Breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma

Breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma

Alicia Lieberman writes that risk and protective factors are central to understanding developmental influences on psychopathology. Risk factors are variables that increase the likelihood of an adverse outcome, while protective factors mitigate risk and promote...
Infant comfort, crying and the Continuum concept

Infant comfort, crying and the Continuum concept

Jean Liedloff, in ‘The Continuum concept’, writes that the infant has no sense of the passage of time, and this, while in the womb or the loving arms of her care-giver is not a problem. She feels right. But when not in this state of ‘rightness’, when not in the arms...