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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
“Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the […]
How to put into words the rage that bubbles up inside when I think…of all that I suffered but did not know how to resist…of what I know now that the preschooler, the child, the […]
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