It’s human instinct to avoid suffering and try to make life as comfortable and easy as possible. But paradoxically, a great deal of research has shown that suffering and trauma can have positive ...

Hounding families for money was a soul-crushing way to make a living for Jon McKay, but his stint working with a collection agency gave him an idea. He would start an organization to help his ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland’s 22 recreation centers are envisioned as community hubs, where kids and adults can socialize, exercise, connect with resources and learn new skills. They’re also a ...

Anastasiya Afinskaya’s story of resilience served as a foundation for the work she does today, helping thousands of people—mostly women and their children—transform their lives and ensure their kids ...

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, acclaimed interventionist, educator, speaker and author Dr. Louise Stanger announces the release of her groundbreaking new book, Trauma Is Your ...

On Thursday morning, instead of being in class, eighth-grader Chloe Moon was wiggling her way through a cloth tunnel in a dim, mostly empty classroom with seventh-grader Marissa Stephenson looking on.

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — Decades ago, while serving his country, Kevin Macomber experienced events that would forever alter the course of his life. “I had years of trauma. I had a difficult childhood.

Psychiatrist Frank Anderson has been a leading expert in the treatment of trauma. Even though he was a much-in-demand speaker and wrote books about the subject, he never dealt with his own traumatic ...

Ismet Prcic isn’t finished writing his own story. The L.A.-based author made his literary debut in 2011 with the novel “Shards,” which features a character also named Ismet Prcic, who, like his ...

Introduction : trauma and artworking -- Gasping at violence : Daphne's open mouth and the trauma of gender -- Seduction, mourning and invocation : the geometry of absence in works by Louise Bourgeois ...