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Childhood Neglect

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-02-09 04:25:26 UTC

This fact sheet provides information on what is childhood neglect, how it impacts children, how to determine if a child is experiencing neglect, how providers can respond and support children experiencing neglect as well as their caregivers, and a few resources to find out more.

Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-02-09 04:34:10 UTC

This infographic is from the CDC website, which has many resources on the ACE study.

Photos of a Typical Developing Brain Versus the Brain of a Child Exposed to Trauma

kander67 — 2025-02-09 21:00:55 UTC

Moving Forward with Grief

kander67 — 2025-02-09 22:03:53 UTC

Nora McInerny discusses society's reluctance to address grief and loss in a realistic and helpful manner. Grief is not something we move through and finish, but something we carry with us forever. It can be honored by normalizing and incorporating it in our daily lives. Like those that are still with us, our loved ones that have passed can be celebrated and remembered, not left behind.

How Trauma Impacts a Child's Brain

kander67 — 2025-02-09 22:05:28 UTC

Systemic Racism's Effect on the Developing Brain

kander67 — 2025-02-09 22:10:33 UTC

Systemic racism in the United States is connected to low socioeconomic status, food insecurity, and negative health outcomes. While there is ample research on the effects of adversity on the developing brain, little research exists concentrating on the damaging effects of adversity due to racism. New research is discovering these impacts on Black children in the alteration of brain development, in areas such as brain volume. This research should be utilized in how racial trauma in children is approached. It should also be a call to action to change and create policy that targets reducing systemic racism.

TED talk from Serene Thin Elk, Mental Health & Addiction Therapist who Specializes in Intergenerational & Collective Healing

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-02-14 03:19:38 UTC

This TED talk by Serene Thin Elk includes mention of Native collective trauma, internalized oppression, lateral oppression, epigenetics, and more.

Podcast Interview with Dr. Mariel Buqué about Intergenerational Trauma

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-02-14 03:41:54 UTC

Dr. Mariel Buqué is a first-generation Black Dominican psychologist, an intergenerational trauma expert, and author of "Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma."

Find your ACE Score

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-02-14 04:06:54 UTC

This is the ACE study quiz, which is used to determine one's ACE score.

PTSD and Aging: Web Based Training

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-02-16 04:12:37 UTC

National Center for PTSD course on PTSD and Aging (must sign up for an account to watch).

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime

kander67 — 2025-02-22 14:37:25 UTC

Trauma and PTSD Later in Life

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-13 14:21:07 UTC

Connecting Older Adults with Services for Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-13 14:23:46 UTC

Types of Trauma and How to Heal

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-13 14:30:08 UTC

This article details what is trauma, different types of trauma, and ways to treat it.

Types of Trauma: Impacts and Paths to Healing

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-13 14:33:29 UTC

This article includes information about different types of trauma, coping strategies, and resources.

Three Types of Trauma: Acute, Chronic, and Complex Developmental Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-13 14:35:35 UTC

How Trauma Affects the Body

kander67 — 2025-03-16 18:21:27 UTC

Trauma in Adolescents

kander67 — 2025-03-16 18:23:16 UTC

This article lays out the bare bones of symptoms and treatments for the effects of trauma in adolescents. While it does not break the mold in any sense, it offers a warning for the increased chance of self-harm in teens that experience trauma.

Effects of Teenage Trauma

kander67 — 2025-03-16 18:25:11 UTC

Trauma, Adolescence, and the Developing Brain

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-17 13:56:34 UTC

Alleviating Childhood Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-17 14:06:41 UTC

This article explains the impact of childhood trauma and how to work with children who have experienced it.

Intergenerational Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-17 14:13:39 UTC

This article explains what causes intergenerational trauma and how to treat it.

EMDR Therapy

kander67 — 2025-03-21 13:39:13 UTC

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has faced a copious amount of scrutiny. While every intervention should be thoroughly researched, there is no denying the healing capabilities of this treatment that helps process unprocessed memories of trauma, lessening their impact, in a relatively brief amount of time. The heart of the treatment is bilateral stimulation, like eye movements and hand taps. This stimulation resembles REM sleep, which aids the brain in processing traumatic memories. By integrating these memories, it releases it. These memories are no longer “stuck,” negatively affecting daily functioning, informing thoughts, and inducing unpleasant physical sensations. This is a powerful treatment in any trauma-informed therapist’s care.

