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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.”
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Readers Defend Van der Kolk
I had the most comments ever last week, as readers spoke up to defend Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (left) and his ideas about somatic (body) healing for trauma, after the sideswipes against science by the New York Times May … Continue reading
In Defense of Van der Kolk
The New York Times May 22 spotlighted Dr. Bessel van der Kolk MD’s idea that to change the way we heal a traumatized mind, start with the body (as noted last week). (Van der Kolk portrait by Matthew Woodson for … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Theory, Bessel van der Kolk, brain science, Brain stem, Child Trauma, EMDR, Frontal Cortex, New York Times, PTSD
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“Heal trauma? Start with the body”
“Bessel van der Kolk wants to change the way we heal a traumatized mind — by starting with the body,” reports Jeneen Interlandi in the New York Times Magazine May 22. (Dr. van der Kolk in session drawn by Matthew … Continue reading
Bruce Perry: No Empathy, No Survival
Dr. Bruce Perry, MD, “Born for Love: “Why Empathy is Essential – and Endangered” Address to The National Council for Behavioral Health Washington, DC, May 4, 2014 – Click link or photo for video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6kDeBaJi0M “Empathy is what makes us … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Developmental Trauma, Frontal Cortex, National Council
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Allan Schore: What is the “Self”?
CLICK HERE to BUY “Don’t Try This Alone” In March 2013, I was standing unknown in a crowd of professors and therapists at a UCLA conference, and noticed a quiet gentleman on my right. I’d seen his photo online. “Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Allan Schore, brain science, Developmental Trauma, Emotional pain, explicit memory, implicit memory, insecure attachment, John Bowlby, Secure Attachment, Still Face Experiment
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What Trauma-Informed Care Means to Me
“Rider for Change” James Encinas arrived by mountain bike at San Diego’s Cherokee Point Elementary May 2 to the delight of some hundred students, and visitors from around southern California. James, a career LA school teacher, is riding 3,000 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Emotional pain, Fight-Flight
Tagged ACE Study, Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Christopher Germer, Echo Parenting, James Encinas, NCTIC, Ruth Beaglehole, SAMHSA, Trauma-Informed Care
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Music Therapy and Child Trauma
Want to heal developmental trauma in kids? Create children’s choirs, I wrote last week. Dr. Bruce Perry says “patterned, repetitive, rhythmic regulation” is what regulates the brain stem, and when it’s not regulated, we can’t truly reach the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science
Tagged Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Children's Choirs, Developmental Trauma, Entrainment, Galina Mindlin, Joanne Loewy, Music Therapy, Preemies, Rhythmic Regulation, Vienna Boys’ Choir
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Bruce Perry and Children’s Choirs
I’ve reported Dr. Bruce Perry’s in Washington May 4 to talk on healing trauma at the National Council. What’s that got to do with this sculpture of children singing in the Cathedral of Florence in 1436 to kick off the … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Trauma
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Theory, Amira Willighagen, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Children's Choirs, Developmental Trauma, Filippo Brunelleschi, Limbic Resonance, Lucca della Robbia, Rhythmic Regulation, St.Thomas Boys Choir
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Perry: Rhythm Regulates the Brain
Dr. Bruce Perry, MD is taking his healing for trauma to Washington in a May 4 program for the National Council for Behavioral Health. And the doc’s got rhythm. In fact, he and other trauma experts are reporting revolutionary success … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Developmental Trauma, explicit memory, Frontal Cortex, implicit memory, National Council, Rhythmic Regulation
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Bruce Perry: Attachment and Developmental Trauma
Dr. Bruce Perry, MD (left) documents the brain science of how attachment problems can cause developmental trauma to a fetus, infant, or child – just when the brain is developing. And he’s taking his “attachment first” approach to Washington. In … Continue reading
Posted in Attachment, Attachment Disorder, Attachment Theory, Brain Science, Stress chemicals
Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, Developmental Trauma, Frontal Cortex, National Council
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