by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Apr 8, 2014 | Psychology, Treatment
Reviewing hundreds of studies on psychotherapy outcome, the factor that most often is associated with successful therapy is always the same—the quality of the client-therapist relationship. The therapeutic relationship is more important than the theoretical...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Apr 8, 2014 | Psychology, Theory & Research
Why do some individuals collapse under the stresses of life, while others seem to do well coping with the same conditions? Why do some children who experience maltreatment and other disadvantages develop severe psychosocial difficulties later in life, while others...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Apr 7, 2014 | Psychology, Theory & Research
Mirror neurons were discovered in the early 1990s and have revolutionized our understanding of how people learn from and communicate with one another (Rizzolatti 1996). Basically, the idea of mirror neurons is there are networks in our brains that allow people to feel...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Mar 30, 2014 | Parenting, Psychology, Theory & Research
Researchers have used fMRI scans to investigate which regions of the brain are activated during parenting—how our brains are wired for rearing children, and how parenting can shape our brains. They found that humans’ neural circuitry is primed to respond to babies in...
by Michael Orlans | Mar 2, 2014 | Psychology, Trauma
Many parents and mental health professionals avoid talking with children about their prior traumas, fearing that such discussions will cause more pain and reinforce the trauma. Conversely, when children share their stories within a context of attunement, support, and...
by Evergreen Psychotherapy | Dec 5, 2013 | Attachment, Psychology
Many of the brightest and most respected individuals from the fields of psychology, medicine, education and sociology have described the basic ingredients of early childhood development (see Institute for American Values 2003; National Research Council 2000). This is...
