Childhood Trauma’s Lifelong Impact

Childhood Trauma’s Lifelong Impact

Stacey Hettes Author Interview Dispatches from the Couch is a raw and fiercely intelligent memoir about the enduring scars of childhood sexual abuse and the intricate, often agonizing process of healing. Why was this an important book for you to write? Writing the early drafts gave me permission to spend as much time as I needed to interrogate my memories and the intrusive thoughts they manifested. I was in such a dark place that I didn’t believ…

He was only allowed to see his mother from a distance. During the months she spent in the maternity ward with a high-risk pregnancy, he could only wave to her while she stood on the balcony of her hospital room. “From the moment she left the hospital until I was about sixteen, I refused any touch from anyone,” says psychologist Michal Božík. Even though his mother openly expressed her love for him, he did not consider her a […]