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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.”
Tag Archives: Adult Attachment Theory
Down the Rabbit Hole
#13 in my ongoing book blogs from “Don’t Try This at Home” When Dr. Rita heard about my exploits last week with “The Inner Child Workbook” and the applesauce caper, she said, “Well, I thought you could do some reading, … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Divorce, Emotional pain, Grief, Trauma
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Disorder Books, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Disorder in Adults, Divorce, Emotional pain, Grief, Inner Child, Limbic brain, rebound, therapy, trauma
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What Inner Child?
#12 in my ongoing book blogs from “Don’t Try This at Home” In my last post, group therapy put me through the floor. “Start with the wounded child inside you,” Dr. Matt repeated. “Then introduce your care-giving adult to your … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Emotional pain, Grief, Regression
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Disorder Books, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, anxiety, Attachment Disorder in Adults, Emotional pain, Grief, group therapy, Inner Child Theory, rebound, Regression, Suicide, therapy
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Hole in My Heart
#4 in my ongoing book series; original post August 9, 2013 If there’s been an Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) since 1996 which can diagnose the 50% of Americans with attachment disorder, why doesn’t our medical system use it? [FN12a] Why … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Allan Schore, attachment disorder, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Emotional pain, Henry Cloud, Limbic brain, Mary Main, Maxine Harris
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The Day That Einstein Feared Has Arrived
CLICK to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone”! As I’ve shown based on the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), some 50% of us have a degree of attachment disorder. How can there be so little information on it available? What about us … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Daniel Siegel, Emotional pain, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Mary Main, Matthew Warren, Peter Levine, Rick Warren
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This Is Gonna Hurt – It’ll Be Worth It
#2 in my ongoing book series; original post July 26, 2013 “Don’t Try This At Home” takes you along on the journey to the center of my brain, tripping down what felt like my old New York City apartment building’s … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Dissociation, Emotional pain, Fight-Flight
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, attachment disorder, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Developmental Trauma, Dissociation, Emotional pain, Fight-flight, Mordor, Stress chemicals
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The Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder
CLICK HERE to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” Are parts of your brain dark? Silly, you say. Well, did you ever have a broken heart? Closer to home? Hey, I had such a successful global career that I didn’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain, Grief, Regression
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, attachment disorder, Attachment Disorder in Adults, brain science, Developmental Trauma, Divorce, Emotional pain, Fight-flight, Grief, Limbic brain, Regression, Stress chemicals
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