Sublime

When the alarm bell of the emotional brain keeps signaling that you are in danger, no amount of insight will silence it.

Emotional pain stems from the body’s contraction in response to the loss or disruption of a loving connection.

Developing secure attachments with trustworthy others is important in healing the deficits left by undermothering.

Therapists who are trained to see people as complex human beings with multiple characteristics and potentialities can help them explore their system of inner parts and take care of the wounded facets of themselves.

Since emotional regulation is the critical issue in managing the effects of trauma and neglect, it would make an enormous difference if teachers, army sergeants, foster parents, and mental health professionals were thoroughly schooled in emotional-regulation techniques.

emotional development, and social autonomic regulation than was believed in Freud’s day (Siegel, 2007).

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.