17/09/2026
IT’S OFFICIAL — PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN!💪
I’m incredibly excited — and if I’m truthful, a little nervous — to finally put this out into the world.
The Lived Experience of Complex Trauma
by Deborah J Crozier
Officially launches 30 October 2026.
And from today, you can pre-order your copy for £18.99 + P&P.
The price will increase to £22.99 + P&P after launch, so pre-ordering saves £4.
I wrote this book because trauma can look very different from the outside than it feels on the inside.
We can see behaviour and call it difficult, irrational, avoidant, challenging or self-destructive.
But what happens when we become curious about what sits underneath it?
Instead of asking:
“What’s wrong with you?”
What if we asked:
“What happened — and what did you learn to do to survive it?”
That question sits at the heart of this book.
The Lived Experience of Complex Trauma brings together lived experience, more than a decade of therapeutic practice, professional learning and research to explore complex post-traumatic stress through a human, person-centred lens.
I write about safety and survival, triggers, relationships, attachment, hypervigilance, coping, boundaries, regulation and recovery — including the parts of trauma that aren’t always obvious, even to the person experiencing them.
I’ve written it for people living with the effects of trauma, but also for families, partners, counsellors, counselling students, support workers and other professionals who want to understand more deeply what may be happening beneath the behaviour we see.
This is an independently written and published book, published through Lived Learning Press.
PRE-ORDER: £18.99 + P&P
LAUNCH: 30 OCTOBER 2026
£22.99 + P&P AFTER LAUNCH
Pre-orders are expected for delivery from late October into November.
PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY HERE 👇
https://apositivestart.org.uk/the-lived-experience-of-complex-trauma/
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Every pre-order and every share helps an independently published book find its readers.
Right then… let’s get this book out into the world.
The Lived Experience of Complex TraumaUnderstanding trauma is an important step towards creating safer, more compassionate and more effective support. In The Lived Experience of Complex Trauma, Deborah J Crozier draws on lived experience, professional practice, therapeutic understanding and research...
