In group therapy, you discover that you are not alone. Shared experiences provide recognition and support. Together you work on recovery, learn to cope with emotions and find new...

Doris D'Hooghe & Frauke Heyde Unfortunately, violence against women* is still an everyday reality (*more specifically, anyone who identifies as a woman or female, i.e., not just cis women,...

Raising awareness about early childhood adverse experiences in a care giving relationship and their impact on a child's development. "What is believed to be essential for mental health is that...

Abstract Recent research has suggested that betrayal trauma, where a child is an object of others' violence, can lead to him or her becoming an aggressor later in life. Trauma ...

At the residential care center, they had asked me to contact a resident because she was so anxious all the time. I stepped into her room. It was...

Written by Layla Brack. Working in the same practice as Doris D'Hooghe, she inspires me daily, as she has come up with integrations of different theories and new perspectives on...

Violent behavior can result from early childhood trauma. Because of unprocessed trauma, a lot of toxic stress remains in children and adolescents and they very quickly become...

1980, the year I graduate with a Bachelor of psychiatric nursing and start work in the psychiatric ward of a general hospital - full of enthusiasm, passion, and the conviction...

  All the hearts in the shop windows, the pink-red infused advertising to love and honor love, bring my thoughts to my experience with Mr. S. Mr.....

  People need each other. Our brain is "hard-wired" to connect with others. We are not isolated beings. More than that, connecting with those...