Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing has been called pseudoscience, but the increasingly popular therapy has shown good results at treating trauma. Could it help me come to terms with a childhood tragedy?
Bessel Van der Kolk, author of “The Body Keeps the Score,” on how trauma became America’s favorite diagnosis. The psychiatrist’s once controversial theory of trauma became the dominant way we make sense of our lives.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) welcomes Callawegians to a one-of-a-kind film experiment 6:30 p.m., April 25th at the Brick District Playhouse.
A recent meta-review of 12 other studies on the efficacy of “trigger warnings” conducted by Australian experimental psychologist Victoria Brigland confirms what clinical psychologists have long understood: trigger warnings don't work. Instead of reducing the stress students feel upon encountering sensitive subjects, they only make it worse.