Thanks to Al Gore, we have a phrase embedded in the collective consciousness which embodies the act of acknowledging a reality that is painful, unfortunate, or unpleasant. Mr. Gore was, of course, referring to climate change, and how the impact that continuing to deny… Continue Reading “An Inconvenient Truth”
Category: Education, Health, Learning, Psych NewsTags: ACES, C-PTSD, child and youth mental health day, childhood abuse, developmental trauma, inconvenient truth, mental health, mental health week 2018, trauma
Posted on January 6, 2016
by Susannah-Joy
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Self-esteem and unicorns are connected? Find out the scoop and grab some happiness lifehacks at the same time.
Category: Health, Learning, Mental Wellness, ReblogTags: Bazaar, compliments, criticism, Gen Y, Kuwait, lifehack, Middle East, narcissism, nihilism, perfume, poop, self-esteem, trauma, unicorn
Posted on March 27, 2015
by Susannah-Joy
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Redefining “trauma” based on an individual’s personal values is a slippery slope to nowhere good.
Posted on March 24, 2015
by Susannah-Joy
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The story of Dr. Susannah’s involvement with Niteo Africa (literacy) and Hope North (child soldiers) in Uganda.
Category: Education, Leadership, Learning, TherapyTags: africa, charity, child soldiers, global village, Hope North, Literacy, Niteo Africa, Okello Kelo Sam, professional development, trauma, travel, uganda, volunteer
Posted on September 9, 2014
by Susannah-Joy
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Originally posted on Gary Direnfeld:
While the concept of the iatrogenic effect is well known to medicine, it doesn’t receive much attention in the context of counseling. However and if we accept the counselor as a form of healer, emotional, psychological or psychiatric, then…
Category: Health, Mental Wellness, Psych News, ReblogTags: courage, damage, Gary Direnfeld, iatrogenic, social work, therapy, trauma, wounding healers