Posts by Deborah Pettitt
Infants and Trauma
I just read an article titled “Trauma-exposed Infants and Toddlers: A Review of Impacts and Evidence-Based Interventions” by Alysse Melville. This article focused on birth to two years old and it caught my attention because very few studies have been done on this age group as it relates to trauma. What follows is a summary…
Read MoreAntidotes for the Four Horseman
I have written before about the “four horseman” in respect to the Gottman Method of Marriage Therapy. If you would like to read more about this concept please click on the link below. Briefly the four horseman are the 4 attitudes that quickly bring about trouble in a marriage. I just read a great article…
Read MoreHelping Children Cope with Traumatic Events
I just read an article from the National Institute of Mental Health that gave many good suggestions for helping children who have been traumatized. I thought I would share with you a few of the sections from that report. Click on the link if you would like to read the entire article. The first helpful…
Read MoreGottman’s Couple Therapy
I just finished reading a journal article titled “Examining the Effectiveness of Gottman Couple Therapy on Improving Marital Adjustment and Couples’ Intimacy”. If you would like to read the study in its entirety, please click on the link. The objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of Gottman couple therapy on improving marital…
Read MoreHealthy People 2030
Healthy People is a national effort that sets goals and objectives to improve the health and well-being of people in the United States. Healthy People 2030 is the fifth edition of Healthy People. It aims at new challenges and builds on lessons learned from its first 4 decades. The initiative began in 1979, when Surgeon…
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