Traumatised people feel unsafe in their bodies
“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are...
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- Jul 12, 2018
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Making things worse
“Kids with a trauma history do not need more punishment, and quite frankly they don’t need more stickers.” - Dr Ross W Greene NVR...
- Jul 11, 2018
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A different perspective
“See a child differently. See a different child.” - Stuart Shanker The child is not the problem - the problem is the problem.......
- Jul 10, 2018
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Expressed and understood
“When we can empathetically connect with what is alive in each other, we can restore any conflict peacefully.” - Marshall B Rosenberg ...
- Jul 9, 2018
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Intentions
“Some of the most important things you can communicate to a child are that feelings are ok, mistakes are fixable and there’s nothing they...
- Jul 8, 2018
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Community responses
We must come up with community responses that support children, exhibiting violent and destructive behaviour, in developing their self...
- Jul 7, 2018
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Instead of fighting
“If you manipulate, coerce and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example...
- Jul 5, 2018
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Children will become what they are told they are
We must come up with community responses that support violent children in developing their self regulation - even if one-to-one were...
- Jul 4, 2018
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Biologically essential
Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....
- Jun 29, 2018
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One Person
“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love” - Bruce D Perry #Development #Connection...
- Jun 28, 2018
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Reframe the behaviour
“Take your time to understand. Don’t just do something, be there.” - Marshall B Rosenberg NVR can help. #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV...
- Jun 27, 2018
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A vulnerable choice
“Empathy is a choice and it’s a vulnerable choice because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something within myself...
- Jun 27, 2018
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Empathy fuels connection
“Empathy... it’s simply listening, holding space without judgement, emotional connecting & communicating that incredibly healing message...
- Jun 26, 2018
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Healing will require a community approach
For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing...
- Jun 26, 2018
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Easy to say
“It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need &...
- Jun 25, 2018
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We don't need to know the beginning
“Our children were harmed in relationship and they will experience healing through nurturing relationships.” - Dr Karyn Purvis NVR can...
- Jun 25, 2018
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We don't have to do it alone
“A person can grow to his or her fullest capacity only in mutually caring relationships with others." - Fred Rogers #Development...
- Jun 24, 2018
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Powerful
“For a child or an adult, it’s extremely powerful to hear someone say, “I get you. I understand. I see why you feel this way.” This kind...
- Jun 24, 2018
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Kindness
“When your child is having a problem, stop, listen, then respond to the need, not the behaviour. The behaviour can be addressed later,...
- Jun 22, 2018
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Community approach
For traumatised & attachment-injured young people, their experiences have taught them that the adult world cannot be relied upon. Healing...
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