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Caregiving and Complicated Family Dynamics

By Deborah J. Cohan — 2017

Family violence is a dynamic process, not an event, that takes varying shapes and forms, often over years, and it can be lodged in caregiving. Caregiving, also a process and not an event, can be lodged in a context of family violence.

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What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.

Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

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You Can’t Simply Take Trauma Away | Dr. Nadine Burke Harris | Google Zeitgeist

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

Nadine Burke Harris

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Karen Treisman: Good Relationships Are the Key to Healing Trauma

Dr. Treisman talks about the importance of forging good relationships and effective society-wide systems when it comes to understanding and healing trauma.

Bessel van der Kolk

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It’s Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core Emotions, and Connect to Your Authentic Self

Fascinating patient stories and dynamic exercises help you connect to healing emotions, ease anxiety and depression, and discover your authentic self. Sara suffered a debilitating fear of asserting herself. Spencer experienced crippling social anxiety.

Hilary Jacobs Hendel

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How Generational and Early Life Trauma Shape Our Lives

Along with distorting our fundamental view about the world, and the emergence of traumatic symptoms, unresolved trauma limits our capacity to be fully present; our potential and capacity for real love and intimacy are blocked, as is the ability to feel the intrinsic aliveness, vibrancy, and joy of...

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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist”s Notebook—What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing

In this instant classic of developmental psychology, a renowned psychiatrist examines the effect that trauma can have on a child, reveals how PTSD impacts the developing mind, and outlines the path to recovery.

Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz

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Embrace Your Inner Child | Jack Canfield

Your inner child is the part of you that was formed by the experiences you had as a child which has a powerful influence on how you show up in the world as an adult. That’s why it’s important to make peace with your inner child and overcome the blocks that have been holding you back.

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Moving from ACEs to Resilience

Five students share their journey towards resilience.

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Trauma and Behavior Part 4: "Advice for Struggling Caregivers"

Educational Specialist Laura Phipps provides suggestions and encouragement for parents and caregivers struggling with serious behavior problems.

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Children, Violence, and Trauma—Treatments That Work

This video discusses the serious consequences of children's exposure to violence and trauma, such as substance abuse and mental health and behavioral problems, and the increased severity of symptoms experienced by children who have suffered multiple forms of victimization.

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