Adverse Childhood Experiences and the path towards healing. You are not alone.
I share my trials, my victories, and my stories with you in hopes that if any of you were ever touched by childhood abuse or neglect, as I was, you will see yourselves in my experiences and feel strengthened to voice what you had not been able to before. I hope we can learn together why we respond to life through a particular lens, and that there are ways to climb out of this prison of pain, silence, and shame.
My name is Bess Hilpert

Resources

 

These are just a few of the leaders and resources in trauma-related behavioral health medicine:

The National Institute for Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM) (NICABM – Psychotherapy & Psychology Online Training).
Ergos Institute (Ergos Institute, Inc™ (somaticexperiencing.com))
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (Home page – Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute)
Mindful Awareness Research Center (UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, Los Angeles, CA (uclahealth.org))
Mind and Heart Research Lab (Mind and Heart (mindandheartlab.com)
The Mulva Clinic (Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences | Dell Medical School (utexas.edu))
Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk (Best-selling Trauma Research Author | Bessel van der Kolk, MD.)
Dr. Bruce Perry (Bruce Perry/ Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. (bdperry.com))
Polyvagal Institute | Stephen Porges
Dr. Dan Siegel Home Page – Dr. Dan Siegel (drdansiegel.com)
Trauma Solutions (dianepooleheller.com)
Alex Howard
Trauma Healing Accelerated
Tara Brach – Meditation, Psychologist, Author, Teacher

If you are a parent and have a child you are concerned about, here are a few resources:

The Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point (Center for Youth Wellness)
The Child Trauma Academy (HOME | Child Trauma Academy)
The Texas Children’s Hospital (Home | Texas Children’s Hospital (texaschildrens.org))
Trauma Research Foundation (Home – Trauma Research Foundation)

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