Our most developmentally important relationships begin in our formative years and come from our teachers, mentors, friends, and our parents or parental figures. How we connect with others is, in some ...

Parental unresolved trauma can show up as fear or detachment, and it can prevent secure emotional bonds, even without abuse.

Parenting is probably the most difficult job you'll have in your lifetime. That's especially true if you're dealing with past ...

The way we connect with others as adults is often shaped by our earliest experiences with caregivers. From birth, a child seeks comfort, security and love, forming attachments that become the ...

Everyone has a childhood memory—or many—that haunts them. It could be anything from a small hiccup like having an accident at a sleepover or being teased in school to a big-T trauma like abuse or ...

There’s a reason April Beaton has a 6-foot white beanbag in the living room and not a coffee table; a reason her 5-year-old son’s bedroom is kept bare. There’s a reason she keeps a stack of printouts ...

The unique symptoms of PTSD in youth, and treatments specific to children after trauma. Exploring how PTSD looks different in children than in adults, what factors contribute to trauma’s long-term ...