by Evan Dwan | Dec 20, 2021 | News |
The contribution of attachment to our understanding of development is without parallel (Sroufe in Cassidy and Shaver, 2016). It played a central role in moving from a one-person psychology to a relational psychology where the relationship becomes the unit studied....
by Evan Dwan | Dec 19, 2021 | News |
Health can be understood as a state of optimal regulation and adaptive functioning of body, mind and relationships (Siegel, 2012). Health emerges from integration which is the linkage of differentiated parts of a system. Without integration, chaos and rigidity emerge....
by Evan Dwan | Jul 28, 2021 | News |
Emotion theory makes the claim the emotion is adaptive in nature. It helps us to process complex information from the environment quickly in order to help us take action that helps us meet our needs. Emotions give information about the significance of a situation to...
by Evan Dwan | Jul 26, 2021 | News |
Ed Tronick, in analysing mother-infant dyads, noticed that both engage in a dance of mutual regulation. Many times during this dance, the mother and infant are not in tune. The baby might smile and the mothers looks away. This is called a ‘mismatch’. In healthy dyads...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 10, 2021 | News |
The psychiatrist Bruce Perry describes regulation as about being in balance. Stress is what occurs when a challenge takes us out of balance. We become dysregulated where we experience distress and discomfort. Finding balance again – becoming regulated – is rewarding...