How to Heal your Inner Child

sredfer3 — 2025-03-26 12:07:44 UTC

Healing your inner child can set the foundation to becoming a better adult and foster better relationships while overcoming unwarranted childhood trauma.

Quality of Life in Older Adults

sredfer3 — 2025-03-26 12:12:48 UTC

Elders that learn how to acknowledge and move past trauma that has affected their life overall have a better quality of life and psychological wellbeing

Five Different Types of Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-27 15:17:02 UTC

Types of Childhood Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-27 15:17:54 UTC

Statistics about People Who Have Experienced Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-27 15:26:15 UTC

How Trauma Affects Relationships as Adults

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-27 15:26:31 UTC

Three Generations of Intergenerational Trauma

smcrae11_1 — 2025-03-27 15:33:46 UTC

A Model of Complex PTSD with Potential General Practice Recommendations

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-03-27 18:35:16 UTC

Polyvagal Theory and Fight/Flight/Freeze Trauma Response

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-03-27 18:56:28 UTC

The article that accompanies this infographic explores Polyvagal Theory and how it conceptualizes the physiological trauma responses of fight, flight, and freeze. The article includes some ways to improve self regulation known as "improving vagal tone."

Understanding Generational Trauma

sredfer3 — 2025-03-27 19:13:54 UTC

Understanding what generational trauma is can be the first step to breaking it and becoming a better example for your future generations

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), a Leading Intervention for Childhood Trauma

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-03-28 02:15:25 UTC

This infographic shows the three phase process of using TF-CBT therapy as an intervention for trauma. Trainings can be found at https://tfcbt.org/training/.

The Four F's of Trauma Response: How It Shows up and What You Can Do about It

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-03-28 02:22:13 UTC

Window of Tolerance

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-03-28 02:23:33 UTC

The 8 Phases of EMDR Therapy (Used to Treat PTSD and Trauma) from EMDRIA

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-03-28 02:27:22 UTC

The article that accompanies this infographic is from the official EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) website. It explains in detail the eight phases used in EMDR treatment. EMDR is an advanced treatment protocol that is used for processing trauma. When a client "processes" trauma, it means they are able to make sense of the experience and are no longer disturbed by it.

Secondary Losses Associated with the Primary Loss of Death

kander67 — 2025-03-31 13:22:45 UTC

Beyond Loss: Working with Widows

kander67 — 2025-03-31 13:24:58 UTC

Dr. Louise spent much of her career working with women that were widowed at a young age, but has turned her attention to the unique confluence of factors that affect women widowed later in life. Grieving the loss of their closest (and likely longest lasting) relationship can create an acute loneliness they have perhaps never felt. The death of their husbands has likely coincided or occurred after the end of their careers and social network that has only gotten smaller. Possible health and financial issues deepen the complexity of their lives. The article warns of the negative coping strategies that might develop, like substance use, and emphasizes the need for the most ameliorating factor: social connections. This article presents a “framework for renewal” for these women and offers therapists a powerful and informing view when treating these clients with competency.

Differences Between PTSD and C-PTSD

kander67 — 2025-03-31 13:45:56 UTC

Treatment Options for PTSD in Teenagers

kander67 — 2025-03-31 13:48:17 UTC

PTSD and the Developing Adolescent Brain

kander67 — 2025-04-02 15:00:23 UTC

The effects of trauma on adolescent brains show an increase in amygdala activity, yet there is a lack of research on the biological effects specifically on the adolescent brain. Most models for treating PTSD in adolescents rely on research on the effect in adult brains. In the face of this paucity of research, this study proposes a biopsychosocial model of adolescent PTSD. This model considers vulnerability factors, the trauma, and the biological factors and how they influence the functional domains of adolescents. It emphasizes the contributing factors of caregiver and peer influence on the perception of the trauma, and therefore, the biological effects. Rather than proposing a finished model, the study posits that treatments for PTSD for adolescents need to be developed for their age group and identifies domains that should be targeted for research.

