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…
Category: Research Paper
Shadow into light – Exploring the leading edge of healing
In all epochs and across all cultures, soothsayers, seers, evangelists, and doomsayers have pronounced humanity’s imminent demise. “Apocalypse now”—and now, and now. Despite the perennial…
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 epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales
Despite the emphasis placed on childhood trauma in psychiatry, comparatively little is known about the epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related psychopathology in young people. We…
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…
Appeasement: replacing Stockholm syndrome as a definition of a survival strategy
Stockholm syndrome or traumatic bonding (Painter & Dutton, Patterns of emotional bonding in battered women: Traumatic bonding. International Journal of Women’s Studies, 8(4), 363–375, 1985)…
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…
Childhood Maltreatment Influences Autonomic Regulation and Mental Health in College Students
Childhood maltreatment history may influence autonomic reactivity and recovery to stressors. Hypothetically, the maltreatment history may contribute to a retuned autonomic nervous system that is…
Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety
Contemporary strategies for health and wellbeing fail our biological needs by not acknowledging that feelings of safety emerge from inside the body. This paper focuses…
Polyvagal Theory: A biobehavioral journey to sociality
A polyvagal perspective clarifies the neurobiological and biobehavioral shifts that occurred during evolutionary transition from asocial reptiles to social mammals. This transition enabled mammals, unlike…
