by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Dec 13, 2023 | Parenting
The holiday season can be even more fun for families when parents consciously work to lessen stress and focus themselves and their children on building loving relationships. Here are just a few ways to make December merry and bright: Embrace family rituals. Family...
by Terry Levy | Oct 17, 2023 | Corrective Attachment Therapy, Parenting
Over the years we’ve learned that there are certain challenges almost every parent faces somewhere along the way. Parents come to us with similar questions about how to address specific behaviors like lying, eating issues and public tantrums over and over. Here are...
by Terry Levy | Oct 17, 2023 | Parenting, Recommended Resources, Trauma
Over the last weeks, social media and news feeds have been flooded with horrific stories and violent images from Israel and Gaza. Watching the devastation has been extremely disturbing and upsetting to adults. But what about the effects on children and adolescents,...
by Terry Levy | Sep 18, 2023 | Attachment, Early Childhood Development, Parenting
For decades, we have studied the intergenerational transmission of trauma and neglect through an attachment lens, focusing on how parents’ attachment histories influence their current relationships and parenting practices and how those tend to impact their children....
by Terry Levy | Sep 18, 2023 | Attachment, Parenting, Uncategorized
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 their unborn baby begin to...
by Terry Levy | Sep 18, 2023 | Child & Adolescent Therapy, Parenting, Treatment
If you or someone you love is thinking about suicide, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support at 988. September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and with suicide being the second-leading cause of death for people ages...
