In October of 2013, the College of Physicians in Quebec, Canada, ordered doctors to stop performing virginity tests on women. Remarkably, it took a formal…
I recently received an envelope of photos from my mother; each image came with a story. My daughters’ favourite turned out to be one about…
Blind-sided by the one you love, the one you married. Learning about your spouse’s infidelity can be emotionally and physically devastating. The emotional damage is…
Michel Basquiat is an intriguing artist with an early traumatic history. Basquiat struggled with heroin addiction and eventually overdosed at age 27. This piece was…
Red, and your heart starts to race. Red, and your palms sweat. Red, and the sounds around you blur together. Imagine becoming emotionally aroused or…
On January 1st, 2008, fourteen year old Stefanie Rengel was murdered a few meters outside of her Toronto home. After receiving a mysterious phone call…
Cara Bethel introduces her poem: “My husband served in Iraq 2005 and Afghanistan 2007. This is for him, he is my hero and came back…
Clinical psychologists have a long tradition of attempting to understand what is “on the mind” of their clients by use of psychological tests. The Wechsler…
With her head bent down staring at the floor, saliva running down her chin, a woman is unable to lift her head or close her…
