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 | Jul 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
This generation of children has faced immense challenges that are having a devastating impact on their emotional well-being, causing an alarming increase in mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation and self-harm among young people. Not only...
by Terry Levy | Feb 10, 2023 | The brain, Theory & Research, Uncategorized
Since the 1990s a significant body of research has emerged about the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences such as trauma, neglect, family dysfunction and lack of safe attachment on the body and brain. Toxic stress during childhood – long-term physical and sexual...
by Terry Levy | Dec 15, 2022 | Trauma, Treatment, Uncategorized
This past week marked the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting, where a gunman killed 20 first graders and six school staff members. As news programs looked back on that terrible day a decade ago, reporters interviewed survivors and their...
by Terry Levy | Jan 18, 2022 | Adult Relationships, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Uncategorized
Every relationship has problems. They don’t have to define the relationship. Most problems have solutions. But it is each person’s approach to those problems in the relationship that influences whether the issues cause a major rift. When you, are able to...
by Terry Levy | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
How you typically bond in relationships with others is known as your attachment style or pattern. Do you feel safe and confident in relationships and trust your partner? Or, do you feel insecure and needy? Afraid of commitment and smothered when you get too close? Or,...
