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However, many healthcare systems experience symptoms that transform healing spaces into re-traumatizing environments for patients as well as leadership, physicians, and staff. Patients with complex needs, larger system pressures, changes in leadership, and staff turnover all can evoke fear and stress, resulting in punitive and non-relational interactions. This kind of climate unwittingly replicates the abusive dynamics patients and staff may have experienced in their own lives, leading to poor outcomes.   [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/behavioral-health-hospitals-benefits-of-trauma-informed-care-training-and-system-change) [![](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/hubfs/Post%20Traumatic%20Growth.png)](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/fostering-post-traumatic-growth-in-our-risking-connection-community) ## [Fostering Post-Traumatic Growth in Our Risking Connection Community](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/fostering-post-traumatic-growth-in-our-risking-connection-community) September 28, 2021 by [John Engel, MA](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/john-engel-ma) posted in [Crisis Response](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/crisis-response), [Whole-System Change](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/whole-system-change) [0 Comments](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/fostering-post-traumatic-growth-in-our-risking-connection-community#comments-listing) Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) is defined as the “positive psychological change in the wake of struggling with highly challenging life circumstances,” by Richard Tedeschi, PhD, and Lawrence Calhoun, PhD, who coined the term in 2004. Tedeschi recently reflected on the pandemic and opportunity for [Growth After Trauma](https://hbr.org/2020/07/growth-after-trauma) in Harvard Business Review. [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/fostering-post-traumatic-growth-in-our-risking-connection-community) [![](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/hubfs/Light%20At%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Tunnel_210100426.jpeg)](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/creating-a-trauma-informed-new-normal) ## [Creating a Trauma-Informed “New Normal”](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/creating-a-trauma-informed-new-normal) June 19, 2020 by [Mary Jo Harwood, LSW, DCNCCM](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/mary-jo-harwood-lsw-dcnccm) posted in [Crisis Response](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/crisis-response), [Whole-System Change](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/whole-system-change) [0 Comments](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/creating-a-trauma-informed-new-normal#comments-listing) What exactly does “new normal” mean? It is an expression that has become mainstream vernacular since the COVID-19 pandemic. But in the field of trauma response and recovery, it is a term that has long been used to provide hope for survivors. [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/creating-a-trauma-informed-new-normal) [![](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/hubfs/AdobeStock_355172406.jpeg)](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/healing-historical-trauma) ## [Healing Historical Trauma](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/healing-historical-trauma) June 9, 2020 by [Mary Jo Harwood, LSW, DCNCCM](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/mary-jo-harwood-lsw-dcnccm) posted in [Crisis Response](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/crisis-response), [Whole-System Change](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/whole-system-change) [5 Comments](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/healing-historical-trauma#comments-listing) **White People Need to Own Our Discomfort** For those of us who are white, the role we find ourselves occupying is that of white supremacy. In her book, *[What Does It Mean To Be White?](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14977586-what-does-it-mean-to-be-white),* Robin DiAngelo describes white supremacy as: [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/healing-historical-trauma) [![](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/hubfs/Grocery%20Store%20AdobeStock_349769146%202to%201.jpeg)](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/developing-compassion-from-covid-19) ## [Developing Compassion from COVID-19](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/developing-compassion-from-covid-19) June 3, 2020 by [Patricia D. Wilcox, LCSW](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/patricia-d-wilcox-lcsw) posted in [Crisis Response](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/crisis-response) [0 Comments](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/developing-compassion-from-covid-19#comments-listing) Day-to-day life was altered so swiftly and thoroughly as a result of COVID-19—a collective whiplash. As a result, many may feel frustrated, lonely, or are mourning the way things changed and the normal activities we are now unable to do. We may be saddened by losing loved ones or by being unable to visit them. But we may also be finding some sources of joy or re-calibration within this time. [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/developing-compassion-from-covid-19) [![](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/hubfs/FatherandSon215432265resized-1.jpeg)](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/tribal-communities-advancing-trauma-informed-care) ## [Tribal Communities:  Advancing Trauma-Informed Care](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/tribal-communities-advancing-trauma-informed-care) May 21, 2020 by [John Engel, MA](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/john-engel-ma) posted in [Crisis Response](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/crisis-response), [Measurement & Research](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/measurement-research) [0 Comments](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/tribal-communities-advancing-trauma-informed-care#comments-listing) New federal funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes critical funding for advancing trauma-informed care services in tribal communities. [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/tribal-communities-advancing-trauma-informed-care) [![](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/hubfs/05.05.20%20COVID-19%20Masks%20AdobeStock_334697273-1.png)](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/trauma-informed-care-and-the-stress-of-covid-19) ## [Trauma-Informed Care and the Stress of COVID-19](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/trauma-informed-care-and-the-stress-of-covid-19) May 11, 2020 by [Traumatic Stress Institute Staff](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/traumatic-stress-institute-staff) posted in [Crisis Response](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/crisis-response), [Whole-System Change](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/whole-system-change) [1 Comment](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/trauma-informed-care-and-the-stress-of-covid-19#comments-listing) We are all under noticeably increased stress in this time of the COVID-19 virus changing our lives. We have many things to attend to, from the practical to the personal to the emotional. Our organizations are confronting immediate and longer term challenges from closed programs, potential layoffs, and financial uncertainty. [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/trauma-informed-care-and-the-stress-of-covid-19) [![](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/hubfs/fusion-medical-animation-EAgGqOiDDMg-unsplash-1.jpg)](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/announcing-30-covid-19-hardship-discount-on-all-online-artic-purchases) ## [COVID-19 Hardship Discount on all Online ARTIC Purchases](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/announcing-30-covid-19-hardship-discount-on-all-online-artic-purchases) May 7, 2020 by [John Engel, MA](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/author/john-engel-ma) posted in [Crisis Response](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/crisis-response), [Measurement & Research](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/topic/measurement-research) [0 Comments](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/announcing-30-covid-19-hardship-discount-on-all-online-artic-purchases#comments-listing) Despite the COVID-19 crisis, school systems, human service agencies, behavioral health programs, medical institutions, foster care agencies, juvenile justice programs, and many others are working to sustain trauma-informed care--now more than ever. [Read More](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/announcing-30-covid-19-hardship-discount-on-all-online-artic-purchases) [All posts](https://blog.traumaticstressinstitute.com/blog/all) Copyright 2026 | Traumatic Stress Institute