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April 2018

Relationship Advice from a Rabbi: Listen to How ACEs are Embedded in This Lecture!

As an editor, I sometimes coach writers as they're in the process of creating a manuscript. At present, I'm working with a novelist who "needs a better ending." I asked her to ask her characters to reveal what they needed from her, but I suggested that some research be done in the "outer world." Not content to leave the issue to the writer alone, I had some time to a bit of research on my own, and look...I found this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdhnP7MvvWo Rabbi Manis Friedman, author of The...

The Unfulfilled Promise of Fair Housing [TheAtlantic.com]

“Kill him,” a white mob chanted as Martin Luther King Jr. marched across Marquette Park in the late summer of 1966. King had recently moved to Chicago, and on that August afternoon, he joined a Chicago Freedom Movement march to demand that realtors not discriminate against black residents seeking to live in white neighborhoods. But a group of white counter-protesters grew violent and started hurling rocks, bottles, and bricks at the demonstrators, eventually striking King in the head . “I’ve...

The Learning Curve: 'Restorative Justice' Can Make Schools More Violent If Not Done Right [VoiceOfSanDiego.org]

In 2014, a team of Harvard researchers visited San Diego Unified and produced a report that convinced school district administrators their punitive, zero-tolerance policies weren’t working. According to the researchers, a disproportionate number of suspensions and expulsions had involved students of color and those with disabilities. Students repeatedly suspended from school were more likely to drop out of school or be involved with the criminal justice system. [For more of this story,...

Chronic pain and childhood trauma [Health.Harvard.edu

Recently a journalist colleague of mine put out a call for quotes from those who suffer from severe premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysmorphic disorder (more commonly known as PMS and PMDD, respectively) who also suffered a history of childhood abuse. Her interest was piqued by a 2014 peer reviewed article that appeared in the Journal of Women’s Health linking the disorders with early onset abuse. I answered the call, having both PMS and PMDD, as well as a history of child abuse by...

Funding home visiting for our children [JacksonSun.com]

On March 11 of this year, “60 Minutes” aired a report on the long-term effects of childhood trauma, or Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The report featured renowned psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Perry who stated that because of their developing brains, children are much more sensitive to developmental trauma than adults. As evidence of the impact of childhood trauma continues to permeate child-serving institutions, teachers, social workers, pediatricians and caregivers are changing the way...

The Hidden Causes of Depression: 5 Things Your Doctor Never Told You About [GoodMenProject.com]

Like millions of others in the U.S. and throughout the world, I’ve been depressed a lot in my life. I’ve taken medications to help relieve the hopelessness, irritability, and lack of energy that plagued me. In 2004, I wrote a book, “ The Irritable Male Syndrome: Understanding the 4 Key Causes of Depression and Aggression ” that gathered the information I had discovered in 35 years as a psychotherapist. But since then, I’ve learned something new about the hidden cause of depression and have...

Addressing Child Trauma at the Mexican Border [MedPageToday.com]

On the day after the 2016 presidential election, a group of pediatricians arrived at the Customs and Border Protection processing center here. Their host was Marsha Griffin, MD, a pediatrician who practices in this border town and is co-chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Immigrant Health Special Interest Group. Griffin had been at work with two fellow AAP members on a policy statement for the academy calling on the government to stop separating families who've been apprehended...

Expert Offers Free Video Training On Attachment (Week of April 2, 2018)

Last week I shared the link to the video with Oprah on 60 minutes. In that show, she talked about the role of childhood trauma in her life. I believe that this was an important event for all of us in the Trauma and Attachment fields. It furthers our work and brings collective light on these important issues so they do not stay in the shadows! I'm also excited to let you know that next week we will be reopening our free video training series on Attachment, for the first time since 2016. You...

Accidental to Intentional

I've been a member here for what seems like a very long time, but this is my first post. I want to start with a quick introduction to myself. I came to the work of trauma informed care and ACEs almost by accident. I had never even heard of this branch of psychology, although I had been working in it even before I was a licensed practitioner. I have long worked with people on the down side of power, especially children. When I went to my first formal presentation about trauma, I suddenly...

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