Survivor of Berlin’s WWII Atrocities Embodies Childhood Resilience, Thrives at Age 88

Heidi Posnien, now 88, enjoys a peaceful life in a farmhouse overlooking a lake — worlds apart from her childhood in Nazi-occupied Germany, where she and her mother survived unimaginable circumstances. Despite the immense hardships she has endured in her lifetime,...

Understanding Trauma Through Lived Experience: Psychologist Turns Expertise Toward His Own Troubled History

As a child growing up in Southern California, trauma was woven inextricably into the fabric of Dr. Neal King’s day-to-day life. Born into a profoundly disturbed family, King experienced various forms of trauma, including sexual and physical abuse, abandonment, and the...