by Valerie | Dec 30, 2025 | Childhood Trauma
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,...
by Valerie | Dec 2, 2025 | Parent Resources
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...
by Valerie | Nov 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Valerie | Nov 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Valerie | Oct 28, 2025 | Childhood Trauma, Parent Resources
5 Strategies for Creating Happier Holidays For many kids, the holidays are a time of wonder and magic. But for some, including kids with trauma, it is a time of emotional turmoil. While the season advertises joyful festivities, these joyful feelings often collide with...
by Valerie | Oct 7, 2025 | Childhood Trauma, Parent Resources
3 Strategies to Overcome Chronic Procrastination Everyone puts things off from time to time when they feel overwhelmed, tired, or just don’t like doing a certain activity. We’ve all heard that getting things done requires “better habits” or “willpower.” Phrases like...
by Valerie | Sep 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Teaching and Modeling Self-Regulation to Your Child For those who don’t process events or experiences in a typical manner, certain experiences or situations can trigger dysregulation. This can lead to behavioral issues, isolation, depression, and more. Learning...
by Valerie | Sep 2, 2025 | Childhood Trauma, Parent Resources
The Science Behind What Really Works Traditional parenting isn’t a one-size-fits-all. In fact, it fails children who have experienced trauma. In this article, we’ll take a deeper look at why traditional parenting fails children with trauma and the science behind...
by Valerie | Aug 26, 2025 | Childhood Trauma
The Long-Term Consequences of Untreated Trauma Untreated childhood trauma can lead to chronic stress, which can really do a number on the body. This can lead to life-long health consequences. In this article, we’ll take a look at the effects of unhealed childhood...
by Valerie | Aug 12, 2025 | Childhood Trauma
Creating Lasting Change to Heal from Childhood Trauma It can be hard to consider the long-term future for your child with trauma when every day can feel like a real struggle. But making lasting changes not only prepares your child for their future, but it can also...
