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A Promising Treatment for Hidden Wounds from ACEs
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is an emerging trauma therapy for the hidden wounds resulting from Adverse Childhood Experiences. Research to date shows ART for traumatized adults is quick, effective, safe, and well-tolerated. Consistent with new understanding of the brain and body-centered treatment approaches, ART primarily targets trauma images and associated physical and emotional sensations, creatively and efficiently using eye movements and strategies from other trauma treatments.
Why The Adverse Childhood Experiences, Vincent J. Felitti, MD Deserves The Nobel Peace Prize
Why the ACE Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Vincent Felitti, Deserves the Nobel Prize in Medicine: https://vimeo.com/787234459 We have been enjoying our collaborations for over 30 years on a weekly basis. He is the smartest, most caring and inspiring person I’ve ever met. You can contribute to the world to make it a better place by helping get Vincent J. Felitti, MD nominated for the well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine. ACE Study Publications/Bibliography July, 2019. Dear Colleague:...
Register now for CTIPP Monthly CAN Call Wednesday, March 15 at 2 p.m. for Analysis of 2022 State and Federal Policy Initiatives!
This month’s CTIPP CAN call will feature an overview of insights and lessons learned from our new report analyzing 2022 state and federal policy initiatives. Attendees can also reflect and connect around avenues for 2023 and future advocacy. We invite you to arrive at this call ready to engage and share! Wednesday, March 15, 2023 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT REGISTER (free!) In Case You Missed It : Our February CTIPP CAN call featured presentations from Minnie Whalen...
How Hidden Trauma Sabotaged My Close Relationships
How Hidden Trauma Sabotaged My Close Relationships When I learned that childhood trauma is also known as relational trauma, another piece of my life puzzle fell into place. I finally understood why finding and maintaining close friendships and fulfilling romantic relationships seemed to be so challenging for me. Until then, I had no idea that I had been navigating my relationships with a nervous system and psyche full of emotional landmines, constantly on the alert and ready to go off at the...
Can A.I. Treat Mental Illness? [newyorker.com]
There aren’t enough therapists to go around—but there are plenty of smartphones. Illustration by David Vanadia By Dhruv Khullar, The New York Times, February 7, 2023 In the nineteen-sixties, Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist at M.I.T., created a computer program called Eliza. It was designed to simulate Rogerian therapy, in which the patient directs the conversation and the therapist often repeats her language back to her: U ser : My boyfriend made me come here. E liza : Your boyfriend...
U.N. Chief Says World Is '300 Years Away' From Gender Equity And Women's Rights Are 'Vanishing Before Our Eyes' [forbes.com]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned gender equity remains "300 years away." AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES By Brian Bushard, Forbes, March 6, 2023 TOPLINE Decades of global progress on women’s rights are “vanishing before our eyes,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned in an emotional speech at a U.N. Security Council meeting Monday afternoon, just two days ahead of International Women’s Day, arguing sexual abuse, a lack of educational and employment opportunities and the...
The Taliban ended college for women. Here's how Afghan women are defying the ban [npr.org]
In December, the Taliban banned female students from attending university. Some of them are turning to online options. Above: Afghan female students attend Kabul University in 2010. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images By Ruchi Kumar, National Public Radio, February 24, 2023 She's a young student in Afghanistan who graduated high school 3 years early at age 15. For years, she's dreamed of becoming an engineer, both to rebuild her country and to prove that women could work in what's often seen there as...
Ethnic Diversity in Adoption from Foster Care
We are all one flesh - I love Ken Ham or Answers in Genesis (AiG) resources (https://answersingenesis.org/racism/one-flesh/) on the subject. We are not different races. Parents teach prejudice to children. Some children are taught that one ethnic group is less than another. This is wrong. But still... How was I to raise black daughters when I was white?
‘It’s legal, there’s just no precedent’: the first US town to demand a rent decrease [theguardian.com]
The median rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Kingston hit $1,615 this year – roughly 25% more expensive than three years ago. Photograph: Wilfred Chan By Wilfred Chan, The Guardian, March 8, 2023 I t’s 2pm after an overnight shift, and Amanda Treasure is lying in bed unable to sleep. She can’t stop thinking about how most of what she brings home from her full-time job as a caretaker – two $900 checks a month – goes to rent for the two-bedroom apartment with a mold problem she shares with...
Why Poverty Persists in America [nytimes.com]
A mother and son living in a Walmart parking lot in North Dakota in 2012. Credit... Eugene Richards By Matthew Desmond, The New York Times, March 9, 2023 In the past 50 years, scientists have mapped the entire human genome and eradicated smallpox. Here in the United States, infant-mortality rates and deaths from heart disease have fallen by roughly 70 percent, and the average American has gained almost a decade of life. Climate change was recognized as an existential threat. The internet was...
Food Banks Will Bear the Brunt of America’s Looming Hunger Cliff [newrepublic.com]
Volunteers sort foods at Tri-City Baptist Food Bank in Westminster, Colorado. HYOUNG CHANG/GETTY IMAGES By Grace Segers, The New Republic, March 8, 2023 In March 2020, the Minnesota food bank Second Harvest Heartland moved its headquarters to a new location, a massive warehouse three times the size of its previous facilities. At 233,000 square feet, the warehouse is large enough to house four football fields. The timing was fortuitous: March 2020 also saw the onset of the coronavirus...
“Weave & Cleave” with The Faithful City and May 4, 2023 [Save the Date]
I am at my desk, writing this short blog, which I must have done four months ago. I am asking myself both questions, “What’s wrong with you?” and “What happened to you?” Laughter… Well, I should only ask the latter one by training. However, for the last several months, I intentionally tried to answer “What’s right for you?” convincing myself to do more self-care, reflection, and self-regulation. Whisper to me… “Good job!” Smile then, deep breathing… As the founder of The Faithful City (TFC)...
New Transforming Trauma Episode: Exploring the Intersection of Trauma and Nutrition with Amanda Huffman, LCSW
In this episode of Transforming Trauma, Emily is joined by Amanda Huffman, psychotherapist, NARM Therapist and nutrition health coach, who is committed to holistic integrative healing and supporting her clients to live healthier lives. She shares her excitement about current research on the microbiome, and how she believes that this evolving field can help support the treatment of developmental trauma. Amanda’s skills, knowledge and passion have led her to create the new healing center Sugar...
When Climate Change Becomes Climate Trauma [pbs.org]
By Kate Wheeling, Photo: Senior Airman Crystal Housman/Flickr, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), February 2, 2022 On November 8, 2018, Sally awoke to the smell of smoke and a phone call from her daughter, imploring her to flee her home. It was 8:30 a.m., but the sky was dark with smoke. The Camp Fire was bearing down on Paradise, California, and the entire town was under an evacuation order. The air was so warm from the encroaching fire that Sally left her coat behind, mistaking the fall...