Trauma in Children and Adolescents

Trauma in Children and Adolescents By Julie DeFalco, LCSW and Clinical Director of Child & Adolescent Services One may ask, how can multiple children be in the same situation, even the same family, and one have trauma and one not? It’s not only the event but how...

Generational Trauma

Generational Trauma By Julie DeFalco, LCSW and Clinical Director of Child & Adolescent Services Recent research has shown that trauma can be passed down in families through genetics and environment. Here, we will focus on the environmental component. Parents...

Managing Your Mental Health in a Pandemic

Managing your Mental Health in a Pandemic By Sarah R. Coates, LCMHC, NCC When asked to write about navigating your mental health in the COVID pandemic, I found myself confronting my own fears, doubts and uncertainties.  It’s all we’ve been talking about since March....

Healing Complex Trauma within our Mind, Body, and Spirit

Healing Complex Trauma within our Mind, Body, and Spirit By Dr. Mark A. Stebnicki, Psychotherapist PTSD awareness is essential for understanding the human spirit and soul hunger for healing the wounds of complex trauma and disaster. Our experience of complex trauma...

Trauma in Military Families

Trauma in Military Families By Phil Guistwite, LMFTCompany Chaplain & Clinical Director of Mental Health Services I was privileged to be a US Army Chaplain on active duty for twenty years. My wife served next to me and she became a US Army civilian employee taking...

Emotionally Safe Spaces

Emotionally Safe Spaces Hayat Shawwa, LCSW Emotional safety. It’s what we are all looking for, and too often fail to find. In a world where we are constantly surrounded by so many people, it’s ironic that it’s become so hard to find. It’s often what brings people to...