March 2023

By Sophie Hardach, Photo: Getty Images, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), March 7, 2023 Sebastian Schwerk lay awake at night, his mind racing. His father had recently died of leukaemia. Schwerk had been caring for him for months, together with his siblings, as well as looking after his own family. Now his mother needed care, too. His two older children were going through puberty. And he worried that with so much going on, his youngest son wasn't getting enough attention. "All of those...

By Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifu Oyelere, Photo: Mary Altaffer/Associated Press, The Conversation, March 2, 2023 The big idea People of Asian descent living in the U.S. experienced an increase in housing vulnerability in 2021 – as measured by the share who said they had fallen behind on their rent or mortgage payments – even as the government spent over US$5 trillion trying to relieve the COVID-19 pandemic’s burden on Americans. Meanwhile, housing vulnerability among white people, Black...

2022 marked a successful advocacy year for the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice’s (CTIPP) network. Federal and state leaders proposed and supported legislation to prevent and address trauma and create more long-term health, equity, and resilience in more significant numbers than in past years. There is no doubt that the continued commitment and efforts of advocates around the country have continued to move the needle and grow further momentum toward trauma-informed change.

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Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is an emerging trauma therapy for the hidden wounds resulting from Adverse Childhood Experiences. Research to date shows ART for traumatized adults is quick, effective, safe, and well-tolerated. Consistent with new understanding of the brain and body-centered treatment approaches, ART primarily targets trauma images and associated physical and emotional sensations, creatively and efficiently using eye movements and strategies from other trauma treatments.

Why the ACE Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Vincent Felitti, Deserves the Nobel Prize in Medicine: https://vimeo.com/787234459 We have been enjoying our collaborations for over 30 years on a weekly basis. He is the smartest, most caring and inspiring person I’ve ever met. You can contribute to the world to make it a better place by helping get Vincent J. Felitti, MD nominated for the well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine. ACE Study Publications/Bibliography July, 2019. Dear Colleague:...

This month’s CTIPP CAN call will feature an overview of insights and lessons learned from our new report analyzing 2022 state and federal policy initiatives. Attendees can also reflect and connect around avenues for 2023 and future advocacy. We invite you to arrive at this call ready to engage and share! Wednesday, March 15, 2023 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT REGISTER (free!) In Case You Missed It : Our February CTIPP CAN call featured presentations from Minnie Whalen...

How Hidden Trauma Sabotaged My Close Relationships When I learned that childhood trauma is also known as relational trauma, another piece of my life puzzle fell into place. I finally understood why finding and maintaining close friendships and fulfilling romantic relationships seemed to be so challenging for me. Until then, I had no idea that I had been navigating my relationships with a nervous system and psyche full of emotional landmines, constantly on the alert and ready to go off at the...

There aren’t enough therapists to go around—but there are plenty of smartphones. Illustration by David Vanadia By Dhruv Khullar, The New York Times, February 7, 2023 In the nineteen-sixties, Joseph Weizenbaum, a computer scientist at M.I.T., created a computer program called Eliza. It was designed to simulate Rogerian therapy, in which the patient directs the conversation and the therapist often repeats her language back to her: U ser : My boyfriend made me come here. E liza : Your boyfriend...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned gender equity remains "300 years away." AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES By Brian Bushard, Forbes, March 6, 2023 TOPLINE Decades of global progress on women’s rights are “vanishing before our eyes,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned in an emotional speech at a U.N. Security Council meeting Monday afternoon, just two days ahead of International Women’s Day, arguing sexual abuse, a lack of educational and employment opportunities and the...

In December, the Taliban banned female students from attending university. Some of them are turning to online options. Above: Afghan female students attend Kabul University in 2010. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images By Ruchi Kumar, National Public Radio, February 24, 2023 She's a young student in Afghanistan who graduated high school 3 years early at age 15. For years, she's dreamed of becoming an engineer, both to rebuild her country and to prove that women could work in what's often seen there as...

We are all one flesh - I love Ken Ham or Answers in Genesis (AiG) resources (https://answersingenesis.org/racism/one-flesh/) on the subject. We are not different races. Parents teach prejudice to children. Some children are taught that one ethnic group is less than another. This is wrong. But still... How was I to raise black daughters when I was white?