Bøger af Christina Reese

Dr. Reese, an attachment and trauma specialist, shares her journey to becoming an adoptive mother. Sharing stories to illustrate each chapter, you will laugh and cry as you join her on her adoption journey. The puzzle pieces of life may not make sense individually, but when put together they create a beautiful picture!Dr. Reese explains clinically what an adopted child experiences while on their adoption journey, interventions that families can use to strengthen bonding, and the reasons why those interventions are the most appropriate. Challenging behaviors and out of control emotions can result in children who have experienced trauma. She challenges us to think outside the box, to parent our adopted children in a different way. Children who have experienced trauma, and every child who has been adopted or in the foster care system has experienced attachment and other forms of trauma, have a difficult time seeing adults as safe people and developing relationships with them. Trauma changes the brain, impacting a child's ability to emotionally and self regulate. When a child is not connected in a safe and trusting relationship with an adult, that child will struggle to follow directions and be respectful, making parenting this child a challenge. Children who have experienced trauma do not purpose to be a challenge and they need parents who will stay with them through the hard work of learning to trust adults and feel safe in relationships.Learn to see the world through your child's eyes, their worldview impacted by trauma. Understand the world from their perspective and be able to connect with them by using relationship building skills that emphasize trust building and re-teaching. This is what our adopted children need from us and Dr. Reese helps us to find the way to connection. Explaining complex clinical concepts with ease and making them applicable to daily life, she shows us how to bring these concepts into our homes. Dr. Reese has been working with children and families for the last 20 years. She is the author of Attachment: 60 Trauma-Informed Assessment and Treatment Interventions Across the Lifespan. A TBRI Practitioner, she owns Felicity Counseling Services and provides therapy and parent consultation to adoptive families. Dr. Reese travels across the country, training therapists to work with children who have experienced trauma.

As our society becomes more detached and disconnected, as independence and self sufficiency have been emphasized as life goals, this has not resulted in safer, more stable, healthier communities. In fact, mental health concerns, violence and broken relationships abound. As we become disconnected our relationships are characterized by dysfunction and when we experience distress in life we can then develop disorders, the most common are anxiety and depression. We are all seeking independence and to not need anyone else, however, no person can be completely independent and in seeking this unattainable goal we are losing our ability to be attuned to each other-to see the needs of others and to meet those needs. Attunement is a building block to trust. And trust is a building block to attachment. Without attunement we can not trust and we will not have attachment-based relationships. Technology has had a large role in the disconnection that is happening in our society today. We hear that we are more connected today than ever before, but this is advertising and the reality is that we have traded deep, meaningful and fulfilling relationships for hundreds of superficial connections. This has a direct impact on our mental health, as healthy attachment is the foundation of good mental health. Dr. Christina Reese leads us through a brief American history to explain how our society has arrived at this place, identifying the shifts that have occurred over the last 100 years to cause the disconnection that we are now experiencing. She shares how this has impacted society, our relationships, our mental health and our children. She then explains the importance and role of attachment, that in moving from dependence to independence we missed the balance in the middle of interdependence. Dr. Reese then shares recommendations for repairing and improving society, our relationships, our mental health and healing our children who have been impacted by these dysfunctional relationship patterns.

Christina Reese has dedicated her life's work to helping those with trauma cope to live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives. In her newest book, Trauma and Attachment, she has created a resource to guide clients from a place of fear, anxiety, and trauma to healthy attachment. In this comprehensive yet accessible book, Dr. Reese provides an attachment framework for treating clients who have experienced a multitude of traumas, ranging from abuse and neglect to medical traumas, natural disasters, and exposure to violence. Through a variety of worksheets, exercises, and activities, this book provides clients with the tools they need to develop a foundation for healing so they can find feelings of safety and security within relationships again. Inside, clinicians will find tools to help clients heal from the impact of: - Abuse by helping them establish safety and security within relationships. - Neglect by teaching them to find their voice and express their needs. - Medical trauma by helping them adjust to a new normal and better tolerate uncertainty. - Natural disasters by using mindful grounding techniques to navigate sensory triggers and cultivate mind-body awareness. - Witnessing violence by restoring clients' sense of felt safety and helping clients identify what they can control to keep themselves safe.

Engaging and simple attachment-based tools for improving social success, boosting self-confidence, feeling more secure, and connecting genuinely with others.Being a teen can feel like a full-time job. If it's not the pressure to get good grades or get along with your parents, there's always the anxiety of asking someone out on a date, or the agony of waiting for that first 'Like' on your latest post. It's also a time for big change; in addition to fluctuating hormones and changes in your body, you're probably noticing a transformation in the way you view the world and exactly where you fit in. What you need are evidence-based tools for navigating your rapidly changing life, and building strong social bonds to support you on your journey.Written by an expert in attachment theory, The Socially Confident Teen is your essential how-to guide for developing a complete set of social skills. You'll learn how to identify and cultivate healthy connections, and how to repair them when they're damaged. You'll find strategies for applying your newfound skills in any setting-from peers to parents. And finally, you'll discover how to grow and maintain your social network, and ensure healthy support for yourself as you grow into an independent adult.If you're ready to start being socially confident and successful, the must-have skills in this guide can help you survive and thrive as a teen.This workbook can help you: ·Choose positive peer relationships ·Maintain a good relationship with your parents ·Build healthy relationships now and into adulthood ·Learn effective communication skills In these increasingly challenging times, kids and teens need mental health resources more than ever. With more than 1.6 million copies sold worldwide, Instant Help Books are easy to use, proven-effective, and recommended by therapists.