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THE ACE STUDY
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 Theory
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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Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Emotional pain, insecure attachment, Robert Anda, Secure Attachment, Vincent Felitti
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, Body Work, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Dissociation, Grief Recovery Handbook, Peter Levine, Stephen Porges
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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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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, Body Work, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Dissociation, Peter Levine, Ruth Buczynski, Somatic Therapy, Stephen Porges
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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
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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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Stephen Porges: Social Engagement Heals
Neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Porges explained in my Sept.19 blog that when a survival threat pushes humans back into the ancient reptilian mechanism of freeze, that’s how trauma happens. The autonomic nervous system (ANS in diagram below) just does this automatically; … Continue reading
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Stephen Porges on Treating Trauma and Compassion
Dr. Stephen Porges discovered in 1994 that trauma in humans comes from our most ancient “reptilian” freeze reflex. He calls it the Polyvagal Theory, as I wrote last week. But Porges also says we can use our mammalian attachment system … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Dissociation, Fight/Flight, Mammalian Attachment, Medical Trauma, Polyvagal Theory, Stephen Porges
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