by Evan Dwan | Jan 5, 2022 | News |
There is now evidence for the idea that ‘the baby is the father of the man’ (Karr-Morse and Wiley, 1997). This understanding is part of a ‘quiet revolution’ in our own species understanding of itself. Our earliest experiences become ‘biologically rooted’ in the brain...
by Evan Dwan | Jan 5, 2022 | News |
It is often claimed that we are experiencing a crisis of meaning (McGilChrist, 2021). Far more people in the history of the world now live separate from the natural world, alienated from structures and traditions of stable society and dismissive of the divine. These...
by Evan Dwan | Jan 5, 2022 | News |
McGilChrist (2009) describes the world of the left hemisphere which is becoming increasingly dominant in the western world. There is a preference for the impersonal over the personal. Social cohesion and bonds between people as well as the bonds between people and...
by Evan Dwan | Jan 4, 2022 | News |
There is a growing realisation that trauma is not just an individual experience but a collective one (Machiodi, 2020). Reparation does not just occur in the therapy room but needs to be completed by reintegrating with the community. But if the environment is not safe...
by Evan Dwan | Jan 4, 2022 | News |
There is ‘remarkably’ little support for children and families (Trowell and Bower, 1995). Targeting families in need with scarce resources often means that only families that present with extreme or easily identifiable problems like violence and abuse will get help....
by Evan Dwan | Jan 4, 2022 | News |
The goal with regard to Adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s) should be primary prevention and protection of children as well as strengthening the generation to come by building resilience to help them thrive and live their best possible lives (Ryan and Waite, 2020)....
