Do you know your ACE score? Take the quiz here.
Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs are the amount of difficulties you have suffered before 18 years of age. There are 10 questions.
Our quiz will ask you these questions and tell you your ACE Score!
Merritt, M.B., Cronholm, P., Davis, M., Dempsey, S., Fein, J., Kuykendall, S.A.,… Wade, R. (2013). Findings from the Philadelphia Urban ACE Survey. Institute for Safe Families. https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2013/09/findings-from-the-philadelphia-urban-ace-survey.html
Why ACEs Matter to Our Health
Children who are abused and neglected may suffer immediate physical injuries such as cuts, bruises, or broken bones. They may also have emotional and psychological problems, such as anxiety or posttraumatic stress.
Over the long term, children who are abused or neglected are also at increased risk for experiencing future violence victimization and perpetration, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections, delayed brain development, lower educational attainment, and limited employment opportunities.
Chronic abuse may result in toxic stress, which can change brain development and increase the risk for problems like posttraumatic stress disorder and learning, attention, and memory difficulties.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy Can Help Resolve ACEs
Accelerated Resolution Therapy is a peer reviewed, evidence-based treatment. ART utilizes rapid eye movements, similar to the way our brains use eye movements while we’re sleeping. Unlike REM sleep, you are able to chose what you’d like to process and how you would like to process it, because you are fully awake and in control during the ART session.
ART differs from EMDR in that it is much more procedural. A trained therapist will walk you through each step. ART also targets certain sensations and memories leaving the client less flooded with emotions that leave them feeling raw. There is no homework and each session is considered it’s own intervention. It doesn’t erase memory. It detaches negative emotions from events.
Keep the knowledge, lose the pain.
We are a mental health facility in Mansfield, Texas that treats mostly trauma related mental health issues. To learn more about us and see what we do that’s different than the majority of trauma therapists in Texas - go to our home page: www.hopeplacetx.com