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Dr. Ippen-Ghosh on Attachment, Culture, and Trauma (Part I)

On October 26th, 2010, I had the pleasure of attending a workshop by Dr. Chandra Ippen-Ghosh on Understanding How Attachment, Culture, and Trauma Shape Engagement and Service Provision. Ippen-Ghosh is the Associate Research Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco and the Early Trauma Treatment Network. She’s also […]

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Why Does Attachment Theory Have Such Low Self-Esteem?

Q – Why don’t we have better theoretical and clinical models with which to understand and treat low self-esteem issues? A – Before I try to tackle this question, a bit of a history lesson is in order here. The clinical model already exists. It has existed for over 50 years now. And it’s not […]

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UPDATE – Therapists Can Make Bullies Too

Using the respective work of Drs. Twemlow and Anderegg as a backdrop, I suggested (in my October 14th, 2010 post) that bystanders, such as parents, teachers, principals, legislators, and business leaders, make, maintain, and motivate the bully. A colleague emailed me and pointed out that I (a licensed mental health counselor) conveniently left out mental […]

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Bullying: The advice you got is wrong. Here’s what really works. – CSMonitor.com

Bullying: The advice you got is wrong. Here’s what really works. – CSMonitor.com. I found the above article over at Yahoo.com, who in turn found it over at the Christian Science Monitor. The article was written by Patricia Kelley Criswell, a licensed social worker out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Criswell starts off her opinion piece by […]

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FHL Foundation Makes Fall 2010 Grants

The following grants were approved by the board of the FHL Foundation at their annual meeting, October 7th, 2010: Albuquerque Academy—$6,125 in support of their experiential education program Cambridge Health Alliance—$25,000 in support of a fMRI study to look at the neurobiological underpinnings of disorganized attachment (Dr. Karlen Lyons-Ruth—lead investigator) Now I Lay Me Down […]

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