The Samson Project

02/11/2026

People with cPTSD are often frustrated by treatment that assumes there is a stable “normal” underneath the symptoms. Many have spent years wondering why progress feels harder, slower, or less linear.

The difference is not effort. It is history.

When trauma occurs in childhood, the nervous system adapts before it ever learns regulation. Coping strategies become personality traits. Hypervigilance becomes awareness. People pleasing becomes connection.

Healing is not about stripping those away. It is about gently replacing survival with safety.

02/09/2026

Every testimonial we share represents trust. Trust in the process. Trust in the space. Trust that their experience will be honored and not minimized.

The Samson Project was built on the belief that healing happens in relationship. With ourselves. With others. And sometimes with animals who respond to what we feel, not what we say.

Reading words like these is a reminder that progress does not always look like confidence or clarity. Sometimes it looks like fewer panic attacks. Better sleep. A softer response to stress. A sense of steadiness that did not exist before.

These are not small things. They are foundations.

02/08/2026

Not everyone with cPTSD experienced one dramatic event. Many experienced years of small moments that taught them to stay alert, stay quiet, or stay useful to remain safe.
A diagram cannot capture the full complexity of lived experience, but it can offer validation. It can show that symptoms often labeled as anxiety, burnout, or overreacting are actually deeply logical responses to chronic stress.
Understanding cPTSD is not about staying stuck in the past. It is about recognizing how survival shaped the present, so the nervous system can begin to learn something new.

02/06/2026

When someone walks into this work, they are rarely confident.

They are often tired. Guarded. Unsure if anything will actually help this time.

Most of the people we serve have spent years learning how to function while disconnected from their own bodies. They know how to push through, explain things away, and survive quietly. What they have not had is a space where their nervous system is allowed to slow down without judgment.

This testimonial reflects something we see again and again. Healing does not arrive as a breakthrough moment. It arrives as safety. As consistency. As being met where you are, not where you think you should be.

That is the work of The Samson Project. Not fixing people. Not rushing progress. Simply creating the conditions where regulation and trust can return.

02/03/2026

Celebrate with us! Here are some accomplishments from actual clients last year. We are here to help traumatized survivors live a healthy and flourishing life. These goals mean the world to us and we are so thankful to be helping the community in these ways.

02/02/2026

The Samson Project exists because healing does not happen in a straight line.

It happens in safe spaces.

In consistency.

In being seen without being rushed.

This work is slow on purpose.

But it works. ❤️‍🩹

01/17/2026

01/14/2026

We had a great soft launch in 2025, opening our doors to a select number of clients, and polishing our curriculum and programs to best serve the individual needs of each client. This year, we open up our doors to more clients, and have exciting things in store! Stay tuned.

In 2025, after our official launch in April, we were able to provide 45 sessions to local adults struggling with Anxiety and/or cPTSD. 30 of those sessions were provided a full scholarship to the program.

We cannot do what we do without community support. If you are interested in helping us provide much needed equine assisted trauma coaching to adults in the Raleigh area, let us know and we’d be happy to send you a donor packet!

Photo from our year end banquet, acknowledging our donors and thanking participants for their courage and dedication.

12/09/2025

Thank you to Josefs Pharmacy for your support of The Samson Project! We sincerely appreciate it, and your service to the community. Josefs Pharmacy

12/08/2025

Why does cPTSD require different treatment than PTSD? Something that makes this program special is that we focus on adult survivors of childhood trauma, that often have cPTSD. There are many programs that help people, especially veterans, with PTSD, but none focusing on cPTSD. What’s the difference?

The biggest difference is a singular trauma vs repeated traumas over a period of time. This requires a different approach, especially when these traumas occur during developmental years. Repeated trauma in childhood creates adults that do not understand what a normal and healthy life should look like, knowing nothing but dysfunctional their entire adolescence. These adults can’t maintain healthy relationships, set boundaries, control emotions, and oftentimes struggle with identity. Healing from complex PTSD is much more “complex” and requires a different approach than one may take with a PTSD survivor.

12/06/2025

Signs of cPTSD in adults. Sometimes trauma goes away with time, and sometimes it sticks with you until you’re forced to confront it. But many people never find a place to heal that truly understands what they’re going through. Part of what we do here is provide an environment that guides childhood trauma survivors to find a new identity and challenge their ideas of how life has to be. You don’t have to live in fight or flight. Your triggers don’t have to run your life. You can learn how to have healthy relationships. There is hope.

12/04/2025

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