by Valerie | Jan 14, 2025 | Childhood Trauma
Defeating the Cycle of Trauma and Finding Healing in Safe, Positive Relationships If you are a parent of a child with trauma, your child may have recently received a diagnosis of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Or perhaps you are an adult recently...
by Valerie | Dec 31, 2024 | Childhood Trauma, Parent Resources
Treating Unresolved Childhood Trauma in Adults to Break Intergenerational Trauma Cycles Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, can have a profound impact on our brains and bodies as kids. These effects can last well into adulthood, like a scar. Left untreated,...
by Valerie | Dec 10, 2024 | Childhood Trauma
Behavioral and Health Effects of Trauma Plus How to Get Help Traumatic events can happen to us at any age. Unfortunately, those effects can stay with us for a lifetime if that trauma is not properly worked through and healed. In today’s article, I’ll be taking a look...
by Valerie | Nov 26, 2024 | Childhood Trauma
Studies of Childhood Trauma, Causes, and What We Can Do to Deal with Childhood Trauma The term PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, is a more recently coined term, however, that doesn’t mean that PTSD hasn’t been around for a long time. It wasn’t until after the...
by Valerie | Nov 12, 2024 | School Resources
Plus Ways to Build Positive Relationships in Your School Teachers and administrators in schools have so much to think about and do. It seems like the to-do list is never ending and almost overwhelming at times. But it is so important to take a beat and to reflect on...
by Valerie | Oct 29, 2024 | Guest Interviews
Adoption isn’t always what you might think, and I’ve seen this firsthand. On the latest episode of Her Desired Haven with LaShaundra, I had the chance to share my journey through adoption, including the challenges and lessons that come with parenting kids who’ve...
by Valerie | Oct 29, 2024 | Childhood Trauma, Parent Resources
Transforming Despair Into Hope: A Guide for Families Dealing with the Complexities of Managing Challenging Behavior As parents and caregivers, we want to make sure that our child is equipped to lead a fulfilling life. But when your child is working through trauma,...
by Valerie | Oct 8, 2024 | Childhood Trauma, Parent Resources
Plus Tips to Help Them Through This Sometimes Chaotic Time of Year Many of us view the holiday season as a time of joy and love. But for children with trauma, that often isn’t the case. The holiday season brings extra stressors and triggers for your child with trauma....
by Valerie | Sep 24, 2024 | Parent Resources
Why Teaching a Teen About How Their Brain Works Helps! Teenage years are some of the most difficult developmentally. There are a lot of changes going on in the body due to hormonal changes, the brain rewiring, and the impact of peer pressure becomes much more...
by Valerie | Sep 17, 2024 | Guest Interviews
Delve deep into the complexities and healing paths of childhood trauma in this episode, where I share my personal and professional journey as a devoted father, author, and trauma expert. We explore the importance of understanding and nurturing children through trauma,...
