by Terry Levy | Jan 9, 2015 | Parenting, Trauma
A landmark research project over the last 20 years, the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, assessed thousands of adults’ physical and emotional well-being, then asked them about their childhood traumas: abuse, neglect, family dysfunction, and attachment. They found...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Dec 13, 2014 | Attachment, Parenting, Uncategorized
Many of these children are eventually adopted by well-meaning parents who are intellectually and emotionally ill-prepared to handle the children’s severe emotional and behavioral problems. Such children are unable to give and receive love and affection, constantly...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Dec 13, 2014 | Attachment, Parenting, Uncategorized
Attachment disorder is transmitted intergenerationally. Children lacking secure attachments with caregivers commonly grow up to be parents who are incapable of establishing this crucial foundation with their own children. Instead of following the instinct to protect,...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Dec 13, 2014 | Attachment, Parenting, Uncategorized
Children who begin their lives with compromised and disrupted attachment (associated with prenatal drug and alcohol exposure, neglect of physical and emotional needs, abuse, violence, multiple caregivers) are at risk of serious problems as development unfolds,...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Dec 8, 2014 | Attachment, Parenting
Attachment is the deep and enduring biological, emotional, and social connection caregivers and children establish early in life. The attachment relationship is the core of a child’s world and the foundation on which life is built. Attachment security is the most...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Dec 1, 2014 | Attachment, Parenting
Communication is the key to secure attachment. Sharing and understanding emotional information enables us to feel deeply connected. Communication begins even before birth. Pregnancy is the dawn of attachment, the time in which parents and unborn baby begin to...
