by Terry Levy | Jan 29, 2018 | Attachment, Theory & Research, Trauma
The stress response is critical to the understanding of the neurobiology of trauma and attachment disorder. Stress is an automatic physiological response to any situation that is threatening, overwhelming or requires adjustment to change. The stress response includes...
by Terry Levy | Jan 15, 2018 | Attachment, Theory & Research, Trauma
The limbic system is the social and emotional part of the brain, governing attachment, nurturing instincts, learning, implicit memory (preverbal, unconscious), motivation, stress response, and the immune system (Learn more about the limbic system during infancy...
by Terry Levy | Sep 28, 2015 | Theory & Research, Treatment
Research has shown that religion and spirituality are linked to psychosocial well-being in children and adults. For example, youth who attend religious services with parent(s) have fewer problems as teens; adolescents who attend religious services with parent(s) have...
by Terry Levy | Sep 23, 2015 | Theory & Research, 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 Michael Orlans | Jul 14, 2015 | Parenting, Theory & Research
Over millions of years of human history, breastfeeding has constituted the most successful means for meeting the needs of the human infant (Montague). Nature has gone to great lengths to design a bonding strategy that fits a newborn’s needs in very specific ways. An...
by Michael Orlans | Jul 13, 2015 | Theory & Research
Prior to the 19th Century, no organized public education system was in place anywhere in the world. In the United States, an educational system was created in order to meet the manpower needs of the Industrial Revolution. It was based upon the tenets of academic...