The history of Scotlands ACES’s movement | grounded in a focus on relationships
Abstract: As 2021 commences, Scotland finds itself in the midst of a dynamic movement driven by awareness of the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).…
Category: ACES
Hydro-ease Trauma Blog
When trauma hangs around When are you your real age? And when are you your emotional age? It can be sometimes hard to hear ..…
An Introduction to Reconnection and Floatation Therapy – R.A.F.T
I was born in Scotland in 1971 and then moved to Northern Ireland in 2010, where I still live today.Growing up with a parent struggling…
Finding a flexible response to our future
Gabor Maté (pronounced GAH-bor MAH-tay) is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, worked for over a decade…
Developmental Trauma Close Up
Our previous article “The Repair of Early Trauma: A Bottom Up Approach” described Bruce Perry’s ‘neurosequential’ approach to working with early trauma. The article also…
The repair of early trauma
Did you know that when we say a child has an attachment disorde, it is often not the whole picture?It is only one part of…
Putting Care Into Education
This resource booklet has been compiled by a working group of professionals focused on the needs of care-experienced children and young people in Northern Ireland’s…
Aces and Epigenetic’s | The story told through our genes
What is Epigenetics? Each cell in our body contains 24,000 or so genes that make us who we are 1. The genes in our cells…
The Moderating Effect of Practicing Body Psychotherapy
Research shows the disruptive effects of early maltreatment on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) functioning in adulthood. Psychotherapists not only tend to report higher rates…
