by Abby | Mar 15, 2025 | Trauma
Recent statistics suggest that substance misuse and substance use disorder are prevalent in the United States. In 2020, an estimated 40.3 million people had substance use disorder. Only 6.5% received treatment (1) In 2021, about 107,000 people died of drug overdoses...
by Abby | Mar 15, 2025 | Trauma
Imagine that you are a therapist. A man comes in struggling with severe insomnia, which has spiraled into worsening depression and dropping out of college. He has been to doctor after doctor for treatment, but nothing has worked. As you listen to the man tell...
by Abby | Mar 15, 2025 | Trauma
The title of Oprah Winfrey’s and Dr. Bruce Perry’s book, What Happened to You?, represents the paradigm shift their book aims to create in the world. In this book, Oprah, herself a trauma survivor, and Dr. Perry, a trauma researcher, converse about the research...
by Abby | Mar 15, 2025 | Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk was the book that first taught me about the effects of trauma and helped me become interested in this topic. It is a great resource, so I recommend picking up a copy to learn more. You can grab a copy here. ...
by Abby | Mar 15, 2025 | Trauma
According to trauma statistics collected by WHO, around the world, around 70% of people will experience a potentially traumatic event at some point in their lives (1) When it comes to the prevalence of specific types of trauma, research has found the following...
by Abby | Mar 15, 2025 | Trauma
The research on the effects of trauma on vocation has concentrated on the areas of parenting, marriage, and career, with no research on how trauma can affect religious or priestly vocations. Overall, trauma appears to potentially have adverse effects on the vocations...
