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The 4 Attachment Styles and How Understanding Them Helps Inform Healing from Trauma
We are always talking about children being able to form healthy attachments or relationships with their caregivers. This is also known as a secure attachment, and is the most ideal model for the basis of any healthy relationship. Your earliest attachments with parents and caregivers shape y...
Building Positive, Safe Relationships with Your Child
When a child feels emotionally safe, it changes everything. Children who are safe and comfortable in a relationship speak more freely, explore with more confidence, and begin to trust–not just those around them, but also themselves. But in today’s pressure-filled world, emotional safety isn’t always a guarantee.
...How to Connect with Your Child when They are Dysregulated
Emotional dysregulation–you hear that phrase a lot and it has a really big impact on parenting and relationships. Emotional dysregulation can occur in any person, though it happens even more often in children with trauma, and just means that their brain is stuck in a stress response. It’s often accompanied by a lack...
Understanding Trauma’s Impact on Brain and Behavioral Development
When children routinely misbehave, they are often labeled as a “bad” kid. But if your child has experienced trauma, it’s not that they are a bad kid–they actually have a brain injury. Trauma can trigger lasting changes in the brain’s structure and function, particularly in areas related to emotion regulation...
How Childhood Trauma Impacts Sleep Quality
Childhood trauma is most known for affecting behavior and emotions. But trauma doesn’t take a break at night when your child is sleeping. In this article, we take a look at why kids with trauma experience sleep disturbances and some possible treatments for the effect trauma has on your child.
How Childhood Trauma Af...