How do soldiers adapt relational strategies to support partners' emotional needs following prolonged deployments?
Soldiers are often required to leave their families behind for extended periods...
Veterans navigating intimacy can be challenging, especially for those whose partners have experienced secondary trauma from witnessing war's horrors. Veterans must consider how their trauma affects...
A partner's emotional expectations can be altered when they experience traumatic events that affect their ability to form deep and meaningful connections with others, including their romantic...
Trauma-related coping mechanisms can include things like avoidance, numbing, or dissociation to help individuals deal with difficult experiences. These mechanisms can be helpful in the short term,...
Trauma and Intimacy
Trauma is an emotional response to a distressing event that can cause severe psychological harm to individuals. It can be caused by physical abuse, sexual assault, natural...
There has been an increase in the number of women joining the military in various countries around the world. This trend has led to many challenges for traditional gender roles and expectations...