You know you got your hairline from your Dad’s side of the family and your eye color from your mom. You know diabetes runs in your family, as does heart disease and Parkinson’s.But do you know that many families also pass down trauma-related issues to their loved ones? Some of what we inherit from … [Read more...]
What Is Trauma-Informed Care?
According to CDC data, 1 in 4 children experiences some form of trauma or abuse in their childhood. More sobering statistics indicate that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have experienced rape at some point in their lives. These numbers suggest that many people, male and female, young and old, have and … [Read more...]
What is Emotional Incest?
Many of us grew up in households that were dysfunctional, where boundaries between parents and adults were blurred in unhealthy ways. Emotional incest is not of a sexual nature, but it does describe unhealthy emotional interactions between adults and children that are psychologically … [Read more...]
Coping with Kavanaugh
It has been five days since Judge Brett Kavanaugh was voted in for his lifetime appointment as a Justice in our nation’s highest court of law. His appointment, and the events leading up to it, are arguably amongst some of the most controversial issues that have ever taken place within the history of … [Read more...]
