Can You Heal From Trauma If You Don't Fully Remember? with Guest Chuck Benincasa
Download MP3Can you truly heal from trauma if you don’t fully remember what happened? On this episode of The Recovered Life Show, host Damon Frank sits down with Dr. Chuck Benincasa, a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in complex trauma, dissociation, and severe forms of abuse and neglect.
Together, they unpack the mechanics of human memory under severe stress and explore why incomplete, missing, or unclear memories are a natural protective response of the nervous system. Dr. Benincasa explains the subtle differences between processing abuse versus early childhood neglect, how the body stores trauma through sensory cues and nervous system baseline shifts, and why "digging" for lost traumatic memories can often cause more harm than good.
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Dr. Charles “Chuck” Benincasa
Dr. Charles “Chuck” Benincasa, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist and trauma specialist who helps individuals heal from complex trauma, childhood abuse, and dissociation through EMDR, trauma-informed psychotherapy, and compassionate, evidence-based care.
