Perspectives on Challenged Family Building

Living in Ohio offers great cities, beautiful countryside, diverse cultures, thrilling roller-coasters, Great Lake Erie and snow! This winter, we are privy to lots of snow! School cancellations seem never-ending! Parents—struggling, with challenging adoptees—are at their wits’ end!
 
This unexpected break from the world of academics generates many phone calls to the therapist. Yesterday, in a [...]

Children who have experienced trauma enter the family with thoughts about themselves, adults and the world that are faulty. For example, children who resided in homes replete with domestic violence and physical abuse may think:

Aggression is a means to solve problems. In homes with domestic violence and physical abuse, it is the strongest member of [...]

It is likely that many reading this blog might be saying, “Why a blog on the brain?” The answer is that the brain is affected—long-term—by the experiences it encounters pre-natally and in the early years of one’s life. In particular, the brain grows more in the first year of life than at any other point [...]