For millions of women, giving birth is a momentous occasion filled with a host of emotions — joy, sadness, happiness, fear, worry, hope. For many of these women, these feelings are navigated at a typical pace, dealt with over the weeks and months that follow as they...
At the root of many substance abuse problems is a trauma from the individual’s past. In some cases, the trauma originated in childhood and was so profound that the repercussions have tormented the individual well into adulthood. In other cases, the trauma was more...
Many of us know that trauma can dramatically affect the people’s lives. Phrases like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and “fight-or-flight” have become destigmatized and more common in our everyday language. In many ways, it can be easy to forget the full spectrum of...