Complex PTSD is also described as developmental PTSD and this is most helpful in validating the child’s trauma. In traditional therapy the exploration childhood experience is considered vitally important. Trauma can held safely within a prepared environment (the therapeutic relationship), it can be resolved over time through validation of the essential or true self. The adult survivor of childhood trauma is reassured and validated by this new understanding that he or she was not to blame for the actions of those with all the power.