Trauma: What Is It? (Part 1)
As we think about what we have witnessed in our country over the past year, the word trauma continues to come up repeatedly. No matter where you lived or what you did for a living, it seemed that [...]
As we think about what we have witnessed in our country over the past year, the word trauma continues to come up repeatedly. No matter where you lived or what you did for a living, it seemed that [...]
Post-traumatic stress disorder often kills lives without killing the body. It’s one of the things that leave people devastated in its wake, bringing its victims into a lifelong descent to the endless, soul-piercing chasm of horror by the [...]
Please read Part 1 here. Overcoming negative thoughts and emotions of a trauma narrative are linked to deliberately, repeatedly, and gradually revisiting the painful, upsetting, and oftentimes distressing memories associated with the trauma. A new conceptual framework for [...]
Human history portrays stories of lives that recount tragic experiences, and the history of trauma has a significant and diverse range of expression from war, natural and human disasters, family violence, and brutalities to sexual exploitation, terrorism, and [...]
By Rita Rippentrop, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor For the majority of us, home is somewhere we are excited to return to at the end of the day. It is a place where we feel loved, respected and safe [...]
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,” —James 1:19 When you first learn that someone you love has been abused in some way, [...]