Traumatic loss strips the world of substance and solidity “I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER,” a lover proclaims to a beloved. Love thereby transforms the beloved into a metaphysical entity, replacing the finitude and impermanence of existence with the illusion of eternity. When a beloved dies, not only is the relationship lost; the metaphysical illusion of…
READ MOREI am writing my last Presidential column on the heels of returning from APA in Washington, DC. I have to say that I think it was our best conference ever! To start, I was so moved, inspired, and energized by Dr. Thema Bryant’s theme, “You Belong Here,” with the fabulous presence of black and brown…
READ MOREDear TPN friends, THE EDITORIAL TEAM & I WISH YOU A HEARTFELT WELCOME to the Trauma Psychology News Fall/Winter 2023 issue, themed “Fragility, solidarity, and refuge.” As we continue in this fragile, trying time for the world and our community, may we find solidarity with each other and co-create a space of refuge, recovery, and…
READ MOREBy Veronica Eley2021Hidden Brook Press Veronica Eley’s The Blue Dragonfly: healing through poetry offers an unusually poignant testament of the poet’s decades-spanning struggle with traumatic after-effects in daily life. Eley’s poems trace a lifelong struggle with mental illness that first emerges in childhood. By age 7 she was: “alreadyshowing signsof emotionaldisturbancebipolarin today’s terms.” She portrays…
READ MOREDUE DATE: November 1 Fellows Committee Chair:Priscilla Dass-Brailsfordpd227@georgetown.eduPhone: 202-706-5078 Fellow status in APA is given to those who have made unusual and outstanding contributions to the field of trauma psychology. Their distinguished contributions are the foundation on which the future of trauma psychology builds. Fellows make on-going contributions to science, practice, and public policy through…
READ MOREYesenia Aguilar Silvan & Lauren C. NgSection Editor: Antonella BarianiPeer Reviewers: Linda Zheng & Molly Becker Trauma Exposure Disparities for Latine Youth By age 17, 46% of youth in the United States will have experienced at least one potentially traumatic event such as community violence or family separation (Sacks & Murphey, 2018). This major public…
READ MOREJessica Krukowski, Ed St. Aubin, & Karen RobinsonSection Editor: Sydney Timmer-Murillo Black women live in an intersection between two marginalized identities: their Blackness and their womanhood (King, 2019). Oftentimes the challenges Black men and boys face become synonymous with the entire Black experience (Patton et al., 2016). As a result, solidarity becomes asymmetrical, and the…
READ MOREMulticultural Considerations for the Past, Present, & Future of our Field Nicholas A. Pierorazio, Christina M. Dardis, & Bethany L. BrandSection Editor: Claire J. Starrs Dissociation is presently understood as a disconnection and/or disintegration in consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, somatic experience, motor functioning, and/or behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2022). Dissociation may range from being…
READ MOREElizabeth CarllSection Editor; Founder & Chair, Refugee Mental Health Resource Network Refugee Mental Health Resource Network The Refugee Mental Health Resource Network (RMHRN) free webinar on Cybersecurity was unique for the RMHRN as it addressed the increasing concerns that have arisen from colleagues being hacked and data lost or stolen, resulting in access to confidential…
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