Description

This week on Raising Joy, Wini King and Dr. Kristen Pyrc discuss how to define trauma and the mental and physical responses adolescents have with Joy Hoffman, Psy.D., a psychologist at Cook Children’s Pediatrics in Hurst, Texas. 

Dr. Hoffman details how different adolescent age groups respond to trauma and healing. Discover the best practices on how to create a safe space and gain trust to help the child heal depending on age and events. 

In this episode you’ll learn: 

• How to define the different variations of trauma
• How to identify the different trauma responses in each child
• Ways to respond to trauma responses
• Keeping calm in order to gain trust 
• Ways to help regulate emotional outbursts

This episode is packed with ways to navigate and regulate the physical and emotional responses of trauma in various adolescent age groups.