Happy New Year, group! I have finally come back online after a few weeks off for break. I hope everyone here had a fantastic and rejuvenating holiday, free from trauma and drama! If not, let me know how I can help you and/or your clients deal with...

What led you to work on ACEs? When I was in college I tutored a 7th grader who was considered the "bad kid" in the class. With this label, the teachers and the other students didn't expect a lot from him. On top of that his father and his brothers...

I am 24 days away from graduating with my Master's in Public Health. The programs emphasis is Community outreach and education and my own personal interest is in Maternal and Infant/Child health. I plan on becoming an Lactation Consultant in the near future and will be working very closely with parents. Early parenting intervention and support is very much related to ACEs as well as primary prevention.

Hello Joanna, Since I'm just now getting started with my education in the legal field, I'm still not absolutely sure how I want to get involved. At this point I definitely see myself becoming a defense lawyer. However, I can also see myself working for the state in child welfare and domestic violence cases as well. At this point I'm really just looking forward to getting involved and learning as much as I can about the juvenile justice system and family courts. My background in psychology is...

Hi Gina, There seem to be a few of you on here from the new program at Philadelphia University. Sounds like a cool program. What's the organization called that you're currently interning with? - Joanna

I am 27 years old. I am a survivor, a writer and a mental health advocate in my home town of Frederick MD. I am becoming more involved in the municipal and county-level politics. Occasionally I speak at the meetings and I applied to join the mental health advisory board for the Frederick County. I read about history of trauma psychology, religion, social theory, history, mysticism and psychoanalysis. I listen to the lectures of trauma psychologists on youtube. I am writing a psychoanalytical...