JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI: HOW AMERICANS ARE COPING WITH SECONDARY TRAUMATIC STRESS

– AS REPORTED BY NYC PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND RELATIONSHIP EXPERT MARY PENDER GREENENew York, NY, March 17, 2011—Last Friday, Japan experienced the most powerful earthquake to hit that country since seismic measurements began. Life for millions was made worse by a devastating tsunami. In the wake of the catastrophe, many Americans are experiencing Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS). Most people have never heard of STS—the experience of someone not directly exposed to a traumatic event, but who nevertheless suffers some of the same symptoms as those who experience the event firsthand: anxiety,