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…
Category: Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
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…
The Death Sentence
The Death Sentence Years ago in another life I was working as a police officer assigned to criminal investigations. During my tour of duty, I…
4 Most Important Medical Tests for Attachment and Behavioral Disorders
Written by Aimie Apigian, MD. Let’s play the “What If” game for a second……What if… there was an underlying biology problem in your child that…
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…
RAD, Healing the Foundation
An old Bedouin metaphor says: Never let a camel get his nose in your tent. In the US we say: “Give them an inch and…
Great Dads of RAD
My friend Tim said, “This week with my daughter has been like living in a firestorm. She keeps creating sparks and embers for me to…
RAD, Is It Rare?
Written by Nancy Thomas My stomach turned! Once again a gentle loving family had been misguided and hurt for years by an adoption worker telling…
RAD, The Roots of Violence
The eyes are the windows to the soul. Yesterday I got a piercing hate look from a big, 15 year old boy that I am…
Parents’ Three Jobs written by Sarah Owens, LPC
One day, in a therapy session with a mom and a rather precocious 8 year old, we were discussing the 6 jobs of children. The…