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  • Trauma Stored in the Body

    Trauma Stored in the Body

    Today, experts are studying “embodied trauma,” or when someone has unexplainable physical symptoms that are assumed to be caused by past traumas. Anecdotally, clinical psychologist and dance/movement therapist Ilene Serlin, PhD, says some of her clients who can’t verbally express what they’re feeling or talk about their trauma sometimes experience physical symptoms associated with that trauma. Through her…

  • Estrangement

    Estrangement

    It’s important to note that there’s a spectrum of estrangement, and it’s not always a forever thing, says psychologist Joshua Coleman, PhD, author of Rules of Estrangement. Sometimes people distance themselves or experience a loved one pulling away from them for short periods of time, long stretches, and sometimes forever. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the most common reasons for family estrangement…