by Terry Levy | Jan 4, 2016 | Couples Therapy, Psychology
More than 50 percent of marriages end in divorce due to various reasons: incompatibility, betrayal, substance abuse, attachment problems, faulty communication. Many people lacked role models of healthy long-term love and commitment growing up. When couples are...
by Terry Levy | Dec 18, 2015 | Psychology
Gratitude is an important component of a happy and fulfilling life. It is a thankful appreciation for what you receive, whether tangible or intangible. Gratitude is consistently linked with feeling more positive emotions, savoring positive experiences, having better...
by Terry Levy | Dec 16, 2015 | Attachment, Parenting
We are social animals, and the family is the primary social environment in which children learn values and a moral code of conduct. Prosocial morality, including empathy, cooperation and conscience, are learned in early secure and loving relationships. Traits are...
by Terry Levy | Nov 30, 2015 | Attachment, Child & Adolescent Therapy
The treatment process with children who have experienced trauma and compromised attachment must replicate the emotional, social and biological characteristics of secure parent–child attachment. That is, the ingredients found in parent–child relationships leading to...
by Terry Levy | Nov 23, 2015 | Attachment, Parenting
Early relationships with caregivers shape a child’s core beliefs (mindset) about self, others, and life in general. It is necessary to understand how memory works in order to appreciate the way core beliefs form and affect a child’s life. There are two types of memory...
