This YouTube video emphasizes how the younger the child who experiences trauma, the more damaging the traumatic experience. Recently I attended an event at United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey introducing Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics [NMT] to a group of clinicians interested in attending the Child Trauma Academy’s training to […]
Trauma as a Spiritual and Moral Injury
The depth of trauma is something that permeates the core of those that have been impacted by its damage. Trying to explain the depth of the impact of trauma is difficult to do. Severe trauma or PTSD can literally have such a strong interpersonal effect that it feels like the damage is irrecoverable. It can […]
The Holidays and Trauma
The holidays can be a time of great stress, sadness, loneliness, and even fear. While media ads present the holidays as a time of love and family and togetherness, for many people the holidays are anything but these things. There can be a greater chance for trauma to occur as stress builds, expectations mount, and […]
