by Philip and Vellie Helfaer | Mar 18, 2022 | Philip & Vellie, Trauma
What counts as trauma in childhood and adolescence and why is considered trauma? Trauma is an experience, not an event. When does a child’s experience become a trauma? And what is the difference between experience leading to trauma and experience leading to healthy...
by Philip and Vellie Helfaer | Mar 18, 2022 | Trauma
Trauma was just becoming a burgeoning field in psychotherapy when we began to practice in the 1970s. One thing that came more into focus is the kind of traumas we talk about in our reports. These we might call childhood traumas of everyday life; and for the most part...
by Philip and Vellie Helfaer | Feb 11, 2022 | Philip & Vellie
Vellie: I identify myself as a reader, not a writer. But seeing Phil’s excitement writing about the experiences and memories that were important to him, led me to want to experience that excitement about writing that would help me understand myself and grow. With his...
