An author, speaker, and survivor-activist who has become a leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, particularly concerning Dissociative Identity Disorder and complex trauma.
Carolyn Spring is a UK-based author, trainer, speaker, and trauma survivor (not a licensed therapist herself). She is widely recognized for her expertise in dissociation and dissociative identity disorder (DID), drawn from her own lived experience of severe childhood trauma, including child sexual abuse, and her long-term recovery journey through psychotherapy.
She founded the Trauma Recovery Community and runs Carolyn Spring Publishing. Through her work, she makes complex topics like trauma, dissociation, shame, and recovery accessible and hopeful. Her distinctive style blends personal honesty, practical insights, and a positive message that "recovery is my best revenge" and healing involves moving from shame to "unshame." She has delivered training to tens of thousands of survivors and mental health professionals via online courses, webinars, blogs, podcasts, and free resources.
Carolyn Spring is an author, trainer, and trauma survivor dedicated to helping people reverse adversity and recover from the devastating effects of trauma and dissociation.
Drawing on her personal experience of childhood abuse and dissociative identity disorder (DID), alongside extensive research and years of therapy, Carolyn creates clear, compassionate, and hopeful resources that demystify trauma responses. She explains how dissociation is the brain’s intelligent survival strategy when faced with overwhelming life-threat, and she shows how recovery is possible even after the most extreme suffering.
Carolyn’s approach is relational, non-pathologizing, and deeply human. She emphasizes that survivors are not broken — they adapted brilliantly to survive — and that healing comes through safety, understanding, compassion, and consistent work toward integration and self-compassion.
Her mission is simple yet profound: to give hope, reduce shame, and empower both survivors and the professionals who support them. Thousands have found validation, practical strategies, and renewed optimism through her honest, down-to-earth voice.
