Just as our understanding of trauma’s long-term impacts has grown in recent years, so too has our grasp of how to treat and prevent it. And this evolution has continued during the pandemic, forcing those who are giving and receiving treatment to adapt. Special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Rachel Wellford report as part of our series, “Invisible Scars: America's Childhood Trauma Crisis."

Judy Woodruff:

Over the past several days, we have looked at how childhood trauma impacts people around the country. Now we focus on solutions.

Just as our understanding of trauma's long-term impacts has grown, so too has our grasp of how to treat and prevent it.

Special correspondent Cat Wise and producer Rachel Wellford have the final report of our series Invisible Scars: America's Childhood Trauma Crisis.

Cat Wise:

Cissy White, a writer and childhood trauma survivor, has charted her own journey toward healing. She experienced a number of traumas, from divorce to physical and sexual abuse, all before the age of 10.

After more than a decade of talk therapy, she realized it wasn't working the way she needed it to.

Cissy White:

It helped me understand there's a reason I'm feeling this way. There's cause and effect. But it didn't help my trauma symptoms. It didn't help me sleep. It didn't help digestion issues. It didn't help me feel calm.

Cat Wise:

Instead, she turned to less traditional therapies, like meditation, yoga and expressive writing, all practices she feels should be more widely available.

Cissy White:

Trauma treatment is often treated like it's so depressing, but it gives you back your birthright to joy, to feeling safe, to feeling good in your skin, to being able to relate. It's triumphant.

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