As part of The War Memorial’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, this two-part series explores the impact of trauma and the journey toward resilience.
Conflict and Healing Lecture Series
Join Dr. Judy Jacobs, PhD, RN, LPC as she explains how traumatic events and stress effect not only your mental health, but your physical health as well.
This is a two-part series with the second lecture titled Managing the Stressors of the Day, happening March 16th at 2pm.
Part One: Psychology of Trauma
During our daily lives, we all experience “acute stress” for various reasons which may cause our defense responses to jump into action. However, our bodies will recover swiftly once the perceived cause of the stressor has passed. Traumatic Stress is a more severe bodily reaction caused by incidents (i.e., war, severe accidents, assaults, workplace violence, etc.) in which the person experiences or witnesses actual threatened death or serious injury to self or others.
Topics that Dr. Jacobs will cover in this lecture include:
The types of Stressors leading to Traumatic Stress
The characteristics of a Traumatic event
The effects of Traumatic Stress on the body and relationships
Dealing with the Effects of a Traumatic event, i.e., taking care of oneself