You’d be excused if you thought the words ‘eye movement desensitization and reprocessing’ sounded like something from a science fiction movie. In reality, however, it’s hardly high-tech. EMDR (as it is known) is an increasingly popular mental health treatment protocol.
Losing your baby is earth-shattering. A destructive quake in your heart and your whole being that changes the landscape of your life. Stillbirth hurts in hundreds of ways. It's disorienting. It knocks you down. And for a while, it keeps you there. Please know that you are not alone. It makes sense that you want [...]
What happens when an infant or toddler suffers a failure of secure attachment to his or her caregiver? What if a parent is unavailable, unsafe, or overbearing? The science shows that developmental trauma during the first three years of life can seriously disrupt neurological, cognitive, and psychological development and attachment to parents, guardians, or caregivers for the long [...]
