I clearly remember sitting in the audience in Banff Canada several years ago, listening attentively to Dr. Bruce Perry share some of his latest approaches to helping trauma-impacted children. He showed us all a slide with three words stacked on top of each other. At the bottom was “Regulate,” next was “Relate” followed by “Reason.” […]
Preventing an Alarming Event from Being Encoded As a Trauma
In my last blog I invited you to consider that not every dramatic incident is necessarily trauma. As was noted, we can prevent a dramatic event from becoming a traumatic one through trauma-sensitive responses in the moments before, during and after an event. Part of understanding the nature of trauma is to appreciate that […]
When Doctors Become Trauma Informed
Around 25 years ago while only in my 40s, it was discovered that I was on the verge of a major heart attack and needed emergency angioplasty. The cardiologist my family doctor sent me to after there seemed to be no explanation for my chest pains made a comment after the procedure that stuck with […]
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