We continue here from SHE COULDN'T GET OVER HER MOTHER'S DEATH: SEEKING RECONNECTION Inviting Mom’s Presence I: I have pictures of her with me, so I can show them! T: Yes, if you’re willing to show her. I: So I have a picture of her [shows a framed black-and-white photo].
Read MoreWe continue here from SHE COULDN'T GET OVER HER MOTHER'S DEATH: AN INTERNAL DIALOGUE. I: Yeah. So there are things that most of the time, I should say, when I’m thinking of her, it makes me positive. It’s more the feeling that comes when I don’t invite it to. [Wipes eye.] T: Ah, yeah, yeah [glancing up thoughtfully and shaking head slowly]. So...
Read MoreIn the words of Dr. Robert Block, the former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Adverse childhood experiences are the single greatest unaddressed public health threat facing our nation [USA] today. And for a lot of people, that's a terrifying prospect. "A terrifying prospect"! as if our collective discovery of being hurt were...
Read MoreIf we continue to stick with our definition of trauma as an overwhelming event that poses an existential threat to our identities and bodies, then, life on earth is the story of an ongoing trauma. I always need to keep this in mind when I counsel someone. There is history behind them, and there is environment all around, and for the most part,...
Read MoreFor children of Holocaust and Russian Gulags survivors academic research has observed symptoms which would be expected if they had actually lived through the Holocaust themselves, such as a characteristic difficulty in distinguishing between reality and fantasy. This difficulty, a by-product of the lost capacity to produce symbolic...
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