When someone’s gone through emotional neglect, chronic stress, or unprocessed trauma, it often shows up in ways that look like laziness from the outside. But dig deeper, and what looks like apathy, ...

Most people think of people-pleasing as a harmless habit, but fawning is something entirely different — a trauma response so overlooked and misunderstood that most people don’t even realize they’re ...

This post is the second of a series about dispelling trauma myths. (You can read the first one here.) As a phenomenon, trauma involves a collection of experiences and reactions rooted in our ...

Most people know the fight-or-flight response, a survival mechanism related to threatening situations and events. In recent years, in no small part due to high-profile legal cases involving sexual ...

When we think of trauma, it can be major trauma someone has experienced like serious accidents, assault, or natural disasters. Trauma can also be in our everyday life such as relational trauma., which ...

The Vicarious Trauma Training Certificate Program is a comprehensive framework for understanding and managing the impact of trauma exposure in professional roles. The curriculum is designed to cover ...

Though often discussed in the context of personal health, trauma can significantly impact our external lives. While it may not always be obvious, someone working through past or present trauma can ...

Past trauma casts long shadows over present relationships, creating invisible barriers to intimacy and connection that both partners often struggle to understand. When traumatic experiences remain ...