Trauma Assessment Tools: Checklists
Checklists can bring a sense of comfort. But they also have limits. There’s something reassuring about a checklist. When life has felt confusing, unpredictable, or painful, a list of boxes to tick can feel like order. It gives form to something that has lived too long in the shadows—an experience that never quite made sense. […]
The ACEs Checklist: A First Tool for Understanding Trauma
When you grow up in a difficult environment, it can be hard to see just how much those early experiences shaped you. Many of us minimize, dismiss, or explain away what happened. We tell ourselves it wasn’t “that bad,” or that others had it worse. But the body and mind carry those memories whether we […]