This comic book uses superheroes to address real-life trauma and PTSD Written by psychologist (and self-professed geek) Dr. Janina Scarlet, 'Dark Agents' aims to heal as well as entertain.

Cazzie David Shares the Trauma of Modern Life and Being a Child of Hollywood in Debut Book. ... There are excerpts of a psych evaluation you had when you were 12 throughout the book.

Jamie Hood, 'A Little Life,' and rethinking the 'Trauma Plot' : It's Been a Minute There are a lot of big subjects that our culture has trouble talking about: wealth, death, addiction, religion ...

In her 2021 essay “The Case Against the Trauma Plot,” New Yorker critic Parul Sehgal delves into the controversy surrounding Hanya Yanagihara’s novel A Little Life. Referring to its ...

Discover why identical experiences can devastate one person while leaving another unscathed. The answer may change how you ...

Hood’s engagement with her own trauma plot doesn’t flatten or distort her story; instead, it expands her craft, her ambition, her desire, and her life. When you buy a book using a link on this ...

The End of Trauma. George Bonanno’s 2021 book serves up a controversial take, ... Van der Kolk paints a grim picture of life after trauma, matching the mood of many mired in PTSD.

‘No Bad Parts’ by Richard C. Schwartz. Lauren Auer, a trauma therapist in Peoria, Ill., said that this 2021 book is a “go-to for clients struggling with inner criticism.” ...

Traumatic experiences are part of human life, but the business of traumatology was not invented until 1980, when the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—III” included post ...

arts entertainment Books. Trauma of Korean War reverberates in ‘The Last Story of Mina Lee’ Nancy Jooyoun Kim mined her family’s immigrant experience for her debut novel.

“The Mirror and the Palette,” by Jennifer Higgie, examines 500 years of women’s self-portraits, tracing a theme of suffering, both physical and emotional, from their lives to their art.

It was sponsored by Dr. Bessel Van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost researchers and clinicians in developmental trauma. He wrote an excellent book, “The Body Keeps the Score,” which I ...