by Evan Dwan | Jun 24, 2021 | News |
Bruce Perry writes that even when there are no major traumatic events, unpredictable stress and the lack of control that goes with this are enough to sensitise our stress response systems. This means that they are over-active and over-reactive. When a parent is...
by Evan Dwan | May 24, 2021 | News |
John Bowlby was very influenced by the experimental work of Konrad Lorenz on ‘imprinting’ in geese. He believed that, like Lorenz’s geese, humans also imprint a carer soon after birth. It had previously been thought that a baby will form a bond or...
by Evan Dwan | Mar 29, 2020 | News |
An old myth tells the story of a time when ‘care’ was crossing a river and she saw some clay. She picked it up, and slowly began to shape it. While contemplating the beauty of what she had made, Jupiter came by and ‘care’ asked him to give it spirit, which he gladly...