#Intergenerational trauma palestine professional#

Taline Andonian: Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Founder of the Resonance Center for Psychotherapy & Healing Artsin West Hartford

Steve Sosebee: President and Founder of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.

Rabbi Debra Cantor: spiritual leader of the Congregation B’nai Tikvoh-Sholom Synagogue.

Julian Ford: a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut Health Center It’s free, confidential and available 24/7. If you need to talk to someone, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). In today’s show, we’re examining all the layers of trauma. For both Israelis and Palestinians, collective trauma, and in some cases, intergenerational trauma,makes breaking the cycles of violence even harder. What's happening now in Israel and Gaza can be a constant reminder of atrocities that have impacted generations of people. This can be exacerbated for those who have ties to the region. Doom-scrolling can cause numerous negative mental health outcomes and symptoms of secondary trauma, including compassion fatigue. People working with these traumatized populations are at high risk for this type of trauma, as are those of us a world away. Secondary trauma can occur simply by hearing about someone else’s trauma. When a disaster of this scale happens, it can impact a lot of people - and not just those directly affected. Humanitarians are not just addressing the physical needs, providing food, water, medical care and shelter, but the mental health needs of the children experiencing acute traumatic stress.Į xperts say addressing the mental health needs in this region will require a long term strategy and the time to address mental health needs is now. Children impacted by trauma can experience long term side effects and regression in their development.

That’s on top of the trauma that’s already been experienced by children in the region. Some experts say this war alone will create a generation in trauma. Palestine, historically celebrated for its olives and hospitality, now bears the enduring shadows of transgenerational trauma due to persistent conflict. Many have been left traumatized from witnessing the atrocities of this war up close and from afar.

Give yourself and thus, your family a chance to break the cycle. That means, for starters, you should seek out a qualified trauma therapist. It can be a powerful step to stop seeing this as a private family problem.

#Intergenerational trauma palestine professional#

The images and reports coming out of this region are dire. Intergenerational Trauma, and Any Kind of Trauma Requires Professional Help. It has been just over one month since the Israel-Hamas war began, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.