Time, Trauma, and Transformation
Author Bio(s)
Steven Gold, Ph.D., has been a professor in NSU’s doctoral psychology programs since 1982. In 1990, he founded the university’s Trauma Resolution & Integration Program, a psychology clinic staffed by doctoral student therapists that has earned a national reputation for quality service, clinical research, and training. In 2004, Gold served as president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. He was president of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Trauma Psychology (2009); served as editor of the division’s scientific journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy (2008–2014); and received the division’s award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology (2014). Recruited by APA’s Office of Publications as editor in chief of the APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology, Gold has published extensively on trauma-related topics, including the book Not Trauma Alone, which details a model for treating adult survivors of prolonged child abuse. His passionate, enthusiastic, and humane approach to working collaboratively with traumatized people has garnered him invitations as a speaker throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and Austria.
Talk Description
A powerful example of the disparity between regimented clock-time and experiential lived-time is the odyssey into, through, and out of the nightmare of traumatization. For many trauma survivors, recovery brings on an entirely new sense of time. Time is now a gift to be unhurriedly and luxuriantly savored as a quality of life that was previously unimaginable reveals itself—one imbued with rich awareness of the present and hopeful anticipation of the future.
Recommended Citation
Gold, Steven, "Time, Trauma, and Transformation" (2016). TEDxNSU. 24.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tedxnsu/24
