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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 →
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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
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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 →
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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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Dr. Perry: Music Makes Your Case
In last week’s blog, I was surprised by sudden overwhelming feelings of being loved which could only be described as physical. I’ve had these odd explosive physical experiences before. I had one with music so striking at the end of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adult Attachment Disorder, Adult Attachment Interview, Adult Attachment Theory, brain science, Brain stem, Bruce Perry, Developmental Trauma, Gelsey Kirkland, Limbic brain, Nate Ruess, P!nk, Rhythmic Regulation
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