From trauma to triumph: Trauma-informed lawyering

By Leanne Goldstein ( September 1, 2021, 2:47 PM EDT) -- It is not uncommon for individuals claiming long-term disability benefits to be trauma survivors. Many long-term disability benefit claimants have suffered traumatic experiences related to a childhood event, an accident or an injury, an operational stress injury, the loss of a loved one, emotional or sexual abuse or multiple hospitalizations. The emotional responses to traumatic experiences are varied and can include severe anxiety, low self-esteem, indecisiveness, memory impairment, poor coping skills and extreme mistrust of others....