Reactions to the Tragedy of Flight 370

There are many tragic things surrounding the mystery of  Malaysian Flight 370, including the horrible period of anxious waiting that terrified family members endured and the ongoing lack of information...

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Recent Mall Shooting and Acute Stress Disorder

The recent, senseless shooting at the Columbia Mall in Maryland took the lives of two innocent young people, injured five bystanders, and potentially traumatized countless others. The idea that an...

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Speaking up About Bullying

Jonathan Martin is a 312 pound, 6’5” tackler for the Miami Dolphins. And yet he was relentlessly subjected to bullying that included racial slurs, intense verbal abuse, harassment, threats against...

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Men and Shame

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA Working with shame is one of the most important emotions to process in therapy. So many presenting problems have an additional underlying layer of shame...

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A New Way to Honor 9/11

We just passed the 12th anniversary of one of the most tragic days in recent history. Although most of us can’t recall what we had for breakfast a few days...

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Trauma and Primary Care

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA This week I am in Sarasota, Florida with my family. This is the 23rd year that my husband and I are participating in a week-long...

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Wounded Warriors

by Lisa Ferentz Memorial Day is a time to honor and remember the extraordinarily brave men and women who sacrifice so much to help keep us safe. Many have lost...

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Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG): A Means for Healing

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA One of the more hopeful and optimistic paradigms in our field comes from Positive Psychology. The concept of Post-Traumatic Growth, based on the work of...

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The Boston Marathon Bombing

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA Again we are forced to contend with extraordinary trauma. Again we are left with feelings of profound grief, fear, and anger. We have to try...

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Overcoming Adversity

There have been many times in my life when I’ve been asked, “How can you do the work you do, listening to such upsetting stories about the terrible things that...

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