Healing Broken Bonds

Mentalizing is all about how we navigate our social worlds and relationships, how we think about thinking, and how we understand ourselves and those around us… and it can be tough for trauma survivors. In this third episode, Dr Heath MacIntosh is joined by Joe and Estelle, who share the challenges they’ve found in not letting assumptions cloud their responses to each other.
Dr. MacIntosh's workbook for trauma survivor couples is published by Routledge Press and can be purchased at Amazon.ca or you can get in touch at [email protected]. Access the manual for therapists here.
Healing Broken Bonds is created and written by editaudio in partnership with Dr Heather B. MacIntosh. Our lead producer is Maria Passingham with additional production support from Ali Sirois, Kathleen Speckert, and Jamie Zahn. Our executive producer is Steph Colbourn. Thank you to the couples who have contributed to our research, and to the communities who have helped to reinstate safety for trauma survivors.
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Emotions often hold good or bad connotations, but it isn't the feelings themselves that are the problem, rather the things we do to avoid or erase the ones that are scary or bewildering. Today’s episode explores the topic of Emotional Regulation, and Dr Heather B. MacIntosh is joined by George and River who share how they have learned to regulate themselves and each other when trauma cycles threaten to repeat. They discuss building in space between feelings and reactions, physical changes they can make when dysregulation begins, and the complexities with diagnoses of PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Dr. MacIntosh's workbook for trauma survivor couples is published by Routledge Press and can be purchased at Amazon.ca or you can get in touch at [email protected]. Access the manual for therapists here.
Healing Broken Bonds is created and written by editaudio in partnership with Dr Heather B. MacIntosh. Our lead producer is Maria Passingham with additional production support from Ali Sirois, Kathleen Speckert, and Jamie Zahn. Our executive producer is Steph Colbourn. Thank you to the couples who have contributed to our research, and to the communities who have helped to reinstate safety for trauma survivors.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How can we know who we are and what matters to us if we can't even feel our feelings, and feel safe in our bodies? In this first episode Dr Heather B. MacIntosh is joined by Sofia and Cece to look at how their individual traumas show up in their relationship, and Heather tells how these behaviors or patterns are shared by many trauma survivor couples. The group explores ‘naming the trauma’ as a concept, setting and resetting boundaries with family, and how neurodivergence can add complexity to trauma responses.
Dr. MacIntosh's workbook for trauma survivor couples is published by Routledge Press and can be purchased at Amazon.ca or you can get in touch at [email protected]. Access the manual for therapists here.
Healing Broken Bonds is created and written by editaudio in partnership with Dr Heather B. MacIntosh. Our lead producer is Maria Passingham with additional production support from Ali Sirois, Kathleen Speckert, and Jamie Zahn. Our executive producer is Steph Colbourn. Thank you to the couples who have contributed to our research, and to the communities who have helped to reinstate safety for trauma survivors.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Get to know your host and the origins of her new approach to couples therapy as Dr MacIntosh shares her own experience of trauma and how that led to her therapy practice and research. Heather previews topics she’ll be exploring with her guests - couples experiencing the impacts of past trauma in their relationships today.
Dr. MacIntosh's workbook for trauma survivor couples is published by Routledge Press and can be purchased at Amazon.ca or you can get in touch at [email protected]. Access the manual for therapists here.
Healing Broken Bonds is created and written by editaudio in partnership with Dr Heather B. MacIntosh. Our lead producer is Maria Passingham with additional production support from Ali Sirois, Kathleen Speckert, and Jamie Zahn. Our executive producer is Steph Colbourn. Thank you to the couples who have contributed to our research, and to the communities who have helped to reinstate safety for trauma survivors.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Almost two thirds of us have experienced traumatic events in our lives. How do these experiences persist beyond those moments in our lives, our bodies, and our romantic relationships? Join Dr Heather B. Macintosh, Associate Professor at McGill University as she talks to a series of couples to explore these questions. Whether you're on your own healing journey or just curious about how humans work, follow Healing Broken Bonds now.
Dr. MacIntosh's workbook for trauma survivor couples is published by Routledge Press and can be purchased at Amazon.ca or you can get in touch at [email protected].
Access the manual for therapists here.
Healing Broken Bonds is created and written by editaudio in partnership with Dr Heather B. MacIntosh. Our lead producer is Maria Passingham with additional production support from Ali Sirois, Kathleen Speckert, and Jamie Zahn. Our executive producer is Steph Colbourn.
Thank you to the couples who have contributed to our research, and to the communities who have helped to reinstate safety for trauma survivors.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.