Psychologist specializing in complex trauma, trauma informed care and child welfare
Nashville, TN
Joined August 2009
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Karisa Smith retweeted
Dear America,
I study violence and I study mental health. The problem is access to guns.
I’m also the elected president of the International Society for Research on Aggression. International experts agree— it’s the guns.
Regards,
Tracy – at London, Ontario
CW: Extreme violence 🧵
Miah (11) witnessed her classmates &teachers gunned down.She covered herself in her dead friend’s blood to conceal herself, retrieved her dead teacher’s phone, called 911 for help, & listened to the gunman’s music for over an hour waiting on help to come
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Call your representatives and ask them not to leave Miah and all of our kids waiting for adults to respond.
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Families who rely on in-network therapy providers have consistently told me they have been waiting 6 months on multiple waitlists in our metropolitan area just to get in with a therapy provider.
If we want to build a mental health system that can address the nation's mental health crisis, we can't afford to do more of the same, says APA Chief Science Officer @mitchprinstein. washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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In addition to all of their advocacy, the ACNAtoo team stays curious and asks good questions. If you aren’t familiar with trauma and what trauma-informed care means, this might help
An interview with Dr. @KarisaS, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in Complex Trauma, Child Welfare and Trauma-Informed Care, on how we can understand trauma:
acnatoo.org/acnatoo-blog/und…
I am grateful that the members of the PRT who are most trained in trauma informed processes recognized these concerns and resigned to support survivors. I am also increasingly frustrated with institutions claiming to be “trauma informed”. A 🧵:
BREAKING: Three members of @The_ACNA PRT resigned today in protest on behalf of survivors. @autumnvandehei @artofbreathing @Christen_P5 acnatoo.org/acnatoo-news/prt…
Instead, it repeatedly looks as if safety is assumed instead of established, transparency is inhibited instead of promoted, power is protected instead of empowering others, & people are retraumatized.