August 2020
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Traumatic Experiences of Normal Development: An Intersubjective, Object Relations Listening Perspective on Self, Attachment, Trauma, and Reality
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT I am excited to tell you that I have written a new book about trauma: Traumatic Experiences of Normal Development: An Intersubjective, Object Relations Listening Perspective on Self, Attachment, Trauma, and Reality, […]
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Grieving
The world is experiencing a communal sense of grief. Individuals across the globe have lost family members, friends, and loved ones to the novel coronavirus. Moreover, sanitary regulations and health practices enforced by different organizational […]
Self-Care for You and Yours: CONNECT
We are never alone… but we must pay greater attention to the people we love… and even those around us who don’t look like us, pray like us, or speak like us… they too deserve […]
Photo Essay
Good Mother – Bad Mother Description: This photograph captures the split between Good Mother and Bad Mother, or in the language of SAO/TEND (Traumatic Experiences of Normal Development) GEM (Good Enough Mother) and PO (Predator Other). […]
Understanding Transgenerational Trauma in 2020
Understanding Transgenerational Trauma in 2020 Moment by moment I am constantly overwhelmed by the images of death, injustice, and pain. I thought I understood what trauma was but now I am faced with an anger […]
She said she can’t breathe
She said she can’t breathe no more pee on the toilet she’ll leave the seat up to mark the day that will never end she’ll leave his socks on the floor his bed unmade his […]
Who’s Who: Annett Lotzin, PhD
1) What is your current occupation? I am a research fellow in the Trauma and Stress Research group at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Hamburg, and at Centra, the Refugee […]
Proximity to Impact
The world is up-ended. As psychologists, we would say that the world is dysregulated now. Emotional dysregulation is when people are unable to control or regulate their emotional reactions to “provocative stimuli”. A pandemic is […]
Culture-Specific Factors of Posttraumatic Outcomes in Latinas
Antonella Bariani Individuals of Latino origin (Latinx), the fastest growing minority group within the United States (U.S.; Grieco et al., 2012), have been found to be at high risk for trauma exposure related to migration, […]