Clarity House Press
You are not imagining it. What happened to you has a name.
If you keep going back over it, trying to work out whether it was really that bad, you are in the right place. We publish evidence-based books and free tools for recovering from narcissistic abuse and complex trauma.
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Still working out what you are dealing with? Take the free self-assessment. No registration, and answers are not stored. Or read every book we publish.
None of this is therapy, and none of it is a diagnosis. If you are in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services.
New & upcoming from Clarity House Press
30 Days to Understanding Your C-PTSD
A Daily Guide to Making Sense of Complex Trauma
You are not broken. You adapted. A calm daily guide to understanding what C-PTSD is, why your nervous system does what it does, and why the patterns you've blamed yourself for are reasonable adaptations to unreasonable conditions.
- Thirty short daily readings — one idea a day
- Plain language — not homework, not a diagnosis
- Ebook pre-order now — print editions at release
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Vitality Volumes · Available now
The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Somatic Therapy
Practical, body-based tools for nervous system regulation by Violet Waters — accessible, evidence-based somatic practices for trauma survivors, no prior experience required.
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Guided journal series · Available now
Recovery & Regulation
Five trauma-informed guided journals — name the feeling, calm the body, bridge to therapy, hold boundaries, rebuild self-trust. $14.99 each, with a free printable sample of every journal.
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365 daily readings
My Harbor
One quiet, honest reading for every morning of recovery — and the first seven mornings are free. Start with the sample week, keep the voice all year.
Read the first morningWhat brings people here
Start with the part that sounds like your life.
Different people arrive in different parts of the pattern. Each one below leads somewhere specific — take a door, or just keep reading.
The doubt
You replay conversations, wondering if you are the one distorting them. You need to know whether this is really what you think it is.
No registration, and answers are not stored.
The braced body
The argument is long over and your body has not noticed. You stay alert, tired, and unable to settle.
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The whole map
You have collected fragments — articles, threads, half explanations. You want the full picture, in order.
Taking none of these is fine too. The page keeps going.
American children — 24.1% — live without their father
Free self-assessment
Still asking whether it was bad enough? This is how Complex PTSD is screened.
The screening is based on the International Trauma Questionnaire, the instrument written for the ICD‑11 criteria for Complex PTSD. There are 19 items. Four of them read like this.
Being overly alert, watchful, or on guard
When I am upset, it takes me a very long time to calm down
I have difficulty trusting others
These problems have significantly interfered with my overall quality of life
No registration. Answers are not stored. Standard website analytics apply. A screening is not a diagnosis — only a qualified clinician can make one.
If you would rather read than answer
Surviving the Storm is the clinical guide to managing C‑PTSD through the hardest seasons. Or read everything we have published on complex trauma.
The list
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New books when they are finished, free printable tools when we publish them, and nothing else. Leave whenever you want; the link is in every email.
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Before you go
However you found this page, you were right to go looking.
Take what helps and leave the rest. The books, the free worksheets, and the blog are not going anywhere.
And if tonight is not a reading night, that is all right too. These are free, and they answer around the clock.
In the US, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line. The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233. Outside the US, findahelpline.com lists services by country.
— Clarity House Press
