A New Look At Young Children Who Experience Trauma

Originally published on wnpr on March 30, 2017 By DIANE ORSON. An estimated 95,000 young children in Connecticut under age six have experienced a potentially traumatic event. There’s a new effort underway in the state to expand services focused on their developmental needs. Early childhood trauma could include physical or…

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Silencing the Past by Speaking in the Present – Part 2

Originally published on AReturntoYourGenuineSelf on July 12, 2016 By Jodie Ortega This week, we continue our series with powerhouse speaker and survivor, Jodie Ortega. This week, she shares about her experience of crying out for help but being left to fend for herself. I was 17 years old. I was…

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Therapy Reflections

Through therapy, I know that the teenage girl in this photo is me, even though I do not recognize myself and remember my graduation day. Sexual abuse is a kleptomaniac. It has stolen countless of childhood and adolescent memories and the ones that have remained, are mostly unpleasant. If you…

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Waking the Tiger: How do we heal when the trauma’s over? PTSD, Peter Levine and Paths to Healing

Originally published on Amyoes.com on December 28, 2015 By Amy Oestreicher. What is it about trauma that makes us continually panic after the trauma is over? I’m reading Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine again to further understand why a danger that is no longer present can have an affect…

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