Matthew Brandon was six years old when he made his way into Chris and Shannon Gardiner's life. The boy was non-verbal and had complex needs, and he had already been moved around a lot in the foster ...

Intergenerational trauma has become a buzzword over the last several years. It was first explored in the research of Canadian psychiatrist Dr. Rakoff and her colleagues in 1966. They found higher ...

Intergenerational and historical trauma courses through the offspring in a family, surfacing in descendants throughout decades, until it is addressed and healing is achieved. The “Woman to Woman ...

A landmark study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Keiser Permanente investigated the effects of child abuse and related adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as a public health problem over ...

Have you ever wondered why your family functions the way it does? Or why certain behaviors are accepted while others are frowned upon? Perhaps there’s a double standard, where some actions are allowed ...