Trauma
Children and Grief Counseling
I just read a short little book about grief by the Child Trauma Academy entitled A Child’s Loss: Helping Children Exposed to Traumatic Death. You can purchase this little book from iTunes or Kindle. It was only 20 pages but it gave a lot of helpful information for caregivers and a special section at the…
Read MoreBorn to Love
I thought this week I would share a few thoughts from Chapters two and three of Bruce Perry’s book “Born to Love”. The basis of this book is two-fold a) empathy allows us to make social connections and b) human relationships are powerful (both to harm or heal). Neurotransmitters Chapter two gives a wonderful review…
Read MoreExplaining the Brain to Children
I just watched a great video on child brain trauma and helping them recover. It was recorded by the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development. Click on the link to view the complete presentation. The presenter centers her talk around the concept that if young people understand what is happening in their brain,…
Read MoreParenting Traumatized Children
I just read a helpful article found at the Child Welfare Information Gateway titled “Parenting a Child Who has Experienced Trauma”. This article was divided into many sections but I thought I would summarize for you the suggestions under the topic “Helping your Child”. Although childhood trauma can have serious, lasting effects the article stated…
Read MoreLifelong Learning
I thought this week I would update you on training that Blanca and I are taking June 25th-29th 2018 in Phoenix, AZ. It is training given by Anna Gomez about EMDR and is titled: “EMDR Child: Complex Trauma and Dissociation Specialist Intensive Program Level II”. Each day it will be from 8:30 AM to 6:00…
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