Early trauma can have a multitude of detrimental effects and consequences—one of which is dysregulated arousal. Traumatic experiences can disrupt the normal functioning of the autonomic nervous system ...

Not all recoveries look the same. While addiction might feel universal in its pain and disruption, the way it lives in a woman’s body, the way it roots itself in her memories, and the way it loosens ...

The Agape Treatment Center provides Christian Mental Health trauma-informed counseling, supporting individuals, teens, couples, and families. Our professional services address addiction, including ...

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 ...

Childhood trauma has long been known to raise a child’s odds of developing depression and addiction later on. Now, a small but intriguing new study links these risks to specific changes in the brain, ...

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 ...

AUSTIN ― U.S. Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, who once rescued three dozen people during a battle in the war-torn mountains of Afghanistan, was still in his 20s when the trauma came for him. Alcoholism, ...

Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, a Del Mar resident with a PhD in psychology and a master’s degree in clinical social work, has embraced numerous and diverse fields of interest and areas of focus, ...

Pontiac — By the time women arrive at the doorstep of Hope Against Trafficking, a nonprofit long-term recovery program for victims of human trafficking in Oakland County, their needs are extreme. Some ...

Amy-Leigh Rowe is one of the developers of the OurFutures Vaping program, which has been commercialised by the University of Sydney and is being distributed through the not-for-profit organisation, ...