In the 1970s, Pat Ogden began paying attention to the connection between her clients’ dissociations from their bodies and their psychological concerns. With the development…
Over the years I have heard it said that “it takes a village to raise a child,” but I don’t think I ever understood what…
The 2004 tsunami that swept through Sri Lanka, destroying everything in its path and killing over 200,000 people, took its place as one of the…
When a person is sick, especially a child, there can be no greater sense of relief, safety, and care than a supportive family. Parents also…
“If childhood is a house…then child abuse is a like having someone break in and force you to watch at gunpoint while he burns the…
Depression hurts, physically and mentally. It affects the person’s ability to work and function. And, it hurts those who love someone suffering from it. Sixteen…
“For every visible homeless person there are hundreds that we do not see. For every homeless person we do not see there is someone who…
Counselling is crucial for the treatment of mental illness. However, many people lack the income to afford it. So where do people turn when they…
For most of us, walking by a homeless person who is curled up on a tattered blanket, asking for spare change seems like a common…
Last March, the Trauma and Attachment Report published “Early Attachment: Leaving its Mark Across the Lifespan” (March 11, 2011), which discussed the detrimental effects insecure…
Losing a loved one is never easy, especially a child. In addition to the pain caused by the loss itself, there are dramatic effects on…
The Trauma and Attachment Report interviewed Tom Regehr of Cast Canada. Tom reveals how his personal experience with homelessness has allowed him to provide support…
The headlines have finally calmed, but the memory of the Tiger Woods and Charlie Sheen scandals remain, scandals that put on the map, for better…
Caring for a member of the family who has a life-altering mental illness can be a life-altering experience in and of itself. The Trauma and…
Since the Columbine shooting massacre in 1999, several films have addressed the issue of school shootings. Freshman filmmaker Shawn Ku has taken on the task…
Picture yourself in a church pew, staring at a coffin directly in front of you as a woman starts singing Amazing Grace in the pew…
As summer began to wrap us once again in her warmth, I was reminded of a city walk I took about this time last year,…
The term crisis means different things to different people, but it is always a time of intense difficulty. Often there is trouble or danger, and…
The term disability is used regularly, although its definition remains somewhat elusive. Statistics Canada defines “disability” as “difficulty performing the activities of daily living, a…
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide with one in eight women being diagnosed in their lifetime. One of the great difficulties…