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events

sredfer3 — 2025-04-02 16:29:03 UTC

When you know ways to help a child identify and cope from traumatic events, you are able to be a greater help to the community by being able to address the problem immediately.

The After Effects of Stress in Trauma Patients

sredfer3 — 2025-04-03 18:19:03 UTC

This article details the effects of the treatments of stress in trauma patients.

What is Child Trauma with Resources

sredfer3 — 2025-04-04 00:14:25 UTC

This site details information about what child trauma is. It has treatments, resources, and screenings.

Types of trauma experienced by children on this website include bullying, sex trafficking, racial trauma, disasters, physical abuse, refugee trauma, medical trauma, sexual abuse, terrorism and violence, community violence, complex trauma, early childhood trauma, etc.

A Study Comparing Five Types of Childhood Trauma

sredfer3 — 2025-04-04 00:41:11 UTC

This is a study that compares five different types of childhood trauma using a screening. The primary screening used was the Aggressive Behavior Questionnaire.

The Impact of Trauma in Adult Development

sredfer3 — 2025-04-04 02:28:03 UTC

This article speaks on the difference between trauma and PTSD and how trauma can affect a person's adult development. It speaks on a person's ACE score as well as different developmental changes.

How to Acknowledge, Prevent, and Treat Intergenerational Trauma

sredfer3 — 2025-04-04 02:55:45 UTC

This article details what is considered intergenerational trauma and how it can be transmitted generationally. It highlights preventative methods and educates the reader on treatments. It is informative on acknowledging, overcoming, and breaking the cycle.

Groups More Likely to Have Experienced ACES

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-04-04 03:57:09 UTC

This infographic displays groups of people who, research has shown, tend to have higher ACE scores (Source: CDC website.)

How Childhood Trauma Affects the Brain Through Three Types of Stress

sredfer3 — 2025-04-04 04:27:58 UTC

This video highlights 3 different types of stress (positive, tolerable, and toxic) and how it affects a child and rewires a brain causing damage.

Trauma in Teens

sredfer3 — 2025-04-06 14:26:21 UTC

This video shows how trauma affects teens. It breaks down what trauma is and how it can affect a teen's coping mechanism regarding everyday life and their sense of safety.

How to Conduct a Screen for Trauma in a Child

sredfer3 — 2025-04-06 14:28:26 UTC

This video is a virtual representation of how to conduct a trauma screen. These are not actual sessions and these are actors.

A Panel on Intergenerational Trauma

sredfer3 — 2025-04-06 14:37:26 UTC

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: Interview with Gabor Maté (on Trauma & Addiction)

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-04-06 14:44:45 UTC

Gabor Maté, author of multiple books including "The Myth of Normal," talks about the trauma's effect on the body, the importance of getting in touch with painful emotions, loving children unconditionally, and his personal experience of healing from trauma.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: Interview with Cody Delistraty on Grief

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-04-06 14:49:45 UTC

Cody Delistraty, author of "The Grief Cure," talks about his mother's cancer treatment and the social function of grieving. Cody speaks about his experience of using AI to process his grief, ethics of deleting people’s traumatic memories, and laughter therapy.

Window of Tolerance

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-04-06 15:16:35 UTC

The window of tolerance is a concept was created by Dr. Dan Siegel. It describes the optimal state of arousal for a person to function effectively in life. For clients who have experienced trauma, it can be difficult to regulate emotions. This website explains more about the window of tolerance and gives ways clients can manage their emotions better.

The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Health

sredfer3 — 2025-04-06 21:26:46 UTC

This displays how childhood trauma affects the health of an adult.

Aging: Will my Decisions Today Influence Potential Future Depression?

sredfer3 — 2025-04-06 21:32:22 UTC

This chart highlights how influences can support or cause more risk in the future of one's life.

Trauma Characteristics According to Age

sredfer3 — 2025-04-06 21:43:59 UTC

Trauma Categories

sredfer3 — 2025-04-06 21:47:35 UTC

Coping After Disaster

MyriahStrivelli — 2025-04-06 22:26:33 UTC

This article details common reactions people have from disasters, helpful steps, as well as resources to recover. It covers information for children as well as adults.