In the days and weeks following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, a cadre of psychologists trained in disaster relief intervened to foster recovery among survivors and first responders. The ...

Much of the time our lives seem safe and predictable. Serious road-traffic collisions, plane crashes, train accidents, natural disasters, criminal assaults, terrorist attacks, and other sorts of ...

According to a trauma therapist, if you often struggle with taking other people’s moods too personally, this behavior is likely rooted in childhood trauma and is the result of growing up with toxic ...

Inflammation is a vascular or blood vessel and cellular reaction in the human body to stimulus and trauma. It refers to your ...

Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton left many Floridians reeling in their wake. Damaged homes and businesses, flooded streets and the loss of loved ones impacted many. But that may not be the only ...

In the past, we were used to thinking of trauma as an event with a beginning, middle, and end. The ongoing war and the ...

Here’s how to manage those big feelings. We all have moments when we overreact or feel emotions more intensely than expected. These reactions aren’t always about the present, but are often tied to ...

I’ve spent decades as a forensic psychologist and clinical traumatologist treating traumatized people. Trauma disrupts functioning and wellbeing. Some assume that traumatic reactions are the response ...

Psychologists, researchers, and mental health professionals have been working with civilian populations in Palestine for years, documenting the effects of their experiences with dispossession and ...