practices, breathing & grounding, mindfulness, and creative expression.

⚡️Head to the link in my bio to discover affordable online classes in somatic complex trauma healing.

Healing begins when someone finally meets you — not to fix, but to feel you.That’s what trauma-informed therapy offers:a...
28/11/2025

Healing begins when someone finally meets you — not to fix, but to feel you.
That’s what trauma-informed therapy offers:
a relationship that follows your pace, listens beyond words, and attunes to your nervous system’s truth.

This is the foundation of my 1:1 work — body-based, relational, and grounded in complex trauma expertise.

🔗 Book a session online via the link in bio.
🌿 Online classes in complex trauma healing releases in two days!!!!

Healing complex trauma isn’t about “being strong” or pushing through.It’s about finally having a space where your body f...
24/11/2025

Healing complex trauma isn’t about “being strong” or pushing through.
It’s about finally having a space where your body feels understood.

A space where your sensations and emotions are listened to — not analysed.
Where your pace is respected.
Where your nervous system is met with safety rather than pressure.

For many people, this is the first time healing feels possible.

If you’re looking for this kind of support, you can explore working with me 1:1 — link in bio. ⚡️




















Sibling abuse is rarely talked about — and even more rarely taken seriously.But its impact on your nervous system, your ...
23/11/2025

Sibling abuse is rarely talked about — and even more rarely taken seriously.
But its impact on your nervous system, your sense of safety, and your relational blueprint can be lifelong.

If you grew up in a home where your sibling was your bully, your pain is real.
Even if no one else noticed.

Explore ways of accessing specialised care in complex trauma healing
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Trauma leaves an imprint that goes deeper than the mind.It can shape how our cells “remember” and express themselves — k...
22/11/2025

Trauma leaves an imprint that goes deeper than the mind.
It can shape how our cells “remember” and express themselves — keeping the body wired for survival.

Healing invites the body to learn safety at every level.

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💛 Head to the link in my bio to explore different ways of working with me.

You don’t need to retell your trauma story to heal. 🌿Being asked to share every detail before trust and safety are built...
21/11/2025

You don’t need to retell your trauma story to heal. 🌿

Being asked to share every detail before trust and safety are built can be retraumatising — not supportive.

👉 Healing is about what happens in the present, not how much of your past you’ve disclosed.
👉 A trauma-informed therapist will respect your pace and boundaries.

Save this as a reminder. Share it so others know: healing never requires forced disclosure.
🌈 Link in bio to explore ways of working with me.

There isn’t one “right” way to do relationship.There are many ways — shaped by who you are, what you need, and how your ...
19/11/2025

There isn’t one “right” way to do relationship.
There are many ways — shaped by who you are, what you need, and how your connection actually works in real life.

Most of what people worry is “wrong” in their relationship is simply human variation: different desires, shifting needs, doubts, repair, space, closeness, and renegotiation over time.

You’re allowed to build the kind of relationship that fits you — not the one you were taught to follow.
What matters is honesty, care, and two people willing to keep showing up in ways that support the connection you’re creating together.

For deeper relational work, explore 1:1 sessions — link in bio. 💛















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