My Daughter was Murdered
By: Deborah A. Stiles There are no words. I am a white woman who is a professor and psychologist; I suffered a traumatic loss in 2022 when my 34-year-old African American foster daughter was murdered. […]
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Endurance, Resilience, and Creativity
Transforming crises into fresh beginnings Naji Abi-Hashem PhD, MDiv, MA, DAAETS Feature – Spring 2023 Ancient wisdom has conveyed that life is meant not only to be endured but to also be enjoyed, virtually as […]
Toward Finding Solid Ground: An Innovative Study for the Treatment of Dissociation and Training of Clinicians
Nicholas A. Pierorazio, BA & Bethany L. Brand, PhD Becoming Trauma- and Dissociation-Informed The pathway to finding safe and “solid ground” may prove to be a daunting yet fulfilling road for individuals with trauma histories […]
Moving beyond gender-Based Discrimination & Domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Assel Akhmetova & Gaukhar Mambetalina ATTITUDES TOWARD WHAT CONSTITUTES FAMILY CHANGES OVER TIME. The traditional definition of family comprising a mother, father, and children might seem as a relic of the past by many individuals, […]
Trauma and Health: The Human Condition
Anna Kharaz & Emily Lapolice WHEN WE EXPLORE ANY INQUIRY INTO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TRAUMA—in the fields of medicine and mental health, as well as public policy and advocacy, we are talking about the human […]
Lessons Learned From Ground Zero
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 […]
Complex Trauma, Complex PTSD, and Resiliency
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 […]
The Human Healing Project: Finding Hope and Connection One Story at a Time
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 […]
Trauma, Disability, and Physical Activity: A Call for Trauma-Sensitive Adaptive Yoga and Wellbeing Programs
Nearly three out of 20 individuals, or 42 million people, in the United States report having a disability (Houtenville & Boege, 2019), with these numbers increasing over time (American Community Survey; Kraus et […]
“The Canary in the Mine”: Re-traumatization and Resilience in Offspring of Holocaust Survivors During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Older adults are the group most vulnerable to isolation and loneliness even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and early data suggest that COVID-19 exacerbated these feelings and might be associated with both an increase in […]