Developing Resilience: Overcoming Adverse Childhood Experiences
After I posted the story on the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, I realized I had painted a pretty bleak picture for […]
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First Impressions: Domestic Violence and a Child’s Developing Brain
I’d like to share an important video from the California Attorney General’s office on emerging research into the effects of domestic violence […]
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE): Information Counselors Must Know
The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study has been called “the largest public health study you’ve never heard of”. For those of us […]
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Locking Up Our Heroes: Veteran Incarceration Rates
I watched a presentation today about best practices for Veterans Treatment Courts and saw some pretty disturbing statistics about trends in crime […]
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Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT): Are Addicts Antisocial?
I recently spent several days at a training for Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT).The therapy is listed as an evidenced based practice in the SAMHSA […]
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Vicarious Trauma
The term Vicarious Trauma has been in the literature since around 1990 to name what many in the helping fields have recognized […]
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The Importance of Work
I grew up in a working class family. I was raised primarily by a single mother who always worked outside of the […]
