Sexual assault is a traumatic experience that can have lasting psychological, emotional, physical, and social effects on survivors. Many of these survivors experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Van der Kolk (2014) explains how some individuals who have experienced trauma have a difficult time moving past their experience, making it difficult to bridge the […]
“I intentionally hold the opposing ideas of absence and presence, because I have learned that most relationships are indeed both.” – Pauline Boss, Ph.D. In the last 50 years, our understanding of the spectrum that grief encompasses has grown immensely. Yet, grief is still wildly misunderstood and unrecognized in our culture. For some, we grant […]
“I intentionally hold the opposing ideas of absence and presence, because I have learned that most relationships are indeed both.” – Pauline Boss, Ph.D. In the last 50 years, our understanding of the spectrum that grief encompasses has grown immensely. Yet, grief is still wildly misunderstood and underrecognized in our culture. For some, we […]