Trauma-informed care is in the details. It assumes people are people. And people experience trauma. Trauma informed care or TIC assumes that every person may have a history of trauma, so steps are ...

Trauma has emerged as an important public health concern because it has long-term adverse effects upon physical and mental health. Trauma contributes to chronic health and behavioral health conditions ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

Intergenerational trauma occurs when multiple generations of a family feel the effects of past traumatic events. These effects can be emotional or physical. Traumatic events can influence a person’s ...

Generational trauma occurs when parents unintentionally pass their trauma down to their kids. Generational trauma can affect multiple generations over the course of hundreds of years. Learning to ...

A single sentence from a faculty mentor cut deeper than I expected—because it wasn’t the first time my voice had been questioned. I spent decades believing I was not good enough to become a writer.