The Power of Play: How Play Helps Kids Heal and Grow

The Power of Play: How Play Helps Kids Heal and Grow

“Play is what makes kids, kids. It’s what they do,” says human play researcher and psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Alison Gopnik. Yet each decade, society has continued to edge play out of the regular rhythm of life...
How Does Trauma Affect the Brain, Especially as We Age?

How Does Trauma Affect the Brain, Especially as We Age?

Working in victim services with the senior population in Montgomery County, I’ve been able to observe the devastating effects that victimization, including past and present abuse and trauma, has on the brain as we age. Victimization ranges in actions including...