In 2019, the U.S. declared that society was experiencing a public health pandemic. Many people hadn’t ever experienced living in a world where they had to fear a virus that was rapidly spreading and harming loved ones – if not themselves directly. The pandemic truly...
Living with trauma is an incredibly difficult experience and it affects everyone who suffers from it differently. This is because trauma is a highly individualized concept. It can stem from a wide variety of unfortunate circumstances and events, and the level of...
Throughout our early lives we experience a variety of different events, some good and others not. We may have good memories, bad memories, or really, no memories of an event at all – until we do. And when we do, all of the puzzle pieces related to our affect, the way...
When our brain is impacted by trauma, it changes the way we view the world. Instead of being able to return to a state of relaxation when an environmental threat has ceased, the new neural pathways that have developed as a result keep us stuck perpetually in fight,...
Trauma-informed care has become more and more prevalent over the years and is incredibly important for treating patients as a whole person and not just their most immediate and obvious medical concerns. When it comes to trauma-informed care, it’s important to...
