After a layoff, your leadership team may be breathing a sigh of relief that nothing major fell apart in the process. You may also feel like the remaining team members are the cream of the crop, and more than qualified to keep the ball rolling, maybe even more...
Trauma survivors can experience a wide variety of symptoms. As a colleague or supervisor, you may recognize some of these, and there are others you just can’t quite put your finger on. However, even if you can’t pinpoint their symptoms, you likely can recognize how...
It can be difficult for someone to pinpoint that the overwhelming feelings they’re experiencing are, indeed, the result of trauma. Because of this, someone standing on the outside, no matter how close a friend or family member, may be unaware of the survivor’s...
Trauma. Just six inoffensive letters, from the Greek word for wound, developing in the late 17th century into the English word we now recognize. In the dictionary, the basic definition of trauma is an injury. In the medical field, it’s further defined as a physical...
Our attitudes toward mental health are interesting. It’s really just one aspect of our overall condition, along with physical health. In fact, some dictionaries even define the word health as: a person’s mental or physical condition. Yet on some levels, we...
Events like a storm or a flood ruin possessions and destroy homes, schools, and businesses. Events like terrorist attacks and other crimes destroy property and kill and maim individuals. Those are the stories we hear on the news. What we usually don’t hear is...
