Attachment and later development

Attachment and later development

The contribution of attachment to our understanding of development is without parallel (Sroufe in Cassidy and Shaver, 2016). It played a central role in moving from a one-person psychology to a relational psychology where the relationship becomes the unit studied....
The trans-generational transmission of trauma (TE)

The trans-generational transmission of trauma (TE)

There appears to be a broader context to the ACE’s (Adverse childhood experience) that wreak so much havoc on health and development: The intergenerational transmission of trauma and maladaptive attachment patterns. Intergenerational trauma is also referred to as...
Health, psychopathology and the regulation of emotion (TE)

Health, psychopathology and the regulation of emotion (TE)

Health can be understood as a state of optimal regulation and adaptive functioning of body, mind and relationships (Siegel, 2012). Health emerges from integration which is the linkage of differentiated parts of a system. Without integration, chaos and rigidity emerge....