Years ago, I worked with an emergency room nurse I’ll call Lisa, who sought my help after a horrific day in the emergency room. “We lost a child today due to child... Read more »
In our previous posts, we explored how family trauma can shape your parenting without you even knowing it, and then looked at six specific ways trauma shows up in your daily parenting.... Read more »
A new study uncovers how early wounds ripple through attachment and dissociation, shaping the path from trauma to psychosis. Key Points Repeated trauma doesn’t directly cause psychosis – it sets off a... Read more »
My-Linh Le grew up watching her parents explode over tiny mistakes. When she forgot her backpack in first grade, her mother kicked it across the room so hard it hit the wall.... Read more »
Co-written by Tyler VanderWeele and Jennifer Wortham. Our moral understanding of right and wrong, and good and evil, is fundamental to who we are. Such understanding guides our actions and evaluations and... Read more »
The treatment known as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) was developed in 1987 by an American psychologist, Dr. Francine Shapiro, for the remediation of trauma symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).... Read more »
AI chatbots and social media spread the myth that we’re all “stuck in survival mode.” A trauma therapist explains why this popular belief actually blocks recovery. Source link Read more »
During an online discussion with my neighbors, one of them shared a deeply unsettling experience. She had been verbally and physically assaulted by a woman who lived further down the street. She... Read more »
Have you ever experienced trauma? According to the CDC-Kaiser Permanente adverse childhood experiences study (ACE), trauma is widespread. But even if you were lucky enough to avoid it as a child, there... Read more »
Since the catastrophic flooding that took many lives and destroyed much property in the Texas Hill country, hordes of people have come streaming in. Many are workers—first responders, heavy equipment operators, search... Read more »