What is trauma?A trauma is not merely a terrible event, though it is very much that, too. It is a terrible event that has not been adequately processed, understood and unpicked, and that has – through neglect – been able to cas...
What is trauma?Trauma is a far more common mental health experience than we’re led to believe. It’s often caused by someone going through a very stressful, emotional, or frightening event and it shows up in a variety of ways! It usually results in a lasting emotional response that ...
: TRIGGERS, HEALING AND ADVOCACY TRAUMA IS THE RESPONSE TO A DEEPLY DISTRESSING OR DISTURBING EVENT THAT OVERWHELMS AN INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO COPE, CAUSES FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS, DIMINISHES THEIR SENSE OF SELF AND THEIR ABILITY TO FEEL THE FULL RANGE OF EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES. What is ...
“Trauma-Informed Care” is a term that is typically used in medical and mental health fields, but can also be applied to social work, education, and really any other setting. This approach acknowledges the widespread impact and symptoms of trauma, while actively integrating knowledge about trauma...
Talking about feelings in the open with people who have experienced a similar trauma may be the only way that these people might learn to manage their grief. Bysneakers41— On Nov 22, 2010 A group therapy program focuses on the needs to the group. The insecurities or difficulties that a ...
problems that have a longer history (like sexless relationships for years or history of childhood sexual abuse/trauma that has never been addressed). These sessions may be done with an individual, in a group, or jointly with a partner. It is also likely to involve more “homework” ...
Trauma refers to the injuries sustained when a person is subjected to a blunt force or a piercing trauma. Level 1 Trauma may also be referred to as “serious trauma.” Many trauma patients have been involved in automobile accidents, stabbings, and gunshot wounds. Falls, crush injuries, and ...
Because intergenerational trauma is inherited across generations, it can be fully healed by creating an environment where additional trauma does not occur for multiple generations. It can be healed even in the context of continuing stressors with the tools, inner resources, and support needed to car...
Trauma-informed care has become an evidence-based practice. Realizing the prevalence of trauma in the lives of those suffering from substance use disorder, it is relevant to use a universal lens to support participants involved in the criminal justice system. Gone are the days where there was a...
In the last decade, a substantial number of population-based studies have suggested that childhood trauma is a risk factor for psychosis. In several studies, the effects held after adjusting for a wide range of potentially confounding variables, including genetic liability for psychosis. Less is kno...