Massage therapist Marriam Donovan says she grew up watching her stepfather beat her mother, so she's Donovan and hundreds of other women have received training under a program aimed at reaching victims of domestic violence through their...
We talk a lot about cortisol when we discuss trauma or adverse childhood experiences, and for good reason. While people a lot better educated than myself debate classifications and the symptomatology of trauma for the DSM and others create laundry...
This is the second part of a year-long series about domestic violence in Texas. Domestic violence incidents down, but cases can move slowly and programs lack funds. When Texas police officers answer an emergency domestic violence call these...
In 2012, more that 58,000 refugees were resettled in the United States. A couple thousand of them came to Pennsylvania. "Refugees come from places that tend to be difficult, I mean nobody chooses to be a refugee, people become refugees," said...
There are miserable bosses, and then there are toxic military commanders. Air Force Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Schmidt was unquestionably among the latter in the view of some staff members under his thumb. A profane screamer, he ran through six...
Gov. Martin O'Malley is backing legislation that, among other things, would end Maryland's status as the most difficult state for victims seeking a protective court order against an abuser. A second bill would help victims like King by making it...
In last week’s “ Stardust” blog , I was surprised by sudden overwhelming feelings of being loved which shocked me, they were so physical. I had another odd explosive physical experience with music so striking last year, I wrote brain...
Here's more Stardust! (see my Stardust blogs if you missed them.) Poet David Whyte really gets it, so I feel like he gets me, too! Great art does that for us......
George Miller is the new CSA Prevention Hero of 2014! Here is his letter to the House Education and Workforce Committee, calling for February and March Hearings on the disparities across the country in reporting and preventing Child Sexual Abuse...
Earlier this month, the state Assembly passed a resolution authored by state Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, that recognizes the profound importance of early brain development to a child’s future success. The state Senate had passed the same...
For years, the government of Ireland has denied liability for child sexual abuse by teachers in state-financed schools managed by the Roman Catholic Church. The European Court of Human Rights punctured this denial Tuesday with a finding that the Irish...
Animal abuse is often the first visible sign a family is living with the threat of domestic violence. More than 70 percent of women who enter a shelter report their abuser has hurt, killed or threatened the family pet. When animal cruelty...
The money spent on relationship education is little more than a rounding error in TANF’s $17 billion budget, but why spend any of those precious resources on a program that appears to be failing miserably? That’s what Benjamin Karney...
Dr. Siegel is among the world's most compassionate experts on human attachment, and this goes for all human interaction. Please share if possible....