by Abby | Feb 15, 2026 | Preventing Trauma and Its Impacts
As discussed in a previous article, in recent years, researchers have discovered the existence of intergenerational trauma. Intergenerational trauma usually manifests itself in one of two ways: Trauma survivors become more likely, due to their experiences, to...
by Abby | Aug 31, 2025 | Preventing Trauma and Its Impacts
Psychological research has proven two things time and time again: We heal in relationships, and relationships protect us from the negative impacts of trauma. In your ministry, you have the opportunity to provide these healing relationships. This article will discuss...
by Abby | Apr 6, 2025 | Preventing Trauma and Its Impacts
To begin discussing how to promote counter-ACEs in youth ministry and religious education, we need to understand why counter-ACEs are important. In our work with children, whether it be in youth ministry, sacramental preparation, or religious education, it is more...
by Abby | Mar 6, 2025 | Preventing Trauma and Its Impacts
What are positive childhood experiences? To understand positive childhood experiences, we first need to understand adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), a specific type of trauma studied extensively by researchers. Like trauma in general, researchers have found that...
by Abby | Mar 6, 2025 | Preventing Trauma and Its Impacts
As we know,the odds of trauma exposure are high, so many people that we minister to as a Church have faced or will face trauma. Trauma can lead to adverse outcomes, but as we have seen, there is a lot of research showing how protective factors can make these things...
