Tag Archives: Behavioral Health

Physician empathy is a powerful healthcare intervention

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Shay

As a trauma survivor who has studied Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) for five years, I have learned that empathy is vital to human well-being, especially after trauma, and that, neurophysiologically, I need empathy. It helps integrate the brain, which helps the … Continue reading →

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ChristianaCare Patient and Family Relations’ Disregard for Patient Needs and Safety

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Shay

I wanted to pursue a serious grievance regarding a ChristianaCare medical experience that caused me significant and lasting harm. I received communiques that are unhelpful, and mostly gobbledygook. I only received the vaguest assurance of any resolution of the harmful … Continue reading →

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I asked for help and they gave me hell

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Shay

Five years ago today I walked into a satellite office of the mega-hospital here in Upper Delaware and asked for help with severe Developmental Trauma from extreme Adverse Childhood Experiences. The embedded psychologist must have thought I said I wanted … Continue reading →

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Psychology is a domination system

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Shay

The mainstream / domination psychology system pathologizes normal human responses to abnormal experiences. It also presses us to fit its definition of humanity and valid human experience. Not to mention, it completely denies oue neurobiology. For instance, it uses the … Continue reading →

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