Design is more powerful than we often realize. Trauma-informed design is the intentional creation of spaces that help people ...

Online interactions can create stress responses in users, but if designers and developers received trauma-informed training, the benefits would go well beyond “do no further harm.” Trauma-informed ...

A child may survive violence, homelessness, or other profoundly distressing circumstance, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. The stress-response system that trauma activates in the body can have ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. For many of us, the global lockdowns stemming from the COVID-19 ...

Andrea Giovando believes design has the power to improve your day–and even your life. The principal and senior interior designer at Bond Architects was first introduced to the formal concept of trauma ...

The urgency of digital healing spaces is emphasized by the current mental health crisis, social fragmentation and rising inequality, which collectively demand innovative solutions to support ...

It’s no wonder, then, that most of us live amid a background of anxiety and stress that, for many, borders on the traumatic. Such constant stress can lead to health issues from headaches, high blood ...

Ikea Small Home mockup. All photos courtesy Ikea and WestEast Design Group. Hopefully, most of us won’t have to deal with being homeless during our lives — however, that shouldn’t keep us from feeling ...

AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University researcher is embarking on a new research path, paving the way in an emerging field of study within landscape architecture: trauma-informed environmental design.