Menders

Trauma

Climate Change and Climate Trauma: Will We Be Menders?

Jeffrey Jay Ph.D. on July 18, 2023

Current models for treating psychological trauma are inadequate to help respond to climate trauma.

Current models for treating psychological trauma are inadequate to help respond to climate trauma.

Religion

Menders and Religion

Jeffrey Jay Ph.D. on January 21, 2023

People who respond to trauma by taking moral responsibility to address danger and injustice draw upon readily available human qualities, including their religious faith.

People who respond to trauma by taking moral responsibility to address danger and injustice draw upon readily available human qualities, including their religious faith.

Trauma

Menders and Justice

Jeffrey Jay Ph.D. on January 20, 2023

Menders, who take responsibility for the care and protection of others based on their own traumatic experience, can be understood, in part, through their searing sensitization to injustice.

Menders, who take responsibility for the care and protection of others based on their own traumatic experience, can be understood, in part, through their searing sensitization to injustice.

Imagination

Moral Imagination and "Unhope" After Trauma

Jeffrey Jay Ph.D. on December 4, 2022

Moral imagination, following devastation, can either seek an escape from vulnerability or enlargement of self to live embracing frailty.

Moral imagination, following devastation, can either seek an escape from vulnerability or enlargement of self to live embracing frailty.

Trauma

We Are All Mothers: How Trauma Survivors Empathize and Inspire

Jeffrey Jay Ph.D. on December 3, 2022

"Menders" embody and reveal our common compassion despite devastation.

"Menders" embody and reveal our common compassion despite devastation.

Trauma

Trauma: The Moral Challenge for Therapy

Jeffrey Jay Ph.D. on October 29, 2022

Beyond the anxiety of trauma, the immorality of a traumatic experience speaks to victims even while therapists miss the call.

Beyond the anxiety of trauma, the immorality of a traumatic experience speaks to victims even while therapists miss the call.

Trauma

The Unaddressed Moral Dimensions of Trauma

Jeffrey Jay Ph.D. on October 28, 2022

Victims of trauma often take action that no other innocent person suffers from the trauma. It is time to understand and join them in their bold actions.

Victims of trauma often take action that no other innocent person suffers from the trauma. It is time to understand and join them in their bold actions.