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Let’s Broaden Our Minds: Making the Case for Mindfulness Skills for Trauma
Mindfulness Skills for Trauma and PTSD: Practices for Recovery and Resilience Turow, R. G. (2017). Mindfulness skills for trauma and PTSD: Practices for recovery and resilience. WW Norton & Company. Book Review By: Vivian Khedari, […]
Trauma, Resilience, and Health Promotion in LGBT Patients: What Every Healthcare Provider Should Know
Textbook Review: Trauma, Resilience, and Health Promotion in LGBT Patients: What Every Healthcare Provider Should Know Eckstrand, K.L., & Potter, J. (Eds.) 254 pp. $109 Review By Jared Boot, MA and Nadeen Majeed MA “Trauma, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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). […]