No Visible Bruises

Caroline Strawson is an award-winning trauma therapist and bestselling author whose podcast title captures something essential about narcissistic abuse: the damage is real even when nobody else can see it. Her approach integrates multiple therapeutic modalities -- Internal Family Systems, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, and breathwork -- which gives the show a breadth of practical tools that pure talk-therapy podcasts cannot match. With 257 episodes updating weekly, the show primarily targets women recovering from narcissistic abuse. Episode lengths vary quite a bit, from focused 14-minute segments to hour-long interviews. Recent topics include the physiology of gaslighting, the stealthy danger of covert narcissists, and the connection between narcissistic abuse and metabolic health. Caroline also shares her own survivor story, which adds a personal dimension to the clinical expertise. The show holds a 4.6 rating from 506 reviews. What sets it apart is the body-based approach. Caroline understands that narcissistic abuse lives in the nervous system, not just in memories, and her recommendations reflect that. She talks about moving from Post Traumatic Stress to Post Traumatic Growth, and the episodes actually give you concrete methods to get there. If you have noticed that understanding what happened to you intellectually has not been enough to make you feel better, the somatic and integrative approach here might be exactly what you need.