trauma Tag

29 Sep Virtual Reality: The Future of Therapy

Posted at 05:56h in All Blog Posts, Anxiety, Children, Post-Traumatic Stress, Stress, The Latest, Therapy, Trauma, Uncategorized by Carol Pitts, PhD, LPC, LMFT, CPCS 0 Comments

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Virtual reality (VR) offers clients a three-dimensional environment, generating a sense of immersion in another world in which the client interacts. Although the environments are artificial, the human brain does amazing things with it – it experiences the environment as if it were the real...

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19 Jul ACEs, Childhood Trauma And Healing

Posted at 13:27h in All Blog Posts, Children, Post-Traumatic Stress, PTSD, Stress, Trauma, Uncategorized by rohitadmin 0 Comments

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I have spent the majority of my career in mental health, working with youth and young adults, so I know that what happens to you as a child plays a significant role in the person you become.When we’re young, our brain is elastic and ready...

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07 May Bringing a Mother’s Love to Children in Foster Care

Posted at 13:56h in All Blog Posts, Children, Feelings, Relationships, Resilience, Trauma by Chaundra Luckett 0 Comments

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Valancia Abdullah considers it her calling to care for youth who some may think of as “challenged.” After working with special needs students at Atlanta Public Schools, in 2000, she joined CHRIS 180’s foster care program. She serves as a Resident Assistant. The kids affectionately...

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24 Feb A voice for the silent victims

Posted at 10:47h in Children by Chris Haider-Bardill, LPC, CPCS 0 Comments

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Did you know that children are now seen as the silent victims of the opioid epidemic? CHRIS 180’s HERO Program (Helping Restore Children and Families Affected by the Opioid Epidemic), was created to provide direct services, psychoeducational training and a community coalition aimed at expanding...

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15 Dec Steering Through Vicarious Trauma

Posted at 10:25h in Trauma by Cassandra Royal 0 Comments

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“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it, is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.” Rachel Naomi Remen Screeching tires. Smell of burnt rubber. Windows breaking and metal...

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08 Sep To Connect or Disconnect: Steps to Connect and Change

Posted at 15:28h in Injustice, Trauma by Bapuamoyo Kambeya, APC 0 Comments

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My African American mother, aunts and uncle lived through the Jim Crow laws and experienced racial violence throughout much of their childhood.  My Congolese father and aunts experienced the trauma of war in DRC. The recent killings have touched trauma wounds in some members of...

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01 Sep To Connect or Disconnect: Part 1

Posted at 12:32h in Injustice, Trauma by Bapuamoyo Kambeya, APC 0 Comments

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“We’re hardwired for connection.”  This is one of my favorite quotes from a shero in our field, Brené Brown. Through her work on shame and vulnerability, we are able to get a closer look at aspects of the human condition that are often overlooked. Her...

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02 Jun A Small Word for a Big Experience

Posted at 15:24h in Grief and Loss by Jenny Clark, LMSW 0 Comments

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The month of April was difficult for me, both as a human living in the age of a global pandemic, and as a bereaved daughter. April 13, 2020 marked what would have been my mother’s 70th birthday. We lost her suddenly just over four years...

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