![Uncovering Our Invisible Wounds](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2024/07/July-4-Feature-pic-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In a society where trauma is either relegated to the abnormal or used as a catch-all term, Dr. Gabor Maté delves into the question of…
![Teachers, School, Mental Health, Sexual Assault, Abuse, Support, TEDTalk, Guidance Counselor, Lisa Godwin, Childhood Trauma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/11/jordan-whitt-KQCXf_zvdaU-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
While many think of parents and relatives when it comes to important guidance figures in life. There are other adults who make an impact. These…
![Trauma, resilient, childhood trauma, growth, success, perseverance, setbacks, resilient mindset](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/09/courage-man-jump-through-gap-hill-business-concept-idea-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Life often takes us through challenging consequences, testing our perseverance and resilience. In life, setbacks, and traumas can become defining moments, but they need not…
![Mental Health, PTSD, C-PTSD, Trauma, Abuse, Child Abuse, Healing, Coping, Stephanie Foo, Memoir](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/03/pascal-bernardon-HWibiWxNboQ-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
New York Best Times Seller novel “What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma” by Journalist Stephanie Foo explores the science and…
![girl and her dog sit in the forest with sunset](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/09/Feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Pet therapy is a service that offers animal-assisted emotional support to people struggling with a wide variety of mental health challenges. The animals used in…
![The Little Girl Within](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/07/B9A6EBBD-2E52-485C-AB5B-FADE6D7CF24F-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Lisa Taylor’s poem “The Little Girl Within” bravely tackles the painful process of recovering from her experiences of childhood trauma. While the poem itself is…
![Olga Boznanska: A Story of Uneasy Childhood Expressed in Art](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2021/03/A441D59E-12D2-4FF3-B578-34115285A772-470x140.png?x81652)
Olga Boznaska (1865-1940) is a famous female Polish Post-Impressionist painter. She was prominent for multiple portraits of fragile women and children permeated with hints of…
![image, acrylic, painting, art composition, francis bacon, local artist, painter, mother, child, childhood trauma, art therapy, expression, coping, sadness, anger, pain, hurt, grief, mental health, mental illness](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/07/FF3C5154-7C10-440D-90DA-06A09A1F32DF-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Jennifer Bae is an artist from Guelph, Ontario. In her adolescence and young adulthood, the artist sought solace in macabre art that revolved around themes…
![Kim Noble, 3X, Dissociative Identity Disorder, painting, artist, childhood trauma, therapy](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/01/Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-Kim-Noble-3X-painting-artist-childhood-trauma-therapy-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Kim Noble is a prolific artist living with Dissociative Identity Disorder, likely resulting from severe childhood trauma. Kim has twenty different personalities, and in order to communicate…
![Teaching Children about Trauma: The “River Speaks” Series](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/05/Feature3-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In her latest series of children’s books, River Speaks, author Sandy Stream conveys the emotional turmoil that children and families go through when dealing with…