April 13, 2016
Trauma is a glaring reminder of our own vulnerability and fragility as we navigate through life. The loss of control…
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April 13, 2016
I often ask myself why the conversation following human trauma often ends at the specific event. For instance, after a…
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April 13, 2016
PTSD impacts the entire family. However, children are the silent sufferers of PTSD. As with adults, children can also have…
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April 13, 2016
After being jailed and tortured – “For seven years, I was totally scared. I left the jail, but the jail…
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I received the most heart warming letter from a survivor of trauma this week. I asked permission to share –…
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April 13, 2016
Even saying the word can send chills up your spine… While working at Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture, I…
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Many of us have viewed the Janay Palmer video. So often in domestic violence cases, the woman and/or victim is…
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Sometimes the language of recovery is not expressed through words, but through rainbows…. I am working with a young survivor…
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April 13, 2016
After the bomb blast at the Boston Marathon that took most of his legs, Jeff Bauman began his own long…
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After the physical wounds heal, the hidden emotional and psychological wounds of trauma can be persistent and distressing. The rate…
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