TU68: Separation at the Border – Compounding Trauma and Insecurity
“Security” at the border? Relational science professionals have a lot to offer to understand the human rights event that is unfolding on the US-Mexico border. This podcast has been all about promoting security in ourselves and our loved ones, and a primary component to this is access to your caregiver when you are young. It effects our biology, or persistent sense of ourselves and our view of the world. But it works both ways… Stress and fear that is ongoing also has the same persistent thumbprint as well.
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TU58: Improving the Interpersonal World of the Internet for Both Kids and Adults with Guest Catherine Knibbs
Explore how we both build and damage connections as we engage in the online world. We discuss the impact on developing minds and the interpersonal realm of young people and adults, including cyberbullying and cybertrauma. Guest Catherine Knibbs
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TU56: How We Come to Define Ourselves, Attachment Research Over Decades with Guest Alan Sroufe
How does one come to see themselves and predict the world? That was the original question for researchers who have been studying attachment for over 40 years! Dr. Alan Sroufe tells us what his thoughts are now, many years and tons of data later, about how we find ourselves and relate to others.
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TU:53 Complex Trauma and Managing Dysregulation with Guest Robyn Gobbel
Learn how to understand challenging histories and best address the complex trauma in your life, whether it be your own, your child or another loved one. Self-compassion, avoiding shame in parenting and addressing these issues in therapy are covered.
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TU 47: Attachment Insecurity and Secure Parenting with Guest Tina Payne-Bryson
Those of us who haven’t had it easy growing up aren’t doomed to repeat our challenges with our own children. Learning about secure parenting can make us paranoid, but no worries — there is a lot of leeway to get things generally right. Learn about the 4 S’s of healthy relating in this podcast.
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TU 38: The Blended Family: How to Create Strong and Lasting Step-Family Relationships
Moving into a home with non-related kids comes with predictable challenges for each part of the system. Jump the hurdles and move the system into security rather than chaos.
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TU 36: The Neuroscience Of Psychotherapy: An Interview With Louis Cozolino
Understand how psychotherapy works and how stimulating brain plasticity enhances its effectiveness
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TU 33: Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Roadmap To Understanding And Treatment
“Witness Marks” from your biography that predict medical and mental health risk in your future
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TU 29: Understanding Adolescent Self-Consciousness From A Brain-Wise Perspective
Remember your extreme adolescent self-consciousness? Today’s episode will bring us all up to speed on what’s going on in the teenage noggin and give us ideas about how to handle it.
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TU27: Raising Secure Children With Guest Tina Payne Bryson
New York Times best-selling author Tina Payne Bryson shares her experience as a parent and clinician on parenting with the brain in mind.
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