Many traumatized children could really use a stable home. I am so impressed by parents who foster parent or adopt a child who has a history of trauma. So many children from dysfunctional backgrounds have nowhere to go and end up in the foster care system being passed from home to home. This constant change […]
The Complexity of Trauma
I was recently presented to a group of professionals on the topic of trauma where the discussion led to the varied aspects of brain regulation. I showed some slides revealing the consequences of dysregulation and what it creates in the brain and in your body. Also discussed, among other issues, was functional IQ, respiration, heart […]
Anxiety Disguised as Anger
Recently a friend shared with me how difficult it was every time he had to take his children back to their mother’s house after spending the day with them. “We always have such a good time together and they seem happy and love to play and are cheerful and cooperative even when they have to […]
Traits of a Psychopath
In a world where we hear about shocking experiences committed by someone close to us, it is difficult to understand exactly what happened. Often the path to destructive behavior seems subtle and gradual and we don’t realize until after a significant tragedy that the individual was experiencing some significant mental health struggles. Particularly when the […]
An Opioid Story and Systems of Alarming Abuse
Every now and again, a story like the one of Jamie Daniels emerges. It is a story of an individual who desperately needed a drug addiction program, went to a system where there were a number of “Sober Houses” that were an extension of drug rehabilitation programs in Florida. Sadly, some programs abused insurance companies, […]
How to Shift Revenge to Compassion
I think most everyone would agree we are living in an era of anger and even outrage over perceived and real acts of violence. Accusations are being hurled back and forth among many political sectors, and many are demanding what they call justice – but perhaps it is actually revenge. Are our children learning our […]
Do You Know about the Widespread Use of Carfentanil – A Powerful Opioid?
At a recent community event, I listened to Rob Reed from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office speak to the issue of opioid addiction. Across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, there is an epidemic that has resulted in 5400 deaths due to overdoses. This epidemic has also created an 81% increase in emergency room admissions due to […]
What Does Toxic Stress Look Like in an Organization?
We often encounter organizations with a large degree of toxic stress. Intriguing is that some of the same symptoms trauma-impacted clients feel are also the symptoms the staff feel when there is an organizational crisis. Moreover, there is a parallel effect in the entire organization. As you can see in these charts developed by our […]
Who Would Have Thought There Could Be a Dilemma Around Hugging?
This past weekend I did a little mindless channel surfing, not expecting to be inspired by this week’s blog by a rerun of Boston Legal, but that is exactly what happened. Boston Legal aired from 2004-2008 and while categorized as a comedy, often took on challenging legal situations and provided interesting twists to what can […]
Reaching Out For Help: Remembering Our Veterans’ Struggles
I received a telephone call this week from a veteran who had completed several tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since he had been a medic, he had obviously seen the worst of conditions in his attempts to help wounded soldiers. But this day, his questions to me were personal. He was concerned about […]
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