The way we think about trauma has drastically changed in recent decades thanks to innovative trauma scholars such as Bessel van der Kolk. In a…
“Self portrait of the silence I have endured. Six years ago trauma PTSD Followed by sexual, physical mental emotional domestic violence spousal abuse, by a…
Media coverage of the recent uptick in violence on Toronto’s public transportation system, the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) has highlighted abuse faced by passengers. But…
Known for some of the most surreal and symbolic paintings, Frida Kahlo was no stranger to depicting themes of self-identity, mental health and the human…
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…
Imagine being silenced by your childhood abuser who happened to be someone you once idolized. Someone who happened to be a close family friend, boy…
Ariana Grande released “Breathin” in 2018 on her “Sweetener” album which was inspired through her own personal experience with anxiety attacks. In the studio she…
Brainspotting (BSP), the name of a new approach for the treatment of trauma was developed by psychotherapist David Grand. He proposed it as a new…
My husband is a police officer. His profession invites conversation from others in a way that few jobs do, from friends and family asking him…
Honey Boy is a movie written by Shia LaBeouf while he was in therapy working through his PTSD from his rocky childhood. The movie centers…
