Attachment trauma, the still face and psychopathogenesis

Attachment trauma, the still face and psychopathogenesis

“Why do infants, indeed all people, so strongly seek states of connectedness, and why does the failure to achieve connectedness wreak such damage on their mental and physical health?” asks Tronick (2007, p.488). Connection is the formation of dyadic states of...
Co-regulation and containment: Building a resilient brain

Co-regulation and containment: Building a resilient brain

How do infants learn to regulate and build resilience? What kinds of attachment experiences do babies need to develop optimally? Babies are subject to feelings of distress that they are ‘utterly unequipped’ to manage alone (Wallin, 2007). Parents who can offer...
What are the basic requirements of healthy development?

What are the basic requirements of healthy development?

There has not been enough effort made to identify what the basic requirements are of healthy development in childhood (Greenspan and Brazelton, 2009). When these needs are recognised, plans to fulfil these requirements can more easily be designed and evaluated. Under...