The
Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT) draws on more than three decades of research on
developmental neuroscience, attachment theory, and arousal regulation.
Developmental Traumatology, the systematic investigation of the psychiatric and psychobiological impact of overwhelming and chronic interpersonal violence (maltreatment in childhood) on the developing child, is a relatively new area of study that synthesizes knowledge from an array of scientific fields including: developmental psychopathology, developmental neuroscience, and stress and tra
Developmental Traumatology, the systematic investigation of the psychiatric and
psychobiological impact of overwhelming and chronic interpersonal violence (maltreatment in childhood) on the developing child, is a relatively new area of study that synthesizes knowledge from an array of scientific fields including:
developmental psychopathology, developmental neuroscience, and stress and tra
developmental psychopathology,
developmental neuroscience, and stress and tra
developmental neuroscience, and stress and trauma research.
Accordingly, prospective longitudinal studies in
Developmental Traumatology are critical to the effort to develop early interventions to attenuate the
psychobiological dysregulation and adverse effects on brain development associated with maltreatment.
My expertise weaves the combination of years of mindfulness training and buddhist psychology training with advanced studies of cutting edge
developmental neuroscience and attachment theory including
Psychobiological approach to Couple Therapy and Emotion focused therapy