YON-KYO You have to understand. Da-Song needs special care. He’s... not well. We’ve been helping him with trauma therapy and art therapy. You see, he went through a traumatic event when he was little. CHUNG-SOOK What kind of-- YON-KYO Do you believe in ghosts? Ghosts?
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The Covid-19 pandemic has been with us for nearly a year now, and I have noticed that many people have been traumatized by the pandemic and that their trauma has led to dysfunctional coping strategies. How is it that I’ve noticed this? I happen to be an expert in trauma. Over the ...
Ashley Manta, a trained trauma advocate, sex educator, and author ofThe CBD Solution: Sex,told Mashable that she personally experienced pain during penetration after trauma, and using cannabis-infused topicals on her vulva allowed her to have pain-free sex again. ...
An understanding of vicarious trauma – and how to avoid it Techniques to calm yourself in client sessions when you are ‘triggered’ by something they bring up Understanding the difference between compassion fatigue and empathy fatigue Reducing your own risk of depression when you’re worried about...
The Center for Disease Control has estimated that over half of our nation's children have experienced at least one or two types of childhood trauma. That adversity can have lasting effects. When I began to have opportunities to speak and advocate for students and for teachers, I found myself...
Have you ever wondered how trauma might be impacting your brain? Today, I’m going to introduce the concept of the triune brain, and how each part of your brain may process your traumatic experiences. Triune means, literally, “three in one.” The triune brain model describes three areas ...
Trauma Is Common For starters, trauma can occur from many types of experiences and it is much more common than most of us realize. The most frequent cause of trauma is thought to be sexual abuse. For other people, they may have been the victim of domestic abuse or violence or they were...
the trauma, the precarity; perhaps we have unconsciously chosen to live in the misty, murky brain fog of –K rather than to face, to suffer, the true pain and horror of our situation. Perhaps we are having problems with our thinking because the truth of the experience, for many of us,...
Yet it can be a powerful coping tool for many, in large part because it helps combat the secrecy people often feel about a trauma, as well as their reluctance to face emotions. “The more you avoid a problem, t...