A tragic reality is that childhood and adolescent traumatic events do occur. These can be events such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, violent crimes, community violence, natural disasters, terrorism, and the death of a loved one. Traumatic events can have long lasting effects, even into adulthood, if not addressed early. The effects […]

A traumatic event involves a single or repeated event which overwhelms the person’s ability to cope. Traumatic events threaten a child’s feeling of safety, control, and protection. The child may struggle to put memories, thoughts and emotions involved with the traumatic experience together into a complete understanding of the event. The sense of being overwhelmed […]

At the core a traumatic event is that it overwhelms a child’s ability to cope and threatens their view that the world is safe. The type of traumatic event experienced by a child can have impacts on the type of psychoeducation topics that will most benefit the child. In cases of abuse it is critical […]

Child abuse can take many forms. Psychological abuse includes emotional abuse and mental abuse. Psychological abuse includes verbal or non-verbal behaviors intended to make a child believe that they are powerless, at risk of harm, unwanted or worthless. Verbal abuse is commonly a part of psychological abuse and can include name calling, verbal threats of […]