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.
Who Holds the Power? How Medical Hierarchies Silence Parents, Clinicians, and Care Itself
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 21/02/2025When positional power overrides relational authority in healthcare, care suffers. This article explores how medical hierarchies silence parents, nurses, and frontline clinicians—leading to delayed interventions, moral injury, and loss of trust. Discover how Trauma-Informed Developmental Care (TIDC) disrupts harmful hierarchies by centering relationships, trust, and shared decision-making. Read on to explore how we can shift from control to connection in patient care.
Rest, Play, Grow: A Harmonious Intersection with Trauma-Informed Developmental Care and Caring Science
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 16/02/2025Explore how Deborah MacNamara’s Rest, Play, Grow aligns with Trauma-Informed Developmental Care and Caring Science, nurturing children and caregivers through safety, play, and compassion
Healing the Past, Loving the Future: How Early Life Adversity Shapes Society’s Capacity for Love
By: Mary Coughlin Published on: 13/02/2025Explore how early life adversity shapes our ability to love and connect, and discover how trauma-informed care can transform fear into healing. Learn how relational healing fosters a more compassionate world.
