Category Archives: Attachment Disorder

My Neurofeedback Journey – Dr. Tina Hahn

My Neurofeedback Journey by Tina Marie Hahn — as told to Kathy Brous [Tina added on July 11:  I am experiencing major changes in my brain functioning so fast with neurofeedback, although as of this writing, I have only been … Continue reading

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‘Paper Tigers’ Film: ACE Trauma Can Be Healed

“Resilience practices overcome students’ ACEs in trauma-informed high school, say the data” — Guest Blog by Jane Stevens, Founder of ACEsConnection.com Three years ago, the story about how Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tried a new approach to … Continue reading

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April-May 2015 “New Brain” Webinars

Dr. Daniel J. Siegel gave a webinar April 8 to kick off the 2015 “New Brain Series” of weekly webinars by the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM).  The series is airing Wednesdays April 8 – … Continue reading

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A Pastor’s Battle with Childhood Trauma

[This week we have “Overcoming Adverse Childhood Experiences” (ACEs), a guest blog by Pastor Dave Lockridge of northern California (left). What a story, and what a persistent heart! – Kathy] From the Merced Sun Star, Merced County, CA: When I … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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How to Use My Website

For new readers signing up, bless you for your patience. I’m new to Attachment Disorder Healing, too — and it’s my website.  A note on “How to Use” AttachmentDisorder Healing.com is overdue. I fell into all this entirely by accident, … Continue reading

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Dr. Ruth’s Ultimate Trauma Solution

… Dr. Ruth Buczynski, that is (so, relax…that’s her at left).  A peek inside the minds of cutting-edge psychotherapists on how to really heal trauma is in her latest blog; click here: “Rethinking Trauma: The Third Wave.” http://www.nicabm.com/nicabmblog/rethinking-trauma-the-third-wave-of-trauma-treatment/ She says … Continue reading

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