TRAUMA PSYCHOLOGISTS CAN PREPARE THEMSELVES AND CLIENTS FOR FUTURE DISASTERS A Personal Account James Halpern EVERYONE HAS A 9/11 STORY, where they were, who they knew, what they thought. On September 11, 2021, I led […]
Tyson Bailey, PsyD, ABPP AS 2021 BEGINS TO WIND DOWN, I have been focusing on recognizing gratitude as much as possible. Fall and winter are frequently a time of significant difficulties for those who share […]
John Samuels, MA Section Editors: Jack Lennon & Emily Rooney RACIAL TRAUMA REFERS TO the stressful reactions of Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) individuals to dangerous experiences of racial discrimination (Comas-Díaz et al., […]
Teresa Ann Grenawalt & Emre Umucu (Section Editor) TRANSITIONING FROM THE STRUCTURED MILITARY SERVICE to a less regimented civilian lifestyle may cause psychosocial readjustment issues for service members and veterans (Sayer et al., 2014). While […]
Introductory note “I am honored by this Division 56 spotlight on my career. Trauma Psychology is my home APA division. The Division-inspired Interdivisional Task Force on the Pandemic is now hitting it’s stride, co-sponsored by […]
Fabiana Franco TRAUMAS DEVELOPED AND TRANSMITTED in the family have particularly profound effects when they involve a dependent infant or child (Isobel et al., 2019). Understanding the pathways between childhood trauma and negative mental health […]
Tyson Bailey, PsyD, ABPP REFLECTIONS ON LOSS Reflecting on the past year brings up a conversation I have with my clients regularly, one that focuses on how terrible our culture is with grief and loss. […]
Claire J. Starrs (Section Editor) & Awehiawaks K. Herne SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Black and Indigenous communities, in the United States and Canada, have been disproportionally impacted with more infections and deaths […]
Emre Umucu, Section Editor CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (Harcourt et al., 2020). Since its first reported case in December 2019, the pandemic has had detrimental […]
Marie Mokosso Nutter PURPOSE AND INTENTION. Who I am, or what I’ve been through, is not nearly as important as the purpose or intention of this [writing]. To be clear, I am not an expert […]
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