Schools should be ideal places for children who have faced trauma to process their experiences. Yet too often, school systems ...

Survivors of childhood trauma have legitimate needs for emotional closeness. Emotionally focused therapy can help couples ...

Hauser is the author of Vulnerable Minds: The harm of childhood trauma and the hope of resilience, which was published on March 12, 2024 by Penguin-Random House, New York. In 2022, the World Health ...

The Center for Child Counseling hosted a "Lead The Fight" luncheon at The Breakers. Guest speaker Benjamin Perks, a UNICEF global advocate, discussed ending child trauma and maltreatment. Perks ...

It's yet more evidence that working on your mental health can impact future generations, too. "Generational trauma" has been a buzz phrase for a few years now, as more and more adults learn that the ...

Kathy Griffin opens up about childhood trauma and alleges her late brother was a pedophile, sharing why she chose truth over ...

What Are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)? Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can potentially cause trauma. ACEs aren’t specific. They can include any distressful event between birth and age 17.

Somhairlín Ó Cearbhaill, 33, was born into trauma, quite literally. The daughter of Irish immigrants who struggled with addiction, she came into the world with hearing, learning, and physical ...

Signs of childhood sexual abuse in adults can include mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It may also manifest as self-harming behavior.

This post is part of a series on adverse childhood experiences. Read the other parts here. “There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.” —Zora Neale Hurston The psychologist James ...

Navigating relationships with parents can be incredibly tricky, especially for adult children who had challenging childhoods. Many grew up envying their friends with more picture-perfect upbringings.