CHILDHOOD ISSUES

ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION

Even when parents and caregivers do our best to protect and nurture our children, we cannot always control how life events will impact them. Children understand things in their own way and are constantly changing their perceptions, learning from their experience of the world.

When children are having a hard time, they need to have an opportunity to be heard and understood. Since play is the language of childhood, we need to incorporate creative ways of helping children tell their stories, and then to listen with patience and encouragement .

DEVELOPMENTAL REPAIR

Our experiences in early childhood can have a profound effect on our lives and particularly on our attachment styles. While we cannot replace adverse childhood experiences, we can re-visit and re-process experiences to repair trauma and learn healthier ways of approaching relationships.