These days there is increasing talk about the effects of trauma, now defined more broadly than when PTSD was seen as a response to a particular difficult and harrowing event. Clinicians are beginning to face a quasi-variant of PTSD: Post-COVID stress disorder has become another emerging consequence of the global pandemic. People the world over [...]
As a parent, when you see your child struggling with an issue, you naturally want to help. You jump in with unsolicited advice, offer solutions, make plans of action — anything just to have the angst end. But while your heart may be in the right place, your actions are speaking differently and you need [...]