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What is attachment disorder?
One of the areas I specialize in is working with children with attachment disorders. If that term is new to you, please allow me to explain. Attachment is the relationship a child forms with their...
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Trash Your Behavior Charts!
I have a pet peeve as both a parent and as a clinician about behavior charts. You know, those charts where kids get stickers for doing things they are supposed to be doing anyway, and then they get a...
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Discipline vs. punishment
written by Kate Oliver, MSW, LCSW-C People might wonder why it is that I would wish to make a distinction between discipline and punishment since we often use the terms interchangeably. However, I...
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Parental Reframes When Things Don’t Look So Good
written by Kate Oliver, MSW, LCSW-C Alright, so you did something you are not so proud of. Let’s be clear, we’re not talking about major screw ups- like anything that meets criteria for abuse or...
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Finding a therapist for a traumatized and/or attachment disordered child
As therapist who specializes in both trauma and attachment disorders, I can tell you it is important if you are searching for a therapist for one or both of these issues, that you find the right...
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Is Chimpanzee good for your child to see if they are adopted or have lost a...
Written by Kate Oliver, LCSW-C Just from watching the commercials, we can easily see that the new Disney movie, Chimpanzee, is going to be all about adoption. While it is predictable that the movie...
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The Spectrum of Attachment
Written by, Kate Oliver, MSW, LCSW-C When we look at children’s attachment styles, they typically fall into one of three categories, secure, insecure and disorganized. I explained some about these...
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PLACE Parenting for Children with Attachment Disturbance
Written by, Kate Oliver, MSW, LCSW-C When you have a child with any sort of attachment disturbance, you also have a child that is very good at making you feel like you don’t know what you are doing....
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Caught in the Loop: Why People Repeat the Same Bad Choices Over and Over
written by, Kate Oliver, LCSW-C When I met Aaron, he was 10 years old and living with his parents who had adopted him after three failed placements. Aaron’s parents were at a loss about what to do...
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