June 29, 2013December 5, 2013General 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 […] Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweetMoreLike this:Like Loading...
June 26, 2013December 5, 2013General 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 […] Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweetMoreLike this:Like Loading...
June 23, 2013December 5, 2013General 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 […] Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweetMoreLike this:Like Loading...
June 19, 2013March 7, 2014General, Veteran 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 […] Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweetMoreLike this:Like Loading...
June 16, 2013December 5, 2013General 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 […] Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweetMoreLike this:Like Loading...
June 9, 2013December 8, 2013General, Veteran Vicarious Trauma The term Vicarious Trauma has been in the literature since around 1990 to name what many in the helping fields have recognized […] Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweetMoreLike this:Like Loading...
June 1, 2013General, Philosophy 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 […] Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweetMoreLike this:Like Loading...