Trauma has a significant impact on the body. It sensitizes the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which is the area of the brain responsible for our body’s central stress response system. The ...

Google calls trauma a “deeply distressing or disturbing event.” We are surrounded by distress that disturbs. Conflicts rage, injustice continues, violence keeps on. Around the world and close to home, ...

North Star Child Advocacy Center announced the launch of in-house trauma-focused therapy services beginning July 1.

Note: This article discusses serious topics pertaining to trauma. Although some psychological wounds heal into scars on their own, others require careful tending. Each individual’s needs and ...