The coronavirus pandemic has left many of us anxious about life and death issues, stressed about finances and struggling to manage our many emotions. For some, the loss of jobs, connection with ...

Intergenerational trauma occurs when multiple generations of a family feel the effects of past traumatic events. These effects can be emotional or physical. Traumatic events can influence a person’s ...

This post reviews a recent paper on posttraumatic growth, published in Personality and Individual Differences. But first, I will explain what we mean by trauma, posttraumatic growth, and core beliefs.

According to many therapists and mental health professionals, sometimes trauma isn't derived from one-time, extreme life events like a tragic tornado, a school shooting or a car crash. Many people ...

Generational trauma occurs when parents unintentionally pass their trauma down to their kids. Generational trauma can affect multiple generations over the course of hundreds of years. Learning to ...

Trauma-informed teaching cannot be simplified to cookie-cutter practices. Take this example: a teacher worked with a student to develop a silent signal that he could use when he needed extra breaks ...

Trauma bonding is a psychological response to abuse. The person experiencing abuse may develop sympathy for the abusive person, which becomes reinforced by cycles of abuse, followed by remorse. Trauma ...