Trauma on 60 Minutes

60 minutes trauma

This week I wanted to share a 60-minute segment that featured NMT Therapy for children that are experiencing trauma recovery. It was put together by Oprah Winfrey and her comment about it was “this has changed my life!” You can watch the entire segment at this 60 Minute Link. The segment was taped in Milwaukee,…

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Chronic Stress and Trauma Part 2

child trauma

This is the next in a series of blogs about “Chronic Stress and Trauma”:  a research study conducted by the American health organization Kaiser Permanente and the CDC. Participants were recruited to the study between 1995 and 1997 and have been in long-term follow up ever since. The study has demonstrated an association of adverse childhood…

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Chronic Stress and Trauma

childhood stress

I listened to an interesting TED talk last week about childhood trauma and thought I would share a few highlights of it.  It was by Dr. Burke Harris, a pediatrician who has written a book titled The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity. (If you would like to listen to the talk…

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Once I was Scared

bear with trauma

I thought this week I would write a few thoughts on a book I just came across about childhood trauma called:  Once I Was Very Very Scared by Chandra Ghosh Ippen, Ph.D. and Erich Ippen, Jr. This is a picture story book that tells the story of several young animals who were scared by acute or chronic trauma…

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Trauma and Relationships

child trauma

I thought this week I would give you a short summary of a chapter I just read by Bruce Perry and Christine R. Ludy—Dobson titled “The Role of Healthy Relational Interactions in Buffering the Impact of childhood trauma”. If you would like to read the entire chapter click on this link. The Power of Relationships…

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