The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.

People have a range of capacities to deal with overwhelming experience. Some people, some kids particularly, are able to disappear into a fantasy world, to dissociate, to pretend like it isnt happening, and are able to go on with their lives. And sometimes it comes back to haunt them.

The single most important issue for traumatized people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies.