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The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study showed that for 17,337 patients, childhood trauma correlated to serious adult medical conditions. “Contrary to conventional belief," says co-Director Vincent Felitti, MD, "time does not heal all wounds, since humans convert traumatic emotional experiences in childhood into organic disease later in life.”
Category Archives: Attachment
I had a blast: “Mary Giuliani LIVE!” Apr 18
Mary and I had a blast on her Mary Giuliani LIVE Internet show April 18! Trauma, schmauma, I want to go on the late night TV comedy circuit with her. You’re gonna love this video, especially if you’ve seen Mary’s … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), Attachment Disorder Healing, Attachment Theory, Childhood Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Emotional Growth, Mental Health, Nonfiction Psychology, Professional Treatment, Recovery, Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder, Trauma Healing, Trauma-Informed
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Six-City Bus Tour: Campaign to Heal Childhood Trauma
Join me and my friends at Calo Programs, Attachment and Trauma Network (ATN), the American Adoption Congress (AAC) and the Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children (ATTACh) for their “Campaign to Heal Childhood Trauma.” It’s a six-city … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain, Fight-Flight, Trauma
Tagged ACE Study, American Adoption Congress (AAC), ATTACh, Attachment and Trauma Network (ATN), attachment disorder, Attachment Disorder Healing, Calo Programs, Campaign to Heal Childhood Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Mental Health, Trauma-Informed Care
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Healing Student Trauma: Film Debut, Orange County
Save the date Oct. 14 in Orange County, CA! It’s the OC’s first screening of James Redford’s “Paper Tigers,” a film on how Lincoln Alternative High heals traumatized students with new relationships. Such “Trauma-Informed Care” has begun in schools, medical settings, … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Emotional pain, James Redford, Jim Sporleder, Lincoln High School, Paper Tigers, Toxic Stress, Trauma-Informed Care
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Psychotherapy and Love
I went through three bad therapists before I found my current one, and for the first two years, I kept asking him the same question: “You’re just a hired gun, right? ‘What’s love got to do with it?’ What good … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Emotional pain, Frontal Cortex, Limbic brain, Limbic Resonance, Mammalian Attachment, Reptilian Brain, Richard Lannon, Thich Nhat Hanh, Thomas Lewis
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The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) (Pt.2 of 2): Mary Main’s Scary Parent Study
Scary Parents Part 1 of this blog Jan. 23 concluded that by 1978, Dr. Mary Ainsworth’s estimate for U.S. babies was that (A) 23% were Avoidant insecure (avoid parents); (B) only 69-70% were Securely Attached; and (C) 8% were Ambivalent … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Earned Secure Attachment, Erik Hesse, Mary Main, Secure Attachment, Stephen Porges
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The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) (Pt.1 of 2): Mary Ainsworth’s Strange Situation
Only 55% of us had “secure attachment” as infants, according to research on 6,281 infant-parent pairs done during 1970-1999. [FN1, 2] This would worry us all if we knew what it meant, because the other 45% of us suffer “insecure … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Earned Secure Attachment, Erik Hesse, Mary Main, Secure Attachment, Stephen Porges
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Neurofeedback: Healing the Fear-Driven Brain
CLICK HERE to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” Psychotherapist Sebern Fisher gave a great webcast on October 22, 2014 in the NICABM series, about neurofeedback (biofeedback to the brain), which gives us access to our brain function frequencies. Neurofeedback, she … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, insecure attachment, Neurofeedback, Sebern Fisher, Secure Attachment
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California ACEs Summit
At California’s first ACEs summit November 5-7, “Children Can Thrive,” over 200 health professionals, policy leaders and advocates gathered in San Francisco. They created a national model for a statewide dialogue on the biggest public health problem facing California today: … Continue reading
Dreaming of a Safe America – Laura Kerr
This guest blog by Dr. Laura Kerr, PhD, Stanford University, really struck me. For Americans as people, and our government, she notes, “unconscious dreams and unresolved traumas influence our defensive reactions to threat, much like the child that suffers chronic … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Trauma
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Buddhism, Child Abuse, Dissociation, Globalization, insecure attachment, Intergenerational Trauma Transmission, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Social Trauma, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma Denial
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Polyvagal Theory: Trauma as Reptilian Freeze
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” Neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Porges appeared in my last few blogs; let’s explore his 1994 discovery of the Polyvagal Theory. Dr. Porges runs brain-body research at top psychiatry departments (University of Chicago and University … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Dissociation, Fight/Flight, Mammalian Attachment, Polyvagal Theory, Reptilian Brain, Stephen Porges
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