Articles about Trauma

Author Joy Schaverien discusses her new book. Published in June 2015 it was an immediate Routledge best seller and was number one bestseller on Amazon in psychoanalytic t...

Since the young child is totally dependent on the parents, the effect of traumatic situations on the child will be very much dependent on the capacity of the parents to h...

Does having parents who were adolescents during the war influence their children's search for identity and adolescent crisis?

From its beginnings, psychoanalysis and psycho-dynamic approaches have been criticized as unscientific, and their imminent demise predicted. Yet they have persisted...

Let's broaden our vision of attachment trauma by highlighting the importance of the caregivers’ ability to mentalize, regulate, contain, and play in catalyzing the develo...

Recognition is growing for the fact that childbirth can be a traumatic experience for a mother and lead to serious post-traumatic problems. Both parents and medical speci...

How to heal from the effects of growing up with a narcissistic parent

A new EMDR-related methodology that addresses the time before language and explicit memory

A quick and easy way to resolve trauma images which have got stuck.

Trauma and PTSD

What to expect in a relationship with a trauma survivor who may be beginning treatment.

The chronic pain of missing home. Making meaning of somatic symptoms.