Hello and welcome to being well I'm Forrest Hansen. If you're new on this

podcast we explore the hard parts of being human and the practical science of

lasting well-being and if you've listened before, welcome back.

It's been a long challenging year for many people.

From the pandemic and quarantine to graphic depictions of racialized violence

and the related social upheaval to a variety

of environmental crises including the recent fires that have been ravaging the west coast

of the United States, we've been through a lot. Oh, and also it's an election year in America, which I'm sure is going to lead to some really rational, thoughtful discourse all the way around.

Anyway, things have been at best hard, disruptive, and to use a different kind of word, even traumatic

for many people.

And with the relatively recent start of the school year, there's been some additional focus

on a different and perhaps particularly vulnerable population of people.

Children and young people all around who have experienced this year's unique challenges

as a considerably larger chunk of their lives.

Today we're going to be focusing on trauma, resilience,

and effective coping, and particularly

on the unique challenges experienced by both young people

and their parents.

I've really been looking forward to this conversation

and am incredibly pleased to welcome today's guest, Dr. Allison Briscoe Smith.

Dr. Briscoe Smith is a child clinical psychologist

who specializes in trauma and issues of race.

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