The Power of Secure Attachment

Last week, Levi, my beautiful 18-month-old grandson had eye surgery. It was a great success, and he recovered incredibly well. I had the privilege of helping my son and daughter-in-law...

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4 Ways to Define Early Child-Caretaker Attachment Styles

I just had the privilege of giving the keynote address, “Trauma and Attachment” to a large group of clinicians at a conference in Kentucky. Although these were seasoned and extremely...

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Men and Shame

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA Working with shame is one of the most important emotions to process in therapy. So many presenting problems have an additional underlying layer of shame...

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Off to College- A Lesson in Attachment

Those of you who have trained with me in the past, are well aware that I take great stock in the impact that either secure, insecure, ambivalent, avoidant or disorganized...

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A Quick Primer on Early Primary Relationships

By, Kate Oliver, MSW, LCSW-C Attachment is the relationship people develop with our early caregivers that shape how we form connections to other people throughout our lives as well as...

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