I did everything I was supposed to do. I attended my appointments. I raised concerns. I listened to professionals. I trusted ...

In her book It’s Not You, It’s What Happened to You, my friend and colleague Dr. Christine Courtois writes, “Trauma is any event or experience (including witnessing) that is physically and/or ...

One of the most common misunderstandings I see is the assumption that behavioral recovery and relational repair are the same ...

Women are more than twice as likely as men to develop stress-related conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), ...

Silence can feel unbearable for people with trauma histories. Background noise helps regulate their nervous system and ...

Assistant Professor Robert O. Motley Jr. plans to survey and interview a total of 350 inmates in Massachusetts to find out.

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