Separating the experience of trauma into the brain-body-mind connection can help to simplify and normalize the trauma response and also provides a framework for effective practice.

When an organization does not give attention to the varying safety needs of its clients and staff, it risks harmfully impacting those that are vulnerable.

Whether we know if someone has a history of trauma or not, there are key principles we can follow to ensure the way we interact and offer our services embodies a trauma-informed approach.

Healing from this kind of self-perspective is a slow, yet foundational goal for resolving the impact of developmental trauma.

We envision a world where everyone is trauma-informed, and our hope is that these five principles will help your organization join us on this path.

Children with sensitive temperaments or anxiety disorders may not recover spontaneously. Previous trauma and loss in a child’s life may exacerbate more current trauma reactions.

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In order to begin to understand how to escape from or do away with the colonial box, one must first begin working at understanding how these systems function against oppressed and otherwise marginalized groups.

On top of universal human themes of seeking safety, connection and security, the refugee story contains some very unique twists and turns

On the day of writing this blog about vicarious trauma, in a sad twist of irony, I found out a dear friend passed away.

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Leaving Home “I still remember the smell of the cold metal inside the float plane. It took me far away...