This past week has been significantly difficult for those who are watching the border issues revolving around the separation of children from their families. The entire scene of immigration at the borders is complex. On the one hand, it appears we do have an approach which integrates immigrants into our society in a productive way. […]
Warning: Even Young Children are at Risk for Suicidal Ideation
The recent news stories about celebrities taking their lives once again highlights the very sad statistics about the prevalence of suicide. The decision to end one’s life has a ripple effect; it impacts family members, friends, communities and even the whole country. It is a tragedy that highlights how deeply sad and desperate many people […]
How Childhood Trauma Contributes to Skyrocketing Suicide Rates
I recently posted about the impact of suicide in light of some of the high profile suicides that have just occurred. Then this article was sent to me. It is a story about how a wife has wrestled with the impact of her husband’s childhood trauma and the incredible despair he has struggled through. Rather […]
Are You Experiencing Depression?
We have been alarmed at the current incidences of suicide in our culture. One possible precondition related to suicide can be depression. Approximately 15 million Americans have the symptoms of depression. About 80% of depressed individuals never get therapy. As I have discussed depression with individuals who are experiencing these types of feelings, I sense […]
Celebrating July 4th! Holidays as Opportunities
Flags are beginning to appear on lawns, parades are being scheduled, and even Wawa is sponsoring a concert with fireworks at its “Welcome America” event in Philadelphia. The Fourth of July is a celebration of independence, for the amazing country we live in, with its remarkable history, that makes us proud to be Americans. Holidays […]
What Is the Contagion of Suicide?
American fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead in her Manhattan apartment in an apparent suicide on Tuesday, June 5th. Then on Friday morning, CNN’s Anthony Bourdain, the chef, and storyteller who took viewers around the world in Parts Unknown, was found unresponsive in his hotel room in France. His cause of death was suicide. […]
Do You Have the Professional Frustration of Not Having Needed Training?
I have the unique privilege to travel to many different counties to present to organizations the trauma responsive professional development courses that Lakeside offers for professionals who serve trauma-impacted individuals. I gave such a presentation today. I talked for a time about brain regulation and neuroscience. In another part of the presentation I discussed vicarious […]
Parents, What Can You Do When You Feel Helpless?
I heard a wailing child baby. I was looking out my bedroom window to locate the sound and soon the scene unfolded in front of me. A young father was pushing a stroller, and the child in it was twisting and turning and reaching for him while she screamed at the top of her lungs. […]
Mixed Emotions for Lakeside’s High School Graduates
This time of year we acknowledge and celebrate our high school graduates. There are graduation ceremonies and parties of family and friends held to honor the accomplishments of the students in our families and in our lives. However, this is often a time of mixed emotions. There can be positive nostalgic emotions about the friends […]
Come to the Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference
Preventing Childhood Trauma and its Impact across the Lifespan: An Interprofessional Agenda for Providers, Advocates, Policy Makers, and Community Members As we begin the summer season, once again we prepare for the Annual Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference. This 2nd Annual conference is sponsored by The Community and Trauma Counseling Program of Thomas Jefferson University and […]
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