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If Social Work and Customer Service Had a Child . . .
If Social Work and Customer Service Had a Child . . . I always felt that if social work and great customer service training merged, it would create a wonderful child; a fully trained social worker who is able to provide excellent service through simple communication...
Are You Ready To Be A Revolutionary?
Dr. Robert Rhoton's call to action speech at the 4th Annual Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Forum: For the last 10 years, Phoenix Children’s hospital and the ACE consortium have been striving to increase understanding of the impact of early life adversities in...
I May Be A Little Too Controlling!
"I may be a little controlling, but I don't think I do it too much". This comment and several others came from a thirty year old man who is going through a divorce and is suffering a great deal and seems confused about why every relationship he cares about ends in...
Childhood Trauma Can Alter Reactivity to Real or Perceived Threat
The developing brain organizes itself in reaction to experience and stimulation that the child is encountering. Regardless of the genetic makeup, the simple process of interacting with the environment is strengthening reactions to repeated environmental stimuli. If...
Why Do Well Meaning People Have Marriages That Fail?
There are a tremendous number of incredibly sincere people who are struggling to maintain satisfying intimate relationships and marriages. Many of these people struggle as a result of the experiences that they had while grown to maturity within the walls of their own...
Who Chooses to Be Dominated in a Relationship?
Occasionally one can hear criticisms and judgments about people that appear reluctant to leave relationships where they are dominated and sometimes abused. Mental health counselors and therapists also feel frustrated very often when dealing with those that they deem...
The Care and Feeding of a Child’s Brain
Recently speaking to a number of therapists in the southern part of Arizona gathered together for training on the neurobiology of trauma, the question was asked why one needs to understand so much about the brain and it's functioning in order to be a more effective...
Department of Child Safety working with the Arizona Trauma Institute to create change
The Arizona Trauma Institute, a regional training and consulting organization, is pleased to announce that we will be working collaboratively the Department of Child Safety to train staff and support the creation of a more trauma sensitive system. This collaboration...
Narcissism and Self-centered behavior Part #3
Regardless of which pattern is being expressed by an individual in any relationship there is a creation of interactional dynamics that are frequently exhausting, frustrating, personally painful, and emotionally trying. The remaining text is dedicated to illustrating...
Narcissism and Self-centered behavior Part #2
Attachment is about the degree that one feels emotionally connected to others, and the predictable nature of that connection. When attachment is inconsistent or poor the predictable nature of the emotional connection is vague and ill-formed. This appreciably reduces...
Narcissism and Self-centered behavior Part #1
A client once sat and expressed that his singular talent was "pissing off" everyone he knew in his life. Even those that started liking him soon learned that he was less than likable in most interactions. The real difficulty was that he was a very intelligent and...
Arizona Trauma Institute supports Winged Hope Family Advocacy Foundation Event
Arizona Trauma Institute is pleased to support the activity of Winged Hope. Winged Hope Family Advocacy Foundation Hosts its Third Annual Fundraising Event, The Hope Run. Family-Friendly Event Raises Funds to Help Victims of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence, and...
Arizona Trauma Institute teams with the Arizona Supreme Court’s move to being trauma sensitive
The Arizona Trauma Institute, a regional training and consulting organization, is pleased to announce that we will be working collaboratively with the Arizona Supreme Court’s Detention Education and Juvenile Justice Services Division. The training will focus on...
The Arizona Trauma Institute in collaboration with the AZ ACE Consortium is offering training to community members and professionals
Back by Popular Demand “Being Trauma Sensitive: What you need to know to create a better life for children and families” Dr. Robert Rhoton will again present a unique discussion of the elements of trauma, with supporting materials on the nature of how trauma...
Could Child Trauma Begin Before Conception?
This is a much more complicated question than one might think. One of the factors that complicate the question is that there exists no set, clear and well defined definition of what is traumatic. There exist a tremendous latitude to what can be traumatic, based on the...
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