Posts from July 1, 2025

Trauma bonds don’t make sense from the outside, only from inside the nervous system that built them. Understanding intermittent reinforcement, dependency, and why insight alone rarely breaks the bond.

Upon completion of her PhD dissertation, Dr. Rochelle Flayter, chair… Read more: STN and CNTR Team Up to Prioritize Geriatric Trauma Nursing Research Gaps

Six manuscripts describing the process and results of CNTR’s work… Read more: Papers on CDE Development for the NTRR Published in TSACO as the Repository Faces Closure

A newly funded project from the National Institutes of Health… Read more: Bringing Trauma Expertise to Rural Patients—When Every Minute Matters

Safety isn’t the warm-up to trauma recovery — it’s the work itself. Why felt safety in the nervous system, not just the absence of danger, is the foundation healing is built on.

PTSD and Complex PTSD are often confused, but they describe different experiences shaped by different kinds of trauma — and they call for different treatment approaches.

Why the body remembers what the mind has moved past, and what somatic memory means for real, lasting trauma recovery.

American Psychologist, Vol 81(5), Jul-Aug 2026, 568-570; doi:10.1037/amp0001753 Karen Z.… Read more: Charles l. Brewer award for distinguished teaching of psychology: Karen Z. Naufel.

American Psychologist, Vol 81(5), Jul-Aug 2026, 565-567; doi:10.1037/amp0001752 Sarah Feldstein… Read more: Gold medal award for impact in psychology: Sarah Feldstein Ewing.

Well, it’s here. It’s Independence Day. It’s the big day… Read more: Let Freedom Reign