This week, we’re covering parenting!
Sources and information from the episode linked below:
This issue of I’m Not Triggered which covers emotion regulation;
and this one, which covers hypervigilance and how PTSD and complex trauma affect our neurobiology;
The link to the mini-review published on Frontiers, “Parenting with PTSD: A Review of Research on the Influence of PTSD on Parent-Child Functioning in Military and Veteran Families”;
This dissertation by Molly Franz entitled “PTSD and Dysfunctional Parenting: Emotional and Biological Mechanisms” covers the mechanical aspects of PTSD on parenting.
More Resources for Parents:
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network is a parental resource that has a lost of handouts and info sheets on managing different types of trauma, from mass-violence (like school shootings) to natural disasters;
This PDF is abundant in helpful information about parenting while working through past trauma-
A note from the authors: “As trauma therapists working with indi…
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