I know sexual abuse survivors don’t tend to be “huggers”, but we would do well to find safe people to hug when we’re having a bad day. Here’s even more research to back that up: “Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University say people who consider themselves huggers actually have better overall health and stronger relationships. Previous…
Agreed: “Both in my work as a child psychotherapist and personally as a survivor of childhood abuse, I’ve seen what a difference these “ones” can make to a child who is living with domestic violence. Children are resilient. They can survive and even thrive after unthinkable trauma. But that resilience generally comes from having a…
This is a bit of an older article, but I found it interesting because I was actually having a similar conversation earlier this week. “The prevailing idea is that interventions are needed to prevent, reduce, or repair the damage done to children who have grown up in high-stress situations. Most interventions are aimed at countering…
Sadly, Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana’s offer of free training during their “Night Out Against Child Sexual Abuse” falls on a night that I will be unavailable, but for others in Louisiana, you may want to take a look and learn a thing or two: Registration is now open for our Night Out Against Child Sexual…
Wade does a nice job of laying out some of the reasons a victim might not come forward and tell someone about their abuse, adult or child. I bring this to light for two reasons – one, we shouldn’t ever really look at adults who claim to have been abused as children and demand to…
I can only imagine what it’s like to have a kid in the midst of the media whirlwind that is happening in Pennsylvania, but this does present an opportunity as well: In light of the recent grand jury report on child sex abuse by priests, how should parents talk to children about the subject? Early…
