by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Nov 16, 2022 | Blog
Home is the foundation of a healthy life, including mental health… …and no other instrumentality (therapy or social services) can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions. Many professionals in the mental health field provide services for youth...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Aug 8, 2022 | Album
If you don’t follow us on social media you may have missed our growing collection of Dr. Rhoton Quotes! Dr. Rhoton is the owner, and CEO of Arizona Trauma Institute, as well as the President of Trauma Institute International. He has been inspiring students...
by krista.bennett@aztrauma.org | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog
It is estimated that 95% of the thoughts we have each day are the same thoughts we had yesterday. This means that most of our thoughts are not helpful, tend to be habitual, and are not part of our conscious awareness and that may even be harmful. Do you ever feel...
by Lucille | Feb 13, 2020 | Blog
I recently watched Loving Them Is Not Enough, a three part video series led by Crystal Krueger, LMFT, CCTS-F that is aimed at helping foster parents to care for children that have been through trauma. While this series may have been designed for foster parents though,...
by Lucille | May 3, 2018 | Blog
This article was originally posted on the ICTG Blog April 28, 2018 The Resilient Church Conference Powerful Voices Crossing Boundaries : The Second Post-Conference Reflection of The Resilient Church One month ago, I wrote a blog post titled “From Mistrust to Hope”...
by Lucille | Apr 21, 2018 | Blog
Don’t Wait, Don’t Rush Trauma Informed Parenting Making Space to Heal There’s the adopted child who comes to the parent and asks about his before life; the foster child who is anxious to talk about her feelings. Then, there are those who say nothing...
by Lucille | Mar 15, 2018 | Articles
This article was originally posted on the ICTG Blog March 12, 2018 The Resilient Church Conference From Mistrust to Hope: A Post-conference Reflection of The Resilient Church On February 9th, 2018, Pure Heart Church and The Faithful City (TFC) hosted “The Resilient...
by Lucille | Oct 7, 2017 | Articles
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...
by Lucille | Jun 16, 2016 | Articles
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...
by Lucille | Jun 16, 2016 | Articles
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...
