Growing Up In an Age of Distraction

Is There a Crisis of Pseudo-Connection in Today’s Families?

Are Therapists Seeing a New Kind of Attachment?

By Ron Taffel

We used to think that disordered attachment was the result of early parental neglect or abuse. But today, has a paradoxical mix of parental overinvolvement and inattention led to a social epidemic of pseudo-attachment?

The Perils of Overprotective Parenting

By Michael Ungar

Connecting with Traumatized Kids Who Push Your Buttons

By Martha Straus

Most parents “loan” children their adult regulatory system beginning at birth. But developmentally traumatized teens have missed out on this opportunity when they were little. Thus, a major goal of therapy is to backfill this absolutely essential experience, which is often not an easy job.

Beware of What You Wish For

By Todd Kashdan & Robert Biswas-Diener

Psychotherapy in the Media Spotlight

The Power of the Pen in Therapy: Some journaling exercises to enhance your work

Some guidelines for bringing the creative power of therapeutic journaling into your work.

Questions of Gender: A therapist struggles with the clinical choices he’s made

A therapist takes an unflinching look at a puzzling case that spanned 14 years, wondering if he made a wrong turn.

The Tribal Classroom: Applying attachment theory in schools

Lou Cozolino believes that attachment theory and neuroscience may offer the key to transforming our troubled educational system.

Side By Side: No creative artist is an island

Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs

An investigation of some of history’s most famous creative teams leads to the conclusion that no artist is an island.

Defying Nature’s Odds: Life is the grand exception

By David Seaburn

There & Not There