ACE study – Aboriginal Child Artists of Carrolup: Healing Trauma

09/11/2022

Author: David Clark on 09/11/2022

Step Inside the Circle

Firstly, I’d like to apologise for the long period of time since my last post on the website. I was away for nearly eight weeks visiting family and friends in Europe. Since getting back, I’ve been catching up on a number of things, as well as working on […]

02/03/2022

Bessel van der Kolk, world-leading expert in trauma and the healing of trauma.

Author: David Clark on 02/03/2022

Focus on the Needs of Children: Bessel van der Kolk

I have included a number of quotes in these Healing blog posts from Bessel van der Kolk’s seminal book The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Here is another, this time about children: ‘I like to believe that once our society […]

18/01/2019

Dr. Vincent Felitti, co-founder of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study.

Author: David Clark on 18/01/2019

How Childhood Trauma Can Make You A Sick Adult

As I described in my last Healing blog, one theme which is at the heart of the Carrolup Story involves the removal of Aboriginal children from their parents. Today, we know that adverse experiences in childhood can impact powerfully on a person’s physical and psychological wellbeing many years […]