There are three main types of Trauma

• Acute Trauma that results from a single incident

• Chronic Trauma that is repeated and prolonged such as repeated exposure to sexual abuse and domestic violence.

• Complex Trauma which is exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events. 

Trauma Is Generational 

Childhood Trauma: 

• Childhood trauma is an event experienced by a child that evokes fear and is commonly violent, dangerous, or life-threatening. Childhood trauma is measured based on the number of Adverse Childhood Events (ACE's) a child experiences. Click the button below to hear what an expert in the field Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has to say about ACE's.

• According to cdc.gov it is estimated that 1 in 7 children and in 2020 1,750 children died as a result of abuse or neglect in the United States.