What Constitutes Trauma?
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T03:47:37-08:00In this article, I am going to define trauma from a clinical perspective, but also give insight into how discernment is needed when it comes to discussing experiences of [...]
Different Types and Effects of Trauma
Gianna Young, Kate Motaung2024-12-28T04:47:45-08:00Trauma is the response to something - usually one or more events - that overwhelms a person's ability to cope with it. Everyone experiences and reacts in different ways and [...]
How Your PTSD is Made Worse by Avoidance Behavior
Tammette Chitwood, Kate Motaung2024-12-28T04:51:19-08:00A common response to trauma is emotional avoidance. Those who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sometimes include emotional avoidance to avoid unpleasant or painful emotions. This is part of [...]
Tips for Helping Someone Process Childhood Trauma
Gianna Young, Kate Motaung2024-12-28T04:59:11-08:00Children are often overlooked when they face various traumatic events. People might assume that they do not understand what has happened or they will get over it more easily [...]
Honoring Your Window of Tolerance
Maureen Zach, Kate Motaung2024-12-30T03:38:20-08:00The last couple of years have been plagued with never-ending trauma and bad news. While this isn’t the first time in history people have faced so much collective trauma, [...]
Signs of Emotional Abuse in Children
Kate Motaung2025-01-08T12:43:34-08:00Emotional abuse, also referred to as psychological abuse, is often hidden from the public eye. Since this type of abuse doesn’t show with outward bodily bruises, it is harder [...]
How to Know When You’re in an Abusive Relationship
Sarabeth Butts, Kate Motaung2024-12-30T03:57:02-08:00Even the healthiest of relationships sometimes goes through times of struggle and disconnect. Life circumstances, differing expectations, personality clashes, and countless other factors can all contribute to friction in [...]
Effects of Trauma, and Why Healing is Worth the Effort
Sarabeth Butts, Kate Motaung2024-12-30T03:58:46-08:00Trauma, by its broadest definition, is everywhere. In various segments on the nightly news, in one Bible story after another, and the lives of our closest friends and family [...]
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Debunking Some Common Myths
Kat Foley, Kate Motaung2025-01-16T06:32:47-08:00Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) – formerly known as multiple personality disorder – is a mental health issue that’s often misunderstood. Blockbuster movies like Split have created a lot of [...]
Signs that You’re in an Emotionally Abusive Relationship and What to Do About It
Kate Motaung2024-11-27T04:16:21-08:00Typically, when we think of abuse, we see the male as the abuser and the female as the victim. In actuality, however, both males and females can abuse – [...]