Toxic Staff Relationships and Trauma-Informed Care
Throughout the years, I have connected with over 12,000 staff from a plethora of organizations and systems. One of the ...
Read More From failed collaboration to meaningful connection
Collaboration. Partnership. Trust. We use these terms so often in our community work. But we never talk about how loaded these words ...
Read More Trauma-Informed Emails: Let’s Make it a Thing!
Have you ever received an email that made you cock your head to the side? Roll your eyes? Make you wonder who ...
Read More Enemy or Ally? Avoidance in the Therapy Room
In therapeutic spaces, avoidance is treated like a sneaky, silent enemy. We are taught that it’s a toxic gas that slowly ...
Read More Containing Trauma: Closing the Wounds That We Open
Flashbacks. Nightmares. Distractibility. Mood changes. Hyperarousal. Developmental arrest. We are taught about the signs and symptoms of traumatic wounding through books and articles, trainings and ...
Read More Uncovering stories of strength
What comes to mind for you when you hear the word “strength?” Is it determination? Physical stamina? Grit? Assertiveness? Never letting other people see ...
Read More Storiez Releases New Coping Resource
Our teachers, our parents, and our friends assume that we know how to cope- that when life gets stressful and ...
Read More Celebrate with Storiez
Storiez has reached two important milestones. Not only have we made it to our 5-year anniversary, but we have reached ...
Read More Real Storiez with Dr. Karen Treisman
https://media.rss.com/realstoriez/tr_asset_92e1967a-2884-49de-9e81-9d78ed7164b1.mp3"I want to infuse trauma-informed practice with human rights, social justice, and cultural humility."Clinical psychologist, Winston Churchill Fellow, clinician, artist, ...
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