Child in Mind

The evidence is clear. When bad things happen to us as young children, we are at significantly increased risk for not only mental health pr...

I recently had the privilege of listening to  Bessel van der Kolk , trauma researcher and author of  The Body Keeps Score . He began his ...

Many of my colleagues in the field of early childhood mental health work with what are termed "high risk" populations. Children o...

Self- efficacy , or the belief in one's ability to be a good parent, plays a central role in healthy child development.  Many things can...

Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton was among the first to recognize the tremendous capacity of the newborn for complex connection and communica...