In my 13 years as a therapist, I’ve heard iterations of two questions hundreds of times: "What even is trauma?" and "How do I know if mine 'counts?'" I’ll never tire of answering these questions — whether for my therapy clients or here with you. I’ll never tire o...
Relationship experts and therapists on what defines a trauma bonded relationship, including signs to look out for and what do if you're in a toxic relationship.
The scary truth is that 1 in 6 women will experience an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime, and if you or a friend is sexually assaulted, you may not be sure what to do next. Here are a few key steps you can take to stay safe, seek help, and s
And money can also be nebulous because what counts as, "a lot of money," can also mean different things to different people. For some people, $10 is a lot. For some people $100,000 is a lot. And so even still, though, money can be more concrete because it's numbers. And...
What counts as coercive control? Coercive control is an act ora pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim. How can you prove coercion? Evidence used to prove coercive control include, but are not ...
Campbell MacFarlaneNetcare Foundation Chair of Emergency Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Blackwell Publishing LtdEmergency Medicine AustralasiaMacFarlane C. Blunt trauma cardiac tamponade: What really counts in management. Emerg Med Australas 2005; 17: 416 - 417...
What counts as better in the second question? I think both cheaper and non-nuclear methods would be better, if they achieved the same impact on reducing the odds of everyone getting murked. I don’t know how to answer those questions, and I also don’t know where to go to get ...
EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), which utilizes therapist-directed eye movements or other external stimuli as a therapeutic component of the treatment. Therapies that were non-trauma-focused. Multidisciplinary treatments that combine various therapeutic techniques. Whi...
“Small t traumas are things like name-calling, microaggressions, or non-life-threatening aggressions like being pushed during an argument, but not hurt. In the trauma field, we recognize that the accumulation of little t traumas over time can have the same impact as big T traumas.”...
injury and trauma that endure to this day. With his pledges to be a dictator on day one and seek revenge against his political opponents, Donald Trump comes to Capitol Hill today with the same mission of dismantling our democracy. But make no mistake — Trump has already cemented his legacy...