It would be hard to imagine living in a world in which you couldn’t use language to communicate basic wants and desires to others. And…
An acquaintance of mine recently told me about her son diagnosed with autism. He is non-verbal, has difficulty understanding social skills, displays repetitive behavior and…
What’s the difference between a psychologist and a magician? A psychologist pulls habits out of rats! Okay so that joke may have been a bit…
According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, close to half of all children experience school bullying in primary or secondary school, and…
The genocide carried out by Nazi Germany during World War II, took the lives of six million European Jews. However, the number of victims was…
Stop for a second and take a look at the cell phone, laptop or tablet you are using to read this article. Do you know…
The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature. – John Bowlby Forming a healthy and enduring…
Traumatic experiences interfere with a person’s ability to self-regulate. Popular reality shows like Intervention, show shocking depictions of people out-of-control with various addictions who are often trauma…
More than sixty years ago, psychiatrist John Bowlby stated that parent-child attachment can be understood within an evolutionary context, in that it is adaptive and…
When a close friend comes to you with a problem, you can only hope you are able to support them and help. Unfortunately, lack of…
