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New Year, New Who? 5 Trauma-Informed Resolutions

Winter break always gets me to thinking, and this time it has me pondering the implications of raising a child diagnosed with RAD. I don’t know if all the things I have done to help my child will bear long-term fruit for him, but I am increasingly aware of just how much they have done

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Posted by Laura Dennis | Posted in Attachment, Our Voices, Parenting Traumatized Children, Therapies, Trauma |
As a trauma and emotion-centered psychotherapist, I am relieved that children are now being screened for toxic stress. Thinking about mental health as a byproduct of a child’s environment is an important addition to current thinking on how to improve children’s wellbeing. Rushing to diagnose a child with a potentially stigmatizing label, incorrectly blaming “defective” brain chemistry, resorting to unnecessary and sometimes toxic medications, and carrying out punishments do not address the underlying cause or help a child recover their self-confidence and ability to thrive.

ACEs and Toxic Stress: How We Can Heal Children’s Brains

As a trauma and emotion-centered psychotherapist, I am relieved that children are now being screened for toxic stress. Thinking about mental health as a byproduct of a child’s environment is an important addition to current thinking on how to improve children’s wellbeing. Rushing to diagnose a child with a potentially stigmatizing label, incorrectly blaming “defective”

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Posted by Hilary Jacobs Hendel | Posted in Attachment, Our Voices, Therapies, Trauma, Treatment, Uncategorized |
angry bully with fist out

Stopping a Bully: How Learning About Attachment and Emotions Can Help

Richard, a former patient of mine,* used to bully kids when he was in high school. When I asked him to share what bullying felt like, he told me intimidating kids was the only time he felt powerful and strong. His father beat him. He showed the world his tough side, but he secretly believed he was

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Posted by Hilary Jacobs Hendel | Posted in Attachment, Our Voices, Therapies, Trauma, Treatment |
Parents and Therapists must work together to help their traumatized children.

What Therapists Want Parents to Do

–by Susan Ward, LPC Note from the blog manager: this is the promised and long-overdue follow-up to Susan’s popular post, What Therapists Want Parents to Know. Thank you to both Susan and our readers for your patience!   As the parent of a child with trauma and attachment issues, I understand first-hand how overwhelming your life

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Posted by Guest Author | Posted in Attachment, Our Voices, Parenting Traumatized Children, Therapeutic Parenting, Therapies, Trauma |
What Therapists Want Parents to Know

What Therapists Want Parents to Know

–by Susan M. Ward, LPC In April, ATN blogger Lorraine Fuller wrote a powerful post about what she would like therapists to know. I, like many ATN readers, knew exactly what she meant. Not all therapists are equipped to handle the complex needs of families struggling with attachment disorders and trauma. But there are good

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Posted by Guest Author | Posted in Parenting Traumatized Children, Therapeutic Parenting, Therapies, Trauma |
Author of BRAVE: A Personal Story of Healing Childhood

Two Kinds of Brave

[warning – this post briefly references an act of sexual assault] In her response to BRAVE: A Personal Story of Healing Childhood Trauma, Laura Dennis, ATN blog manager, asked me to address the following: “There are (at least) 2 kinds of being brave. One is an illusion in which we tell ourselves a version of

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Posted by Janyne McConnaughey, PhD | Posted in Our Voices, Therapies, Trauma |
Personal experiences about this experience Residential Treatment: When Holding On Means Letting Go, The Downward Spiral of My Son’s Behavior

One Year Ago

For over a year now, my son has been living in a residential treatment facility. One year of not being together for birthdays, Christmas, or Mother’s Day. One year of visits. One year of wondering what will happen next. One year of prayers. While I’ve written here and there about this experience (Residential Treatment: When

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Posted by Sara Borgstede | Posted in Our Voices, Parenting Traumatized Children, Therapies |
Three Things Parents Want Therapists To Do

Three Things Parents Want Therapists To Do

Last month, I shared three things that parents want therapists to know: Parents don’t know if they can trust therapists. Parents love their kids. Parents are juggling multiple responsibilities. I promised a follow-up, so here it is, three things parents want therapists to do. 1) Please listen to us. We know a lot about our

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Posted by Lorraine Fuller | Posted in Attachment, Parenting Traumatized Children, Therapeutic Parenting, Therapies |

It’s Not Always Depression: An Emotional Education

–by Laura Dennis, with much gratitude to Hilary Jacobs Hendel, to whom I owe both the title and content of this post This is not a book review Last month, I wrote a post previewing Hilary Jacobs Hendel’s new book, It’s Not Always Depression: Working the Change Triangle to Listen to the Body, Discover Core

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Posted by Christa Nelson | Posted in Attachment, Book Reviews, Education, Therapeutic Parenting, Therapies, Trauma |

Some Thoughts on Thoughts: The Power of Words

–by Whitney Norris [originally published on the Between You and Me blog of Little Rock Counseling on January 16, 2018. Welcome, Whitney, to the world of ATN!] Thoughts. The ever-present voice in our head that we often only pay much attention to when there’s a problem. Even then, we often hand the bulk of the blame to

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Posted by Christa Nelson | Posted in Therapies |
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