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Tag Archives: psychology
“What do I do with my anger and rage?”
In our culture, we’re taught to not be angry, to calm down, and to “overcome” our anger, the emotion that alerts us to violations. Cruelty and contempt from caregivers is a serious violation. It’s no wonder survivors of severe abuse … Continue reading
Physician empathy is a powerful healthcare intervention
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
Posted in Activism, Healthcare, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Kindness, Nervous System, Neuroscience, Patient Safety, Safe Medicine, Thriving
Tagged #TraumaAwareAmerica, Behavioral Health, Empathy, Kindness, mental health, Neurobiology, physician empathy, psychology, PTSD, Resilience, Trauma, Trauma Recovery
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ChristianaCare Patient and Family Relations’ Disregard for Patient Needs and Safety
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
Posted in Activism, Healthcare, Mental Health, Patient Safety, Safe Medicine, Truth to Power
Tagged #ChristianaCare, #PsychologyAbuse, #PsychologySurvivor, #TraumaAwareAmerica, Behavioral Health, complaint, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Healthcare in America, hospital, institutional failure, mental health, patient and family relations, psychology, PTSD
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The “Patel Pause”: building capacity for trust after trauma
A brief, simple protocol of granting and withdrawing consent can help restore patient trust after medical or other trauma. An increased sense of safety and agency in your practice will help traumatized patients return instead of postponing care. The Patel … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health, Nervous System, Neuroscience, Patient Safety
Tagged Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, Interpersonal Neurobiology, IPNB, Kindness, mental health, Neurobiology, Neuroplasticity, psychology, PTSD, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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Alienated from shadows, butterflies, and waving ferns
This feels strange. I’m still not used to living with so many windows. My nervous system is not yet familiar enough with the world outside them to be fully comfortable. For instance, I frequently turn expecting a threat at … Continue reading
Psychology’s pathologizing terms, evidence of a shame-based paradigm
Psychology’s pathologizing terms hint at the underlying toxic paradigm, which says the therapist is the Great Healer and the client/patient is the Broken Thing That Needs Fixing. Some of the worst pathologizing and shaming terms: “Disorder” presumes there’s something wrong … Continue reading
I asked for help and they gave me hell
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
The importance of safe environments
Every child deserves to grow up in a safe environment that encourages connection. That’s our human birthright, what we’re designed for, and what we need in order to reach our potential. Too many kids experience a lack of safety and … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health, Safe Medicine
Tagged #PsychologyAbuse, Healthcare in America, psychology, PTSD, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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Psychology is a domination system
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
Public Safety Meeting Presentation: “The Intersection of Public Safety and Mental Health”
Last night, for the first time in many years, I spoke in public. This was at a local public safety meeting coordinated by my State Representative, Larry Lambert, a fine human being. Also present were representatives of our local first … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Community, Education, Mental Health
Tagged Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Medicine, mental health, Mental Hospital, psychology, PTSD, Public Safety, Trauma Awareness
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