Wired Different: The Hidden Patterns of Trauma and How to Heal Them

This forthcoming book is for the millions who haven’t yet recognized their own hidden trauma, the kind shaped by experiences they dismiss as “not that bad” or “others had it worse.”

It’s for people who function well on the outside, yet privately feel inconsistent, reactive, or exhausted by their own lives.

Wired Different closes the gap between understanding trauma and recognizing how it is actually operating in your life.

The Trauma Adaptation Profile™

The Trauma Adaptation Profile™ (TAP-Profile) identifies traces of trauma - adaptations you’ve made to survive. Though these turn out to be strengths, unless trauma is healed, they inhibit and confuse you.

The clinician-developed, research-informed tool identifies patterns of thinking, feeling, and behavior.

The TAP Self-Reflection Quiz, TAP-Beliefs Tree,and TAP-Pathways™ are for educational use and personal insight. They offer a starting point . You get immediate feedback. You’re welcome to take any of these.

The Trauma Adaptation Profiles™ (TAP-LF and TAP-SF) are used by therapists to help identify and work with specific trauma adaptation patterns.

The TAP-Profile™ is a proprietary framework presented in the forthcoming book Wired Different (2027). These tools are intended to support education, self-awareness, and therapeutic exploration. They’re not diagnostic instruments and are not a substitute for a comprehensive psychological evaluation.

Take the Trauma Adaptation Profile™

Self-Evaluation Quiz:

Meet your trauma patterns

TAP-Pathways:

Questions about your experiences