Storytelling to Support Children’s Recovery from Disasters

Priscilla Dass-Brailsford & Rebecca Hage Thomley Natural disasters occur suddenly and unexpectedly, but these relatively common events have the potential to cause severe community disruption, displacement, economic loss, property damage, death and injury, and profound emotional suffering. The traumatic consequences of disasters affect children psychologically, spiritually, cognitively, behaviorally, and socially with long-term impacts on their…

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President’s Column – Summer 2024

Carlos A. Cuevas, PhD I hope everyone is starting to enjoy the summer. As is often the case throughout the year, this is another period of transition for many of us. Changing schedules, changing routines, and changing activities. So, the first thing I want to mention in this issue’s column is the importance of self-care.…

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Editorial note – Summer 2024

Viann Nguyen-Feng Editor-In-Chief Dear TPN friends, The editorial team and I wish you a warm welcome to the Trauma Psychology News Summer 2024 issue, themed “Healing across the lifespan and generations.” Our cover art is Crazy Horse by Liza Haldane, member of the Nisga’a Tribe, a First Nation in what we now call Canada. Like…

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COVID-19 and Asian American and Pacific Islander Healthcare Providers The Importance of an Ecological Lens when Examining Stressor Exposure and Outcomes

Terri L. Weaver, Sophia R. McMorrow, Sydney L. Bell, Jeane Bosch, & Jintong Tang The SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 pandemic was a cataclysmic global event that overwhelmed healthcare systems, profoundly impacted healthcare providers’ mental and physical health (Magill et al., 2020), and brought racism, cultural and systemic disparities into hyper focus (Singu, Acharya, et al., 2020).…

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International Student Travel Stipend for APA

Elizabeth Carll Section Editor; Founder & Chair, Refugee Mental Health Resource Network To encourage international participation, the APA Trauma Psychology Division 56 has been providing an annual travel stipend to attend the APA Convention for international students who are citizens of developing countries and enrolled in a graduate psychology program in their home country or…

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Re-envisioning Perspectives On Trauma And Healing

A tri-essay collectionTraumatic Family and Hustle Culture by Minh D. PhanApocalyptic Anxiety and the Fragilification of Time by Robert D. StolorowTrauma-Informed Yoga as a Path to Trauma Healing by Monaé Weathington Traumatic Family and Hustle Culture by Minh D. Phan When I was between the ages of two and four, my parents sent me back…

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Who’s Who: Duane D. Booysen, PhD

Duane D. Booysen, PhDClinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer Formal education: PhD (Stellenbosch University, South Africa); MA in Clinical Psychology and Community Counseling (Stellenbosch University) Areas of expertise/interests: Implementation of trauma-focused psychotherapies for PTSD in low resourced communities characterized by poverty and community violence. Self-care activities: I do moderate weight training and cardio activities, some gardening…

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Book Review – Working With Traumatic Memories To Heal Adults With Unresolved Childhood Trauma

Review by Omewha Beaton, PhD By Petra Winnette , PhD and Jonathan Baylin, PhD 2017 Jessica Kingsley Publishers Working with traumatic memories to heal adults with unresolved childhood trauma: Neuroscience, attachment theory and Pesso Boyden system psychomotor psychotherapy is a collaborative effort by Petra Winnette, PhD, a psychotherapist, and Jonathan Baylin, PhD, a clinical psychologist.…

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