RAD; The Most Powerful Tool to Heal It
Everyone asks me, “Where do I start?” My heart says one thing, knowing exactly what the most powerful thing is but my brain says to…
Category: by Nancy Thomas
RAD; What Therapy Bombs?
I actually had a therapist call me indignantly and demand I stop saying that children must have a parent with them in the treatment room.…
RAD; What Therapy is the Bomb?
I live in the high mountains of Colorado 150 miles from the best therapists. For 10 years I drove that road every week over two…
RAD; Children Stuck at Home
4 Steps to Success When your heart is pounding as you face the days with children “stuck at home" you know it is much more…
Choose Your Battles
Sharon, a weary mom, shared that she had been told to “Choose her battles” so she had not confronted her daughter about her lying, stealing…
Tools to Help Toddlers with RAD
Toddlers have meltdowns. Toddler’s with RAD ,Reactive Attachment Disorder, having major meltdowns rather than mini meltdowns. Having some tools to help them to calm makes…
Children with RAD, “Mom Shopping”
It just hurts! When a child approaches a strange woman and bats their eyes while oozing with cuteness then tell her how beautiful she is,…
Step Two to Healing- Power Food
By Nancy Thomas I was reaching for the whole milk in the grocery store when another shopper looked down her nose and growled, “ You…
First Step to Healing RAD
Passing the 5 Tests for Trust with RAD Children with RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, are searching for a super hero to keep them safe.…
RAD: Twisted by Trauma
Written by Nancy Thomas Trauma hurts. It ripples through lives creating a tidal wave of health problems well documented in the “ACE” studies. Horrendous things…