Quotes about Children

Children playing merry-go-round

The other day I was reading through some of my favorite quotes about children and I thought today I would just share some of them with you. With all the disagreements between political parties today I do hope the one thing we can all come together on is our children. I think I will start…

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Help for Trauma Caregivers – Part III

Caregiver comforting trauma

Caregivers – Part III Week 3 – This week I will concentrate on 4 of the 9 points that Dr. Perry gives us for “How can I help? I encourage you to follow the link and read all of the points, it is worth your time. A. Don’t be afraid to talk about the traumatic…

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Help for Trauma Caregivers – Part II

Caregiver comforting trauma

Help for Trauma Caregivers – Part II I will continue this week summarizing a presentation by Bruce Perry (the entire presentation can be found here) titled “Helping Children with Trauma – A brief overview for Caregivers“. As I said last week it is important to remember that this guide by Perry is intended to inform…

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Help for Trauma Caregivers

Caregiver comforting trauma

Help for Trauma Caregivers I was reading a presentation by Bruce Perry (the entire presentation can be found here) titled Helping Children with Trauma – A brief overview for Caregivers. It was such a great presentation that I thought I would give you a short summary for my blog this week, thanks to all the…

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Trauma – how EMDR helps

trauma counseling

Trauma Counseling and EMDR I thought this week we would look at trauma counseling by reviewing the book entitled “EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma” by Francine Shapiro, and Margot Silk Forrest. This book was originally written in 1997 and updated twice (the last time in 2016). The Introduction to the…

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