What didn’t happen for you as a child? Over 20 years of practicing psychology, I started to see a factor from people’s childhoods that weighs upon them as adults, sapping their joy... Read more »
Neglect is the most commonly reported type of child maltreatment, affecting more than one in seven U.S. children at some point in their lives, and yet it is the least studied type... Read more »
Loneliness can take many forms, but when it persists alongside depression or anxiety, researchers describe it as “toxic”. A new study of 455 adults seeking mental health support found that childhood neglect... Read more »
Way back in 2008, an amazing thing happened that changed everything. It changed the way I saw myself and parented my children. Ultimately, it changed the way I practice psychology. Here’s what... Read more »
When people think of neglect, they often imagine a child in a run-down apartment in dirty clothes, with the absent parent finishing a double shift so that they can barely make the... Read more »