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Childhood Trauma Is Not Just a Mental Health Problem

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on April 6, 2023
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Exposure to continuous trauma causes the body’s alarm system to be easily triggered, releasing stress hormones that interfere with reasoning and activate that flight, fight, or freeze response. Children cannot learn or get along with friends or family members when living in a constant state of fight, flight or freeze. Rather, their goal is to survive.
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Rebuilding Relationships

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on April 3, 2023
Black and white photo of pre-teen girl with curly light brown hair, sitting on a couch with her chin in her palm, slightly smiling. A grown up adult woman is sitting across from her in a chair holding a clipboard.

Nine-year-old Marcy* was experiencing significant behavioral, attendance, and academic difficulties in school. Her parents were separated and struggled with mental health issues and substance abuse. Marcy’s mother had full custody of Marcy, but they were facing eviction. Due to these struggles, Marcy was referred to Nexus-PATH’s School-Based Targeted Case Management (SB-TCM), a strengths-based service designed to support and supplement traditional supports available in the school. SB-TCM’s goals are to enhance the student’s functioning within their home, school, and community. 

It’s Spring – So Why Aren’t You Happy?

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on March 30, 2023
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Over the past several years humanity has learned how to become resilient in isolation. Many of our face-to-face interactions and relationships were severed during COVID and as a result, we have developed long-term habitual loneliness. So how do we recover? To state it simply, a first step is "do then feel".
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Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Your Family’s Mental and Physical Health

Authored by Nexus Family Healing on March 16, 2023
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Natural and man-made disasters in recent news can cause stress, especially for children. As a parent, it’s important to remember that your reactions to these disasters can impact the way your child views the world around them. Remain calm, give yourself time to process and create a plan that works for your family.
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