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Guidelines for Healing: How foster parents can be agents of change

Guidelines for Healing: How foster parents can be agents of change

by Terry Levy | Feb 24, 2020 | Corrective Attachment Parenting, Foster care, Uncategorized

In recent weeks, we have discussed the special challenges and needs of children who go through the foster care system. An overwhelming number of these kids have been victims of abuse, trauma or neglect and are struggling with both physical and mental health issues as...
Attachment, Loss and Foster Care

Attachment, Loss and Foster Care

by Terry Levy | Feb 7, 2020 | Attachment, Foster care, Uncategorized

When children with unresolved grief and loss enter a foster home, they bring their pain with them. Their main priority is self-protection against future loss and vulnerability. These children avoid intimacy, closeness and dependence at all costs. They are fearful of...
Understanding the needs and challenges of children growing up in foster care

Understanding the needs and challenges of children growing up in foster care

by Terry Levy | Jan 24, 2020 | Foster care, Trauma

One of the most wounded populations of children and adults we work with at Evergreen Psychotherapy Center are those who have been through the foster care system. Unfortunately, this is also the population that is often the most disenfranchised, with the least access...

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What is attachment?

It is the deep and enduring connection established between a child and caregiver in the first several years of life. However, more and more children are failing to develop secure attachments to loving, protective caregivers. These children are left without the most important foundation for healthy development and are at risk for:
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  • lack of self-control
  • antisocial attitudes and behaviors
  • aggression and violence
  • lack of empathy, compassion and remorse
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