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How to Heal Childhood Trauma by Understanding Attachment Style
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...
How to Create Emotional Safety for Children with 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,...
The 3 R’s That Changed Everything: Regulate, Relate, and Reason Explained
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...
Your Child Isn’t “Bad” – They Have a Brain Injury
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...
The Role of Childhood Trauma in Sleep Problems
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...
Comfort and Joy: Providing Support for Children with Trauma During the Holidays
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...
Childhood Trauma and the Link to Procrastination
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...
Self-Regulation for Neurodivergent Children
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...
Why Traditional Parenting Fails Children with Trauma
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...
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