No Other Land, No Other Choice: A Trauma-Informed Reckoning with Occupation
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 03/03/2025A bold exploration of No Other Land through the lens of trauma-informed care, challenging the normalization of suffering and calling for advocacy beyond silos. This powerful piece connects the philosophy of trauma-informed care to global injustices, urging us to resist, bear witness, and demand systemic change.
Hospicing Modernity: Reimagining Care through Trauma-Informed Developmental Care and Caring Science
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 23/02/2025Explore how Hospicing Modernity intersects with Trauma-Informed Developmental Care and Caring Science, offering a transformative vision for reimagining healthcare through connection, equity, and humanity.
When Healers Are Harmed: How Systems of Power Create Moral Injury for Clinicians
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/02/2025Moral injury in healthcare isn’t burnout—it’s the deep wound left when clinicians are forced to act against their values. This article explores how power-driven policies, medical hierarchies, and hospital rules cause moral injury for nurses, doctors, and social workers. Learn how Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC) can help shift healthcare from systems of control to systems of care. Read on to explore how we can heal the healers.
Policies or People? How Hospital Rules and Procedures Create Trauma in Care
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/02/2025When hospital policies prioritize control over connection, care suffers. This article examines how COVID-19 visitation bans, NICU restrictions, and institutional rules have separated families, silenced clinicians, and caused lasting trauma. Discover how Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC) challenges harmful policies by centering relationships, trust, and human connection. Read on to explore how we can build a healthcare system where policies serve people—not the other way around.
