Hopefully it will come as no surprise that I tend to lean left of center. In all likelihood I use George Lakoff‘s Nurturant Parent Cultural Cognitive Model (“Nurturant model” for short) to guide me through life. As Lakoff points out in his work (see his book Moral Politics for an example) empathy is part and parcel […]
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March 30, 2011
Mama … How Do You Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Conservatives? (part 1)
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February 16, 2011
How Much Do You Know About What You Don’t Know?
Q – How much do you know about what you don’t know? OK, is this a trick question like, “Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?” Actually, it’s a legitimate question. Let me see if I can explain using myself as an example. As many of you know, I suffer from migraine headaches. Many migraine sufferers will […]
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February 1, 2011
Getting Back On Track With the “Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment”
In my posts of recent (see posts from December 21st, 2010, and January 4th, 6th, 12th, and 20th, 2011), I have talked about what I call the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment (or GBAE for short). In my earlier posts I have argued that the GBAE holds the behavioral systems of caregiving, attachment, and sex. Bowlby’s […]
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November 3, 2010
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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October 29, 2010
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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