In talking with fellow clinicians about addiction, the one view that I encounter most frequently is this: Addiction is a trauma response. That is to say, if someone has an addiction (to alcohol, ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – On today’s episode of CT BUZZ, Host Natasha Lubczenko welcomed Rebecca Peterson, LCSW, Behavioral Health Program Manager, Women’s Services from the CT Department of Mental ...

The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the problems their substance use has caused in their lives before asking God to remove their “defects of ...

When my son was born, I made a promise to myself and to him: the cycle of trauma and addiction stops now. I was 12 years sober at the time. The path that got me there had been filled with abuse, shame ...

That’s the question I ask every woman who applies to live at Sisters of Solace, a two-year residential program in St. Joseph that helps women get off the street and into a loving environment where ...

Jan. 29, 2026 -- How does trauma shape identity, trust, and connection in relationships? In this episode, we spoke with Thema Bryant, PhD, author of Matters of the Heart: Healing Your Relationship ...

A recent theoretical paper published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience suggests that psychological trauma is not literally ...

The Sanctuary at Sedona reports holistic trauma treatments emphasize comprehensive healing for emotional, mental, and ...

A story shared in Wellbriety talking circles tells of three Native sisters walking along a riverbank when they begin to see ...

In what must be example 5,745,347 (estimated) of “things that would have been a weekslong scandal in the before times but now barely register in our post-truth Trumpian reality,” the U.S. government, ...