Sublime

They wait until the emotional storm surge passes and provide calm moments to reflect on changes that need to be made. There is a focus on management of feelings and actions and on developing better responses for the future.

the renegotiation of trauma is an inherently mythic-poetic-heroic journey.

Responding to the child’s physical and emotional needs promptly, consistently, and in an attuned way.

As you can see, working with early attachment issues is very delicate business, and clearly not every therapist or form of therapy is suited to it.

Our interactions with our caregivers convey what is safe and what is dangerous: whom we can count on and who will let us down; what we need to do to get our needs met.

The Attachment Connection: Parenting a Secure and Confident Child Using the Science of Attachment Theory (Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2008),

My hope is that understanding these influences will lead us to better understand ourselves and, most important, to complete the developmental tasks and heal the injuries that resulted from insufficient mothering.