"The literature on trust paralleled that on emotional intelligence, which began to get deeper scientific study following publication of psychologist Dan Goleman's bestselling book Emotional Intelligence.... "The idea is that you can have someone with...
" This is an interview with Paula Soto, who had worked since 2002 as an outpatient therapist in Pennsylvania. In 2010 she organized an afternoon of yoga, massage, dance and nutrition for clients at the Women's Center of Beaver County , a domestic...
"Any serious discussion of mental health reform must not scare people away from seeking treatment. On Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 the NBC program Meet the Press, NRA CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre repeatedly called people afflicted or...
"And yet another student verbalized what has become a common refrain throughout my years of teaching. Her decision to stop reading Catcher had little to do with the story itself but was instead a product of her inability to sustain focus for more than...
"Research shows that most young people entering the juvenile or adult justice system have been exposed to violence and other traumatic events, and often they have experienced trauma multiple times. Research also shows that the greater the degree of...
"...Putthoff said that behavior that has protected the youth amid the effects of poverty and abuse -- the knowledge of friends and families killed, mothers beaten and the constant threats of homelessness and hunger -- doesn't work in other...
"...Forgiveness can’t be doled out quickly when constant reminders of an offense that happened to my child while in the public school system surrounds me. As many times as I’ve thought about how to come to terms with the violence...
I hope it is a true statement to say some people recover from their child abuse trauma. I hope it can be said that some survivors of child abuse can put it behind them, forever. Sometimes I really wonder if I will ever be one of those people. After...
During the last half of September, 25 people joined ACEsConnection. (Yes, I'm doing catch-up on bragging about our new members!) Thanks to you all for joining, and we look forward to your participation. Brent Robins , Des Moines, IA, director of...
"Social contexts are well-established predictors of adjustment following trauma. Sexual abuse survivors who are believed and supported following an abuse disclosure fare better than those who are not, and returning veterans’ social support...
On this first day of the New Year, some words about resilience from Eknath Easwaran's Words to Live By . As an irrigator guides water to the fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives. ...
"...Wilson based her conclusion on her life experience. But research increasingly backs up her observation that family trauma often repeats itself in succeeding generations. A study that began in the mid-1990s at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego and...
A post from onlineobesitysupport.com "Right from the 1970’s several researchers have realized that obesity and child abuse trauma are somehow interlinked. This severe problem was identified by “the renowned founder of Kaiser...
This is a relatively new grassroots-run website with a special focus on "sexual abuse" but with a strong invitation to all trauma survivors. They have an interesting North America group-services resource locator that is in the making....
"The larger economic environment during infancy may be associated with subsequent substance use and delinquent behavior during adolescence, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA Network publication.......